Did you know a puppy grows (ages) from 11 to 20 times faster than a human being in the first year (10 times faster in the second year)!

This means that every three or four weeks in the first year, your puppy grows a year older.

If you want an exceptionally good dog you must develop its behaviour to suit your home in the first and second year of its life.

Don't let your children play tug-of-war with your puppy because the puppy will think that every time it sees one of the children, it is time to jump, nip at and get very excited with them. To the dog they are just other animals to play with and dogs play very roughly. Underestimating the dog's power, response to play and tenacity leads to children being bitten, especially on the face.

Don't despair if you have an older dog, we can tell you what to do to socialise and train it.