Puppy advice

[farrellcollie]

Slightly off topic of puppy getting advice for you - but have you read Jane and Michael Stern's book - Two Puppies:Being the Authentic Story of Two Very Different Young Dogs, One Who Is Virtuous and Goes on to a Life of Service, the Other Born to Be Naughty

It is about their bullmastiff puppy (the naughty dog) and a service labrador pup.


When my 12 yr old and 2 yr old dogs were pups - I paid college students to study at my house so they (the dogs) would only be crated for short times. I also used the system of a closed crate - then crate and one safe room ,then crate and house system where crate was closed when they were young - then open crate in room with gate - then crate in house because my dogs liked their crates even when they could be elsewhere.