Author: Elissa Carreras

Socializing Your New Puppy

Socializing Your New Puppy

Meet Le Le! Le Le is an adorable, 13-week-old, Labrador retriever. Le Le is playful and can be timid. Like so many new puppy parents, Le Le’s have heard about the importance of socializing a new puppy.  They wanted to know: what is socialization, how do you do it, and...
Help for the Shy or Fearful Dog

Help for the Shy or Fearful Dog

Meet Watson and Bruno! Watson is a 17-month-old and his new buddy, Bruno is 7-months-old.  Watson is a Zen Dog Puppy Kindergarten alum and despite his small size, he was a confident pup during classes.  It was good to see his confidence and socialization skills were...
Respectful Training for the Demanding Puppy

Respectful Training for the Demanding Puppy

Presenting Ziggy! He is an adorable, 12-week-old Irish Terrier/Poodle mix.  Ziggy is a bit timid, but demanding.  He wanted everything from his owner:  he wanted her to play with him all the time, he wanted her to let him go outside all the time, and he wanted her to...
Leash Walking Your Puppy

Leash Walking Your Puppy

Meet Riggins! Riggins is a very handsome, 10-week-old, Rhodesian Ridgeback. Riggins’ parents contacted Zen Dog Training at 10 weeks to insure good walking habits. As an adult, Riggins is projected to be over 100 lbs, so having command of the walk is essential!...
Walking a Dog Who Wants to Chase Wildlife

Walking a Dog Who Wants to Chase Wildlife

Meet Snuggles! Snuggles is a recently adopted, 7-year-old Husky and a retired sled dog.  Snuggles lives up to her name as she is the sweetest, snuggly girl ever!  She is a working dog and knows all about being part of a sled team, but is learning some of the basic...
Multi-Lingual Dog Training

Multi-Lingual Dog Training

Meet Romeo! Romeo is a 4-month Pomeranian. We were delighted to be called to train this fluffy bundle of personality! His family wanted Romeo to be multi-lingual: he needed to learn his puppy basics in a household of three spoken languages from five different...
Crate Training for Independence

Crate Training for Independence

Presenting Lemon! This 4-month old Spaniel/Aussie Mix is quite a love bug!  Sweet as she is, her constant demands for attention are becoming problematic for her guardian who works from home. I Want Love! Lemon is not subtle with her requests for attention.  She...
Shunishment

Shunishment

Meet Harvey! Harvey is a 2 year-old Great Dane/Labrador mix.  Harvey’s personality is as big as he is!  He is a lot of D-O-G, which is why his guardian requested Zen Dog Training to teach Harvey to stop constantly demanding attention from people. Despite a regular and...
Cat and Dog Introductions

Cat and Dog Introductions

Meet Simba! Simba is a playful, 6-month old, Labrador mix puppy. Simba’s guardians knew it was important to start training early so they contacted Zen Dog Training within 2 weeks of adoption. Early intervention is everything! One of their goals was to learn how to...