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This will be followed by a Personal Puppy Plan and ongoing telephone and email back up from me for as long as you need it, so that as
your puppy grows and matures you can contact me with any questions or new situations you may have. This is all included in the cost of
the original consultation.
Consultations take anything from 2 to 4 hours, but, I will stay as long as you need me, until you feel happy with your new knowledge. All
consultations take place in your own home with all the people involved in your puppy's day to day life, so that everyone, including your
puppy, is relaxed. This gives you my undivided attention to deal with any concerns you may have. Everyone can be involved in bringing
up a well rounded and happy dog, who knows it's place in the family.
With dogs, as with children, the first place to learn manners is in the home. He/she needs to opportunities to meet other dogs and
various situations, but in a controlled and non-threatening way. Humans have a way of doing too much too soon.
You will receive a lot of advice from many well meaning people. A lot of people will want to over-excite and cuddle your puppy. Use your
common sense - do you feel comfortable with what they are saying or doing? If not, he's Your Puppy - Your Rules! Protect him.
I will show you HOW.
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What should you do now?
In the natural state, without the intervention of humans, for the first nine months
of his life a cub or puppy stays with his siblings, close to home. He is learning
The Rules. He learns through play. He learns respect and good manners from
his elders. He learns that they make the decisions and look after him.
So when you bring your puppy home YOU need to pick up where his brothers
and sisters and his mother left off. That is to show him The Rules of his new
human pack.
This is done in a way he already understands, gently and kindly, with no
shouting or bullying. If you go about it the right way the puppy will understand,
because it is in the 'language' he was born with.
What confuses him or her the most is to be treated like a Little Prince (or
Princess,) being picked up, carried about, cuddled, kissed, over-excited, not
allowed sufficient sleep and obeyed all the time.
During the consultation I can give you all the information you need to rear your
puppy as a 'parent' should, so that it grows into a happy, reliable and relaxed
dog, who will do all you ask because he wants to and not through force or fear.
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