Lake Mills Veterinary Clinic

09/18/2025

09/04/2025

Does your puppy need preschool? (Spoiler alert: Yes, and probably younger than you think!)
Class starts Sunday, September 7 at 2pm

Calling all puppies!
We have a few spots available in our next Puppy Preschool series.
Age range: this class is for puppies 8-16 weeks of age (at the start of class)

Did you know that puppy classes are not only about training? Socialization and exposure build resilience and confidence in puppies. What your puppy is DOING, is what your puppy is LEARNING. Puppies need to (safely) explore the world and learn to be optimistic and brave.

Your puppy needs to learn as much in his/her first year as people do in our first 20 years. The clock is ticking! By the time your puppy is 6 months old, s/he should have been handled by at least 100 people in a friendly, appropriate manner. Your puppy should also have met at least 25 other (friendly, vaccinated) dogs during that time. Puppies who miss out on early socialization and exposure are at risk of developing fearful responses to their world as they continue to grow, including aggression. Tall order? Yes! We can help.

Our Puppy Preschool covers three main areas of puppy development and training:
1) House manners (chew your toy, not the couch or the toddler; p*e outside, not on the floor, and so on),
2) Handling and Socialization (tolerance of baths, nail trims, grooming, vet visits; how to make friends with people - including children, other dogs, and other animals; familiarity with things like ramps, umbrellas, and other normal items/situations your dog is likely to encounter in life,
3) Early training: sit, come when called, drop it, leave it - cues to help your puppy learn how to live safely and peacefully with you.

For more details, and the online enrollment form, visit our website via this link: https://www.lakemillsvetclinic.com/behavioral-help/dog/puppypreschool
(You can also call the clinic to enroll, if that's simpler for you!)

Don't have a puppy? Tell your friends. Our classes are open to everyone - you don't have to be a client.

08/28/2025

Congrats to our most recent Puppy Preschool graduates! These cuties learned how to play well with others, how to be brave, how to have patience when things are exciting and tempting, and how to settle.

They also did a great job with leash walking, come, sit, "drop it," "leave it," and other important skills.

Their families learned how to build trust, set boundaries and manage busy puppies, and engage active puppy brains. And we all had a lot of fun!

Please say hello to Bernoulli, Brayden, Charlie, Cooper, Odie, Sully, and Tinker!

08/28/2025

Congratulations to our recent Beyond Basics graduates! This class travels around Lake Mills, meeting at a different location for each lesson. That gave these students an opportunity to practice bike trail manners, long-line recalls, stay skills in a game with other dogs, leash manners at a market, advanced leave it and wait skills, and tricks training. The dogs also got to try out a slide at a local park, and visit the beautiful beer garden at Tyranena Brewing Company: Legendary Wisconsin Beer!

Please say hello to Bodhi, Cosmo, Maddie, Madea, Phantom, and Remy!

Thanks to Tyranena Brewing Company: Legendary Wisconsin Beer for hosting our graduation lessons for this series for the past 15 years!

Please check out the comments for videos of each dog doing their graduation trick. :-)

08/27/2025

Oh, my gosh, our Family Dog Manners classes only have 4 spots left through the rest of the year! Thanks, friends, for trusting us with your furry family members.

But, don't despair: we have a new series, called "Team Building Basics," taught by Kathy Wolff - the newest member of our training team, but a skilled, certified trainer! This series has very similar content to our Family Dog Manners classes, but has a games-based approach to teaching it.

We have 7 open spots in this class through the end of the year. Keen to know more? Visit our website to learn all about it.

The first series starts Saturday, September 6! Does your dog need some new skills? Are you having a hard time managing some behavior? Check it out!

Lake Mills Veterinary Clinic - Veterinary Clinic in Lake Mills, WI

08/26/2025

We'll be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 1. We'll be open normal hours otherwise. Please plan ahead!

Mrs. Biscuits would like all you hard-working folks to enjoy this day celebrating the American worker, as she lounges on the printer, and dares anyone to take a document from beneath her.