bringing home puppies

So I brought my new puppies home one day. I couldn’t believe my husband let me choose two dogs instead of one. See, a friend of a friend had adopted a female lab mix from the dog pound and when she went to get her dog fixed, it turned out she was pregnant. They ended up with seven puppies - not exactly what they had in mind. They were so incredibly cute - all fluffy and all black except for Henry. I chose my Henry and Jess puppies and brought them home and then I realized I had absolutely no idea how to train them or what to do with them. So I pieced together what I could from puppy training and feeding info on the internet. We struggled for a while but one of the best things I did was to get them training from Pet Smart.

Yes, Pet Smart had fantastic training - they told me my puppies at 4 1/2 months old were very old to be learning to train (?) but they did fantastic - first in their class! Shortly thereafter, no more newspapers and lots of good-for-you yummy dog treats. I never did teach them about ringing the bell when they wanted to go out…one of those things I think would have saved some of my carpeting…live and learn.