After puppy care

I offer after puppy care in helping you through the first 4 weeks of the puppies life.  This is because these are the hardest times until you are in training classes.
I tell everyone the importance of training, and with the HPR breeds 6 weeks course is not enough.  You must keep the Vizsla and the Bracco Italiano in training until at least 1 year if not 2 years.  My good friend a dog trainer always says it must be 2 years, and I can see why.  The more structure you give your dogs during growing, and the brains still learning, the better the dog is.
I learnt myself over the years the people who continue with training really do not contact me again, this is because they have a good relationship with their dogs.  The people who do no training are the ones who the chances of not wanting the dog by six months are much higher.

This is the reason we do not like selling to anyone who is not prepared to give their dogs a lot of training.  But it does not stop with training classes as you have to teach the dog to earn rewards, to not demand your attention, and to be a good member of society. 

If your life is busy and you're just squeezing the dog in, dont buy a Vizsla. They are a demanding breed which can not be left for hours at a time.  Those that take these dogs on who will leave the dogs have dog walkers coming in to the house, 2-3 times whilst they are out.  Sitting with pups doing training and you all need medals for taking everything we say on board.  If you are picking the good points of what I am saying and pushing the other points to the back, dont get a Vizsla. 

Going back to our puppies.  We set up now a whats app group and add everyone who's having a puppy from that litter to the group. Also your partners if you ask.  This runs for four weeks, then it closes.  You then get the opportunity to join our Facebook group. You have to find me first on Facebook. Rachel Savage, and then I add you to the group. 
During the four weeks you can contact me privately on whats app for any advice.  I call it behavioural advice but in all honesty puppies do not go away with behaviour problems.  Because all puppies do the same thing, and it's all normal behaviour.  When it steps into behaviour is when a dog realises it is the boss, it can run rings around you, and then I can give you little tips how to over come them.

I know breeders who have young puppies returned, and it's not the puppy's fault.  I now run a puppy academy and Im branching new ideas at the moment to help owners.  It's gradually coming together in my mind how to go forward. 

My friends call me an expert in the HPR breed and yes I suppose being in the breed over 30 years qualifies me to say I am. I hope everyone can take something from what I say and make it work with their puppies.  All puppies are different and all have individual characters.  The dogs we own are a privilege and we should really make it work to the best of our ability.

So welcome to those of you who are about to join us in our new puppy adventures with Brandi litter coming up soon followed by Candy litter.

We may then take a break from Vizsla litters until next year.  But we are undecided yet.  As these puppies wont leave until October that we have coming up, which takes us into the end of the year and I really like December clear of HPR puppies.  As we have lots to do. 

​Regards Rachel