Train your Dog in Five Minutes

The ABC website has a great new section, called Wagging School, which gives some excellent training tips.

Training doesn't take much time, you can use every interaction with your dog as an opportunity to train him. Having a dog that behaves nicely makes owning him so much less stressful.

In this photo we are practicing the comand "come". Buddy runs when he hears the command, he knows we will probably give him a liver treat.

Cody & Buddy give Pablo a birthday kiss

Hey Pablo, that tickles!

All my favourite relatives were there

Here is the whole gang, Cody with Pixie in the front and Buddy with Pablo in the back. All of these pups came from Annie, and you can see that they somehow realize that they are related.

Buddy can be a bit quiet around other dogs, but he took to these guys right away. It is like they recognise that they are a family . ..

All of these pups are good natured, affectionate and lovable. They are very good with people, including children and also socialize well with other dogs.

Happy Birthday Pablo!

Buddy takes a bath

We gave Buddy a bath today, he doesn't look very impressed, but at least he smells nice now. Because he is mainly an indoor dog he doesn't get very dirty or smelly. So far we have found that if we bath him properly about once month it is enough. Although if he has played in mud at the park we give him a quick wash in between times. We also have a professional groomer once every three months, so he gets a really thorough washing then.

Cavoodle Family Reunion

In the park today Butterscotch met up with his brother, half brother and cousin!

The dog in the top left photo is Pixie, Buddy's cousin (we are pretty sure their mums are sisters). On the bottom left is Cody, who is now 1 year old. Cody is a full brother to Buddy and they are very similar in colouring.

The black dog next to Cody is Pablo who is nearly 1 year old and a half brother to Buddy and Cody. Pablo, Cody and Buddy have the same dad and Pablo and Pixie have the same mum. (Which makes Pablo a cousin and a half brother to Buddy?)

The photo on the right has Buddy in front, Cody is standing behind and Ollie is the dog on the right. Ollie is a cavoodle too but no relation!