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NATIONAL COORDINATOR Mrs Liz White Tel 01908 618877 email Liz@stirlingideas.com

NATIONAL COORDINATOR Mrs Liz White Tel 01908 618877 email Liz@stirlingideas.com

Clearly if a dog has been abused - frightened or subject to serious accident or illness then it may have behaviour problems which will be difficult to modify and expert help should be sort..

Since I don't believe in re-inventing the wheel look at some existing excellent sites:  

HOUSE TRAINING - Look at these helpful links:

Housetraining_puppies         puppy3.html     Dumb Friends League
http://www.dog-pictures.co.uk/dog-care-articles/puppy-and-young-dog.shtml

Excellent information about the phases that puppy's go through.

Puppyhood and Beyond Puppies is from the Doberman site! but it explains the various stages that ALL puppies go through from zero to 4 years old.   

Socialization Period (7 - 12 Weeks) Seniority Classification Period (12-16 Weeks) Flight Instinct Period (4 - 8 Months)

Adolescence Period (5 - 18 months) Second Fear Imprint Period (6 - 14 Months) Mature Adulthood (1 - 4 Years)

Aggression ? Part of the information from the Dog Owners Guide online magazine

San Carlos Veterinary Hospital Check out their Behaviour Tip of the month pages

Myrna Milani Look at Articles - Dogs    

 

 

 

Bichons don't have inherent behaviour problems - what they do have is a beguiling manner which lets them get away with things that are often  cute and forgiven as puppies but is perceived as a problem once the dog has been allowed to do it for months or years. Remember that they are DOGS.