Training

While the experiences your dog has throughout his/her life has the power to shape the dog she becomes, this is especially true in her first sixteen weeks of life. When you get your puppy home, and you judge that she has made the big transition...

08 June, 2024

Set a timer! During day hours, take the puppy out to his spot every hour. Other signs/times puppy needs to go-about 10 minutes into a play session; 15 minutes after eating; 10-15 minutes after drinking, right after waking; if the puppy abruptly stops what she is...

31 May, 2024

It is almost time for your puppy to make the big transition from her mother, littermates, and comfortable surroundings to a big, new world. Please give some consideration to making this transition as low stress as possible while also putting in place training and rules...

13 November, 2023

Puppy’s First Nights in a Crate/Pen The transition from your puppy being snuggled up with brothers and sisters to sleeping alone in a crate is often difficult. Dogs are pack animals and when he/she is alone in a crate, it is initially scary. This is why...

24 October, 2023

Crate training is a great way to help teach puppy housetraining and it can safely confine him when you cannot supervise, I personally find a crate a little too restrictive for the puppy for extended periods of time. At Country Lane we train puppies to...

12 October, 2023