Celebrate National Puppy Day: Expert Tips for Choosing & Training Your New Companion

As usual I was browsing through Google Reader and learned that today, March 23rd is National Puppy Day!

Here I am writing to a site about puppy training and little did I know that there was an entire day dedicated to my cause.

Here’s what National Puppy Day is all about:

We’re definitely in support of the National Puppy Day cause and wanted to let our readers know about it too.  If you’re interested in finding a puppy please don’t go to the pet store.  Instead try your local animal shelter or rescue and if you’re looking for a specific breed I’ve heard that more than 25% of the dogs that end up in shelters are pure bred.  Also, as the National Puppy day website mentions there are many breed specific rescues available.  If you’re looking for a breed specific rescue try visiting the PetFinder.com website.  They list over 13,000 animal shelters and rescues.

We’ve done our best to help animal shelters and rescues by volunteering our time with local rescues as fosters.  As fosters we’ve rescued, raised, and adopted out several litters of puppies from the Riverside animal shelter.  It’s time consuming, but a very rewarding experience.

If you don’t feel ready to take on the responsibility of adopting a puppy or dog from a shelter or rescue you might first try fostering.

Have you heard of National Puppy Day?  Did you rescue your dog from an animal shelter?

Top Picks For Our Puppies

1. BEST PUPPY TOY
   We Like: Snuggle Puppy w/ Heart Beat & Heat Pack - Perfect for new puppies. We get all of our Service Dog pups a Snuggle Puppy.
2. BEST DOG CHEW
   We Like: Best Bully Sticks - All of our puppies love to bite, nip, and chew. We love using Bully Sticks to help divert these unwanted behaviors.
3. BEST DOG TREATS
   We Like: Wellness Soft Puppy Bites - One of our favorite treats for training our service dog puppies.
4. BEST FRESH DOG FOOD
   We Like: The Farmer's Dog - A couple months ago we started feeding Raven fresh dog food and she loves it! Get 50% off your first order of The Farmer's Dog.

Check out more of our favorites on our New Puppy Checklist.