03/04/2025
Meet Vogue! She’s the newest addition to the Every Dog family. This tiny little 12 week old English Springer Spaniel has big shoes to fill when she’s older, but for now, it’s all paws on deck for puppy raising.
Vogue attended her first Puppy Club session last night. What do you think we worked on? You might be surprised to hear that we didn’t focus on obedience, we didn’t learn loose leash walking, and we didn’t teach recall. We spent the majority of the class building Vogue’s confidence in a new environment around other dogs and people because for now, that’s what’s most important! Once we build her confidence, all of the other skills will come easier.
It’s normal for young puppies to need time to adjust in a new environment, they are little sponges that are learning so much about the big wide world around them. Giving our puppies the opportunity to observe without any pressure is key for improving their confidence. You can see in the video below that I give Vogue time to look around at the other classmates, and I use food scatters as a way to help Vogue feel more comfortable in the new environment. Once it was time to do puppy play, I started with Vogue in my arms. This allowed her to watch on as the other puppies played, and once she was ready, she was able to do a greeting and have a play with a few of her classmates and instructor dog Tootie. A very successful first Puppy Club!
