Picking Your Pup
The thought of raising a new young puppy by yourself might be stressful. You hope for a dog that will fit  wonderfully with your life style. Your life in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas might be fast paced, you’ve got a full-time profession, a new family, you like to travel or may be you just retired. We provide a worry free experience to add that  remarkable dog to your life.

The Process Begins With a Assessment
We know it’s important that you know who you will be dealing with. Developing a rapport is tremendously important to our team in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Our chat begins with simple questions and leads into an thorough discussion, which will give us a better idea of who you are and what your ideal dog might be. We like to have a wonderful working relationship with you. It starts the journey to select, teach and raise your pup.

Picking The Best Breed For Your Family
Once you have decided you want to include that amazing dog to your life in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. You may have your heart set on a particular breed or maybe you want one of our pups that are currently in our puppy raising program. There certainly are things to think of like the type of house you live in, your schedule, maybe you are raising a  little family, you you may love to travel or maybe you have recently retired. All this will not minimize your choices, yet help shed light on your lifestyle in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. We help guide you in the decision making process. As we learn more about you, we can certainly assist you decide what you want and which puppy will best suit your lifestyle.

Finding The Best Puppies For Sale in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
We partner with amazing breeders who are truly interested in improving their breed with good health and fantastic temperament of their puppies. The initial eight weeks of a new puppy’s life are as critical as to what happens after. A good breeder understands this and helps get the puppy off to a great start.

We have established a relationship with many outstanding breeders. We specifically seek breeders who understand the early role they play in a puppies life. They know when one of their pups grows through our program, it ensures the puppy will end up having a wonderful life.  It’s incredibly important to work carefully with the breeder. We count on the breeder’s knowledge and also our years of knowledge to pick the puppy with the best temperament for the potential new family.

Your Puppy‘s Training in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Training your new puppy is a combo of teaching new skill-sets including manners, setting boundaries, fostering healthy relationships, along with exposing your dog successfully to people, other dogs and desensitizing him or her to all different types of environments. For instance, we have the puppy stay overnight with various people in various environments; which produces a dog for you who is comfortable and easy to live with because he or she adapts|adjusts} to your lifestyle. Because of this and exposures to other factors your dog readily bonds with you and your family.

Imprinting Good Behavior ~Birth to 16 Weeks
Picking up your puppy from the breeder

Training starts the instant a new puppy is in our hands in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Once we select the pup from the litter, the very first thing we would like to accomplish is developing confidence and a bond with this new puppy. We begin our relationship having fun even though we’re always teaching. Under our close guidance, we begin exposing the pup to its new world. For example, getting him or her to follow us, go up and down stairs, walk over branches, and maybe even get relatively near to loud noises. By doing this, we are environmentally socializing your puppy to the world while at the same time strengthening our bond. We are huge dog lovers, but still incredibly aware in those moments it is essential to concentrate more on being a leader and guide as the new puppy learns about this new world without having the company of its litter mates or mom.

Most important time for learning
In the first few weeks we are teaching your new puppy boundaries, trust and focus. There is no restriction as to what we will incorporate into our techniques. Typically we make use of particular locations or objects to create an encounter for the puppy. Sometimes a spur of the moment opportunity may present itself in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Our options and imagination are unlimited. Every exposure and experience builds on the previous one. Through all of this, we thoroughly supervise the puppy. We don’t limit ourselves to inflexible rules. We try to be more creative, think outside the box, and benefit from activities that unfold before us. Those opportunities are priceless when it comes to teaching the pup.

Every interaction with the new pup is a teaching moment. We often consider it as an early investment in the life of this pup. This is the first time away from their littermates and living with us in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Puppies have a small window of time during brain development when they are most impressionable. This is called the imprinting also known as the critical learning period. Puppies learn more during this period than any other period of time in their lives. The quality and quantity of what they encounter will have a substantial impact on their future personalities and determine a lot of their “good” or “bad” behavior tendencies. Throughout the imprinting phase, every experience is vital. It is essential to build their confidence. The phrase ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ does not apply to their early interactions. Because puppies are soaking up every experience like a sponge, we need to stay very aware of all interactions and yet still have a good time with our new puppy.

A Well-Mannered Friend
4 to 6 months 

A trained dog is much more than just obedient. Knowing how to sit, stay or walk nicely on a loose leash are necessary things to learn. Good manners, great social skills and a healthy relationship with his or her family are critical. Additionally, desensitization, exposure to many different distractions and situations, as well as having the flexibility to fit into a lifestyle in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX  is equally important.

Our focus is to create a dog with impeccable manners and social skills. We begin by teaching obedience the day we bring them home from the breeder; which continues as we improve the dog’s behavior. The goal is to have a strong foundation by about 4 to 6 months. We practice obedience, keeping it a regular request in our day-to-day routine in addition to within each new situation we expose your puppy to. We go from shaping to defining commands and testing them with distractions, duration and distance. Communication is at the core of our philosophy. Being very clear and consistent is key. We limit our words when giving commands. We want your dog to understand what we mean when we give them the command. When we say ‘come’ or ‘here’ we expect 100% response immediately.

Proofing Behavior in a Social World in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
6 months to young adult

Enter the teenage years– adolescence. This is the usual age when many dogs are re-homed or surrendered to shelters. The adolescent stage can find your sweet pup developing into a monster. That nice pup can be more mouthy and disobedient than you could ever picture. Many owners hope their dog will outgrow unfavorable behaviors. Their dog is testing what is allowed and what is not. Allowing a dog to continue practicing naughty acts makes changing undesirable behavior more difficult.

Working in the Real World in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
We work to reduce any unwanted behavior by instilling boundaries and practicing obedience in high distraction locations. Such as, we practice recalls when your dog is very distracted maybe chasing something as common as a squirrel. We practice and proof obedience in high traffic places, around barking dogs, near playgrounds and within public places.

As the puppy moves through the adolescent stage we continue to challenge the dog by putting it in various situations. We consider each situation as a picture. What does that look like to the puppy? How does that picture change from day to day or location to location. We are aiming to teach a dog how to adapt in each new and various environment or situation. We are raising a puppy that isn’t dependent on continuous commands that control what he or she should and shouldn’t do. In fact, we want a dog that can make good choices. Our main goal is to have a well-balanced puppy, who will be comfortable your home.

We continue to strengthen and refine good manners making good behavior a habit for the dog. Throughout this time, the puppy has been residing with the dog trainer in his or her own home. Throughout this time, your puppy will also spend a few days and nights hanging out with another family member or friend. Providing them with this chance, encourages your puppy to continue to be confident and comfortable in new surroundings. This ensures those habits and good manners will stay when he/she goes on to your home in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.