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Ask the Trainer! Have questions about training your dog? Come in and ask the trainer on September 28th, during Yappy Hour at J & K’s PET DEPOT®. Its Free!

Where:
J & K´s PET DEPOT®
990 Cedar Bridge Avenue
Ste B13
Brick, NJ 08723
Phone: 732-920-PETS (7387)
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Oliver is an 11-week-old Shepherd-mix puppy who is in need of a wonderful and loving home. He is an energetic and playful pup who loves children and other dogs. Oliver is completely housebroken, crate trained, trained in basic commands and walks very well on leash. This little boy is a delight and would make a welcome addition to any family. Oliver has a wonderful disposition and is very well-behaved, all he needs is a dedicated family!

Goto http://www.puppylovenj.com/documents/DogApp.asp to fill out an application.

I recently had the pleasure and honor of speaking at Toms River North High School along with Jim Bowen of the Toms River Animal Facility. Both Jim and I believe that education people on the problems we hear of and encounter every day.

The PAWS club members were very interested and asked many intelligent questions. It was wonderful to see our local young adults taking an active role in the community.

There is no doubt that the most important lesson most owners want to teach their pup in the very beginning is to go outside to urinate and defecate. Too often owners approach this incorrectly and in doing so create problems which can last for many months if not years. Some dogs learn to go outside very quickly others need more time and patience, there is no set timescale. In some instances certain breeds do learn quicker than others, but regardless of which breed, successful housebreaking is dependent upon the owner and management of the puppy.

Physiologically your puppy will have problems with good bladder and sphincter muscle control until it is about sixteen weeks old. Until this age its elimination responses are basically automatic. When it needs to eliminate, it has to eliminate, like a child in diapers - it cannot “hold on”. Eating and drinking will naturally stimulate the digestive and urinary tract system but so also does walking and playing. During the first weeks of owning a puppy therefore you need to be observant and have a lot of patience. To minimize ‘accidents’ a crate can be used to put pup in when you cannot watch or supervise and although many owners think of the crate as being unfair ‘locking the pup behind bars’, a crate can become a very comfortable place for the dog. Not only during puppy-hood but for the rest of its life, and most dogs consider the crate their own little ‘den’.