The Return of Puppy School Recently we started a new round of puppies at Mayfield. Two of the puppies came with return clients and I want to tell you why this is more significant than the income they brought. The Staffie is a good little puppy, already with a few skills and a lot of …
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks People often ask, “Can you teach an old dog new tricks?” My answer is always “Yes”. Yesterday I saw an 11 year-old Poodle who has moved into a lifestyle village with her 80+ year-old humans. She has become reactive to other dogs on the lead and even hesitant around …
Our Holistic Approach to Training I’ve decided that the word “holistic” describes the approach that we take to helping people and their dogs, especially when they come to us with problems. While of course we want to with the barking, pulling on the lead or separation issues, it is practically impossible to head straight to …