So it has been over 2 months now since Eric joined the family. He is fitting in really well, everyone loves him, including Sookie. My long awaited Frenchie is living up to the expectation, apart from a few small issues.

Being teenagers, and Sookie being the typical stubborn bulldog and OK, maybe she is a little spoilt. We had been having a few small issues with them and had been thinking about getting some training.

Taking his vampire name a little too far, Eric had started biting the side of Sookie’s face.

Yes, I know..it’s terrible to blame the girl, they never ask for the violence bla bla. But honestly, in this case..she has definitely been asking for it!  So, after a few days of it  just getting worse.. I went in search of a trainier to come help.

Have you watched The Dog Whisper? I think we have seen just about  every episode..3-4 times. Gotta love Caesar Millan. It is amazing what he can do with dogs, and yes I know it is a TV show and well edited..but still.

So we had a bit of an idea of what was going on, but really hand no clue how to fix it. And other than using the pssst noise, and poking the kids in the neck when they are naughty we had never tried it on the dogs.

Came across Doggy Style, and despite the name ,  I was impressed by the well designed site..I am a sucker for a pretty website. Also did some digging into their facebook page and read some great things, so made a booking.

Nate spent over 3hrs with us, working on lots of different issues we had with the puppies. He was super lovely and patient, explaining everything. I could not believe how easy he made it look. But slowly with practise we are getting better at implementing the technics he showed us.

It has made a huge difference! They still play fight a lot..but the biting has stopped. As has the peeing on stuff, humping everything, pulling like a steam train on walks and the list could go on.

We still have some issues with Eric at the dog park, I am certain he thinks he is a huge Rottweiler in a tiny body. As we got him a little older than Sookie and he wasn’t as socialised early on, hopefully it is just going to take a little longer. I think the main issue tho is..we are just doing it wrong, maybe we need more training LOL.

Thanks Nate for helping whip our naughty puppies into line!