Yeah!! It's picture day!

We got a new picture of our puppy! Zander looks so cute. We're glad we chose him because he has the curliest hair out of all the puppies in his litter. That means that he is going to shed very little. This is great considering our allergies. He has already grown so much. I can't believe we have to wait another two whole months before he can come home. To help prepare for his arrival we have been reading a lot of dog training books. It is important that these books are current because training methods have changed so much just in the past three years. For example, owners were taught to roll their puppy over on his back and stare him down because this was thought to show him who was boss. But now they're finding out that all this does is tell your dog that you are challenging him to be the alpha dog. So instead of building a strong loving bond between you two, you are telling your dog that you are his adversary. One of my favorite dog training books is "Dog-Friendly Dog Training", by Andrea Arden. It tells you the proper way to train your dog, and then supplies you with the tools that you need to do so. There are also a lot of funny illustrations that make it interesting for those of us with short attention spans. So it is our hope that by doing thorough research and preparing we will be fully equipped to train zander to be our life long companion. (That is french for I hope he will not chew anything, poop in the house, or die!)