Highview Spanish Water Dogs, LLC

03/15/2025

7 weeks old and full of mischief and adventure!

03/01/2025

03/01/2025

Mission accomplished! Playroom all setup 🤗

02/26/2025

We ate, we peed and we pooped...PLAYTIME

02/26/2025

I wish I can say this doesn't happen, but it does and the dog ends up suffering for it

How to teach your dog to resource guard - a blueprint

1. Don't puppy proof your house. Leave dog attractive objects like shoes, food wrappers, hair brushers, the laundry basket etc easily within your puppy's reach.

2. When puppy takes one of these objects, immediately shout no, quickly move into puppy's space and grab it out of their mouth. Don't do any training teaching them to drop or trade objects.

3. If pup starts running away from you when they have taken an object you don't want them to have, corner them, grab them and remove it. Remember to verbally scold them for all of it.

4. When puppy starts to growl, verbally chastise them, and still remove the object. Remember not to do any training teaching them to drop or trade. Ensure all your verbal "commands" are done with aggression and volume.

5. Be surprised when your dog starts guarding spaces such as beds, couch etc and shocked when they start trying to or actually biting you. This usually starts happening in as adolescence begins, around 4-5 months.

Bonus points for taking your dog's food bowl away while they are eating to show them you can, and for petting your dog, playing with their ears or feet, and sticking your hand in their food bowl while they're eating.

Double bonus points for everything you do to show the dog you're the boss and for completely disregarding any genetics.

Almost every dog we work with who shows aggressive behaviours around objects or spaces has been subjected to this or a version of this. So much of it comes from terrible historical advice people have been given.

Tomorrow, I'll break down how to prevent it.

If you're needing help with this, please get in touch, we can help.

02/26/2025

Moving up day....graduating to a puppy playpen - goodbye whelping box! Playroom being set up - videos to follow later.

Puppies are now on soft kibble and eating like little vacuums...mom comes in and tops them off and stays for a while but all those new teeth can be a lot to handle, so she sets her limits..lol

02/25/2025

Full bellies - now playtime (chewing feels good!)

02/23/2025

LIJA-Highview's Kryptic Desire "Decker" 4 months old Feb 21, enjoying a nice sunny day!

02/16/2025

It's 10 pm and we are now running amok...mom is trying to keep up with the brood - fat and happy puppies

02/15/2025

Three weeks olds yesterday 🥰

02/15/2025

We aren’t done eating

02/15/2025

Naptime is over 😂

02/13/2025

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts (life sometimes gets in the way of life) - one of our families deferred their reservation to our next breeding and a puppy reservations has opened up

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