We begin this week featuring our new Corporate Partner Nova’s Naturals. www.novasnaturals.ca is a fantastic company offering Single Ingredient Pet Treats. (all-natural treats with no fillers and no preservatives)
Nova is a 4 year old GSD/Husky mix that was rescued from a wild pack in Northern Manitoba (through an Ontario Rescue).
She settled into domestic life VERY quickly (found the wild end of the couch on her first day with us).
She also came with lyme disease, and during her first big flare up, our vet told us that feeding her natural foods could help reduce joint inflammation and pain.
The search for all natural treats was expensive and frustrating because many of them still contained preservatives, fillers, and ingredients that I couldn't pronounce.
I decided to take matters (and my dehydrator) into my own hands.
The single ingredient treats were so popular with Nova and all of the dogs in our friends and family circle, that I started selling them.
Our K9 Jaxon loves them. He prefers the meat “treats” that Nova’s Naturals make like Salmon, Tilapia, and Pork. Jax is allergic to feathers therefore he can not have the turkey, chicken, or duck, but that is available as well. Another favourite is apple, sweet potato, and carrot for most dogs. We recommend checking them out!!!
All Nova’s Naturals contact information is under our Corporate Partner section on our website.
Welcome to Doggie Dialogue
When you first bring your puppy home, there will be a transition period with your puppy getting familiar with the “house rules”, bonding with the family members and learning outside boundaries.
We recommend when training your puppy use positive reinforcement, tasty treats, or a favourite toy, and loads of petting and praise. Keep your training sessions short has puppies have short attention spans.
Remember to say consistent with your training approach, using the same words/commands and hand signals. Start with puppy basics like sit, stay, and come. We recommend this type of training between 8-10 weeks.
After 10 weeks we recommend introducing the crate and begin crate training. Bring your puppy, when they are calm, to their crate for 10 minutes intervals and reward them for going in their crate. Keep this a positive environment.
At 10-12 weeks this is when puppies like to explore with their mouth and put everything in their mouth, including hands and ankles.
We recommend that you redirect them to a more appropriate object, such as a good quality chew toy.
We recommend that puppies should start puppy socialization by 8 weeks old and begin obedience training by 12-16 weeks.
When your puppy starts entering the adolescence stage, approximately 6 months of age, you will want to solidify and strengthen their skills in both public and distracting settings.
Should you need any assistance with your puppy training, obedience, or a particular K9 behaviour, please feel free to reach out to Paul anytime.
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