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8 Easy Ways to Train Your Puppy to Be Obedient in Short Time

8 Easy Ways to Train Your Puppy to Be Obedient in Short Time My neighbor's kid has a dog that sits at the kitchen door and waits every single time. Doesn't beg, doesn't whine, doesn't lean on your leg. Just sits, with a tennis ball at his feet, until somebody opens the door. I asked her how long that took. She said it started with him being a bad dog. I got the story later over a beer, and the short version is that it took about eight months of the boring kind of work, not the showy kind. Nobody filmed any of it. Nobody posted a thirty-second video of the dog going from wild to perfect. It was just a kid in a garage with a bag of treats and a dog who did not care about the bag of treats. That story has been sitting in my head for a month, because it's the honest version of a title like this one, and the honest version is more useful than the promise. Before we get into it, I should say what "short time" actually means here, because I think it gets misunder...

Fun Facts About Puppies: The Truth Behind the Cuteness

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Fun Facts About Puppies: The Truth Behind the Cuteness Introduction I'm sure you've heard of puppies, but do you know how they're born? How their tiny bodies develop? What their eating habits are like? And when they finally grow up into dogs, how do they look different from a puppy? In this article, we'll explore the facts about puppies and what makes them so cute and cuddly (and more work than you could ever imagine). Puppies are born blind, deaf and toothless. Most people have a misconception that puppies are born with teeth and they can chew, but this is not true. In fact, when puppies are born, their eyes and ears are closed so they don’t see nor hear anything. With time, their eyelids will open and their hearing will develop with the help of maturation. Puppies also have a soft spot on their heads called “cranial fontanelle” which closes after about two months of age. This happens as the puppy's skull bones fuse together during development and growth! Puppies a...