Piper’s Thread- My Poodle Puppy is here!

[Fuchsia]

Aww, congrats! She’s so cute!

 

[black_cat]

THE GIRL

 

[black_cat]

Obedience or rally?

 

[Jenessa_096]

Oh my gosh so cute

 

[CHlCKEN]

Obedience or rally?

No idea yet.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

So cute! I'm sure she'll have the best life with you! More pictures please??
I got my baby, Talie, from a rescue. Although you can get nice purebred dogs from breeders, sometimes the perfect puppy could be waiting for you at a shelter! But then again, shelters usually won't have awesome purebred dogs. Good luck with your pupper, and I hope she won't be as naughty as my dog.

 

[black_cat]

No idea yet.

Rally is more chill for beginners, and is a good place to start with to get into obedience- I'm planning on getting a few rally titles on Finn (probably 1-2 years of work) before using that as a jumping off point for actual obedience.

If you want to start in obedience, I'd find a class with a good trainer (aka one who has success with their dogs and has successful clients- don't just base it on 'this person is a dog trainer') (most 'obedience' classes from any only positive trainers are usually 'pet obedience', not competition- I'd avoid those) and work through the puppy levels and keep going up.

For foundations-
Don't teach down from a sit. You want front first downs, not butt first downs- it's faster.
Don't call your dog out of a stay (too much). She'll start to anticipate it and will break the stay as a 'shortcut'.
Don't allow your dog to greet everyone and everyone on walks- instead, schedule socialization time with friends so that you can set her up for success. Make greeting rules and enforce them.
Also, read this blog- it's my favorite and also the best:
https://thecaninechasm.com/

 

[CHlCKEN]

Rally is more chill for beginners, and is a good place to start with to get into obedience- I'm planning on getting a few rally titles on Finn (probably 1-2 years of work) before using that as a jumping off point for actual obedience.

If you want to start in obedience, I'd find a class with a good trainer (aka one who has success with their dogs and has successful clients- don't just base it on 'this person is a dog trainer') (most 'obedience' classes from any only positive trainers are usually 'pet obedience', not competition- I'd avoid those) and work through the puppy levels and keep going up.

For foundations-
Don't teach down from a sit. You want front first downs, not butt first downs- it's faster.
Don't call your dog out of a stay (too much). She'll start to anticipate it and will break the stay as a 'shortcut'.
Don't allow your dog to greet everyone and everyone on walks- instead, schedule socialization time with friends so that you can set her up for success. Make greeting rules and enforce them.
Also, read this blog- it's my favorite and also the best:
https://thecaninechasm.com/

Thank you ms smartypants

 

[CHlCKEN]

Puppy is here

 

[black_cat]

Puppy is here

THE GIRL