leash training puppy

Our dog does not pull on the lead but your puppy might - if so do this.

Watch the video which has worked for us and Luigi is great now.

Have a slack leash all the time.

Do not look at your dog or pat your dog .

If the video does not work try this - when your dog pulls on the leash kick it very gently but enough to make the dog look at you, and come back to you. When the dog is doing heel, give him treats. Note: make a noise when you kick the dog but make sure you do not use that noise when the dog is good. Later, you will only have to make the noise and the dog will go to heel.

We did both of these things for leash training our puppy, and it worked very well.

cool puppy names

When we got a dog we knew his name from before we had a puppy. It was LUIGI. We had named him this because we watch the dog whisperer TV shows. There was a dog named Luigi and it was so nice and good. It did not do anything when a dog barked at him. So we said, when we get a dog we will name him Luigi.

Now our dog is bad so we have come up with cool puppy names for your dog. Hope your dog is more good than ours . His pedigree name is Buddy's bouncing boy.

puppy male names

• Lupus (is wolf in Latin)
• Luca
• Lucky
• Pluto
• Art
• Chaos
• Indigo
• Loyal

girl puppy names

• April
• Avril
• Camilla
• Clio
• Echo
• Ingrid
• Esme

I hope you like my cool puppy names.

puppy seperation anxiety

Luigi has started to wail in the night again and we think he has puppy seperation anxiety. He gets very upset when we put him to bed - crying and panting and wimpering. He is also howling all through the night.

We have done lots of reading and it seems that some things we can do are ;

1. Put in some clothing we have worn for him to snuggle up to.


2. Leave a radio on.


3. Leave a light on.


4. Use an intercom to talk to your dog!


5. Get him used to being left in his cage during the day. A good way to do this is 2 or 3 times a day we play with him for ten minutes. Next put the puppy in the cage for ten minutes, putting the time up 2 or 3 minutes every time. We are up to 25 minutes. Let the dog out but do not look at it or play or pat it for 5 minutes - this tells the dog that being in the cage is nothing to make a fuss about. Then play with and pat the puppy for ten minutes as a reward.

Luigi doesn't mind being in his cage during the day. It is just at night he is unhappy. We are trying lots of things and I will tell you what worked best to fix his puppy seperation anxiety when he is better.

puppy teething

Luigi is teething YAY!! Poor Luigi - he is bleeding and has no teeth so he cannot nip.

It is very hot at the moment so a good thing to give your dog is a ice cube. Luigi loves it and it is good for his teething and hot weather. Luigi is now 6 months old. It has been HOT so Luigi sleeps a LOT.

We have to make sure that Luigi has lots of thing to chew.

coton de tulear travels

Luigi has gone on his first holiday. It was in the lake district.


On the first day we left at 9am. We were in the car till 3pm but we did stop 3 times so Luigi could have a rest and a drink.

W stayed in a cottage. When we went in the Luigi was still in the car. We heard a dog bark. It was Tia. She is a lovely setter- she was very bouncy but good. We let Luigi out. The two dogs ran off to play chase. Then we went for a walk because Luigi had been in the car all day - we put our coats on and we saw lots of sheep and a sheep fold (which is like a house for sheep).

Luigi had never slept in his cage all night so we hoped he would not wet his bed. In the morning I got up at 6.30 to let him out for a wee. Luigi did not wet his bed - Yay!

We had a lovely holiday and we saw our grandparents too. Luigi likes holidays.

puppy toys

Luigi loves his milk bottle. It is one of his favourite puppy toys. He has got the top off but it was dangerous for him to have so we take them off now. At one point we put his bottle in a sock. He liked that but was very happy when we took it out. He can bite and carry the bottle. We change the bottle when it has lots of bite marks.

five facts of a coton de tulear

FIVE FACTS OF A COTON ARE

• When they are on the move they have their tails curled but when sleeping it is straight.


• A coton's hair can grow up to 8 inches or 20cm


• The coton was a Madagascan dog but the French named them.


• A coton can be born with a pink nose or a black one (it is supposed to be black but our puppy has a pink one!).


• Their ears can be brown when young but go white when older (16 months).