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How Can I Fix My Puppy’s Bad Habits?

When I was small, my parents would take my brother and myself to a restaurant in Westwood Village (Los Angeles, California) called (I believe) “The Westwood House”.  This was very, very long ago, so I am a little hazy on the restaurant’s name, but perfectly clear on the events I am about to impart.

My brother and I were only four-years-old and the restaurant was really “an adult restaurant”, but we acted like “perfect little gentlemen”.  It was to the point that the restaurant owner once told my mother that she could bring us there any time because we were so well behaved.

To tell you the truth, speaking for myself, I really didn’t know that I was “well behaved”.  I simply understood that how I acted in the restaurant, or any place, was a specific way.  I was simply acting that “specific way”.  That is what I was taught by my parents.  That is what I did and I had no intention or reason to do anything differently.  If I started to do anything that may have been inappropriate, my mom or dad would let me know, I would learn from it, and not do it.  No big deal. I wasn’t an angel; I was just learning stuff.

Now, let’s discuss misbehaving puppies.  In almost every case, a misbehaving puppy isn’t bad, they were simply taught that it was ok to do the wrong things they are doing.  We need to simply address those “bad things” and teach our puppies that it is best to only do the “good things”.

Robin and I have a great dog training article that will teach you how to resolve your puppy’s bad behavior. Please read our dog training blog titled “How Can I Fix My Puppy’s Bad Habits”.

https://northgeorgiadogtraining.com/fix-my-puppys-bad-habits-johns-creek/

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How Can I Let My Dog Know That the Vet Hospital is OK?

Let’s talk about hospitals for a moment.  Most of us were born in hospitals.  The moment we were born, we were thrown into a completely foreign and scary environment.  On top of that, we were suddenly hit on the butt and started to cry. 

From that “wonderful, introductory experience”, things didn’t improve.  As kids, we were taken from playing with our friends to a strange building that smelled funny and had to wait in a room filled with other kids that looked “just as happy as us” to be there.  No matter how much everyone there tried to tell us otherwise, someone always stuck us with a needle before we got to leave, normally crying again.

As we get older, things always get “better”. Instead of our mother taking us to normally only one doctor, we now “have to make the appointments ourselves” and there is a whole list of different doctors in hospitals we must see.  Without going into detail, that little needle prick we got as kids looks pretty good compared to many of the things we experience with our doctors and hospitals as adults.

Before you go nuts on me, I am completely aware that doctors and hospitals are for my own good and a critical part of a healthy and long life. But, when it comes to our dogs; I am pretty sure they don’t understand that at all.

We need to “explain to our dogs” that Vet Hospitals are good and safe places.  We have a great dog training article that explains how. Please read our dog training blog titled “How Can I Let My Dog Know That the Vet Hospital is OK”.