Helping Puppy with Firework Season
At this time of year in the run-up to Bonfire Night (5th November), Halloween (31st October), and Diwali, there are things we can do to help our puppies. Firework fear and fear of loud noises are two of the [...]
Your Puppy’s Name is So Important!
According to Dale Carnegie, ‘Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language’.1 He’s talking about humans and even has courses helping people to learn others’ names,2 because names are that important to our entire being. The [...]
Why we like to get to know our puppy families
Thinking about the bank holiday & spending time with people that we love, visiting family members, enjoying time with our dogs, and generally doing things that are maybe out-of-the-ordinary got me thinking about our puppy families. I mean they fit [...]
Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS)
Introduction There is a lot of information online & in books about puppy socialisation. But research indicates that for puppy development, extremely early socialisation is essential. Breeders are capable of boosting the abilities and steady personality of puppies even [...]
Welcome to the Elemental Cavaliers Puppy Blog
Welcome to our NEW Puppy Blog I'm so glad you're here! About once a month we will add a new post about something we think you may like to read puppy-related (that's the plan anyway)! If you have any [...]
Early Scent Introduction (ESI)
Introduction It is widely understood that dogs use their noses (their olfaction sense) as their primary sense. Humans on the other hand have their primary sense being our vision; using our eyes. We view the world through our eyes. [...]
Sound Training for Puppies
Our human world is full of weird & wonderful noises. Just think of all of them… We are used to these noises; we are accustomed to them. We are that used to some of the noises around us that [...]