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Choosing a Pet Identification Tag for The Papillon

How to Pick an ID Tag for Your PapillonChoosing a pet ID tag for your Papillon is like buying an insurance policy – you do so with the faith that you’re never going to need it. The “possible cost” of not having a pet ID tag is more expensive than the “actual price” of purchasing the pet tag itself.

The kind of pet identification tag that you buy is vital, so take 5 minutes or so to think it through. Whimsically buying a collar tag because it’s inexpensive or pretty often ends up being unwise, in the long term.

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How to Build Your Papillon a Dog House

Build a House for Your PapillonMore than 50 percent of the population allows their Papillons to live inside and sleep on their couch or in the bed. For those of you who are wondering how to build a dog house for your Papillon, here are some simple rules to follow when determining what type of house you want to build for your Papillon.

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Teaching a Papillon To Jump for Agility

Teach Your Papillon to Jump for AgilityThis article is about teaching the Papillon jumping for agility. Often we are asked, “What number of jumps should I start with?” You can never have too many single jumps to practice agility. A good starting place is 4 jumps. This is the least quantity of jumps that we recommend.

Teaching Your Papillon jumping: Start with Four

You can teach your Papillon a multitude of drills, skills, and exercises with four jumps. Four jumps will allow you to work on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can position a “box” with your jumps and work on collection, handling, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your Papillon jumping left and right. You can be outside the box and send your Papillon or you can handle from the inside of the box. Your jumps can be setup in a lateral line, so you could practice threadles and serpentines.

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Want to Teach Your Papillon Some Tricks: Here’s Three

3 Tricks To Teach Your Papillon
3 Tricks To Teach Your Papillon

To teach your Papillon tricks, even simple ones, you need to provide some savory treats, take him to a quiet suitable location and manage to keep the coaching sessions to under fifteen minutes or your Papillon will begin to get tired. Take note that when he gets something correct give him lots of praise and a reward snack, just beware not to get him too fired up or he may likely lose focus.

Teach your Papillon to offer you his paw

To train your Papillon to give you his paw, initially

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Do You Get Your Kid The Papillon Puppy?

Should you get a Papillon puppy?Sooner or later, every parent is going to be asked: “Please, can we get that Papillon puppy?”

Instead of ignoring the question, parents should decide whether their family is prepared for a new dog, especially a Papillon, says Sharon Bergen, senior vice president of education and training for Knowledge Learning Corporation, this country’s foremost provider of early childcare.

While pondering “should the family get the Papillon” Bergen suggests parents weigh the positives and negatives of bringing the Papillon to the family prior to agreeing to a child’s wishes. “The Papillon can teach children responsibility and become a welcome addition to your family-or it can be a hassle,” she said. Bergen recommends parents consider the following before committing:

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Tips For Taking Care Of Papillons

papillon care tipsOwning dogs, especially providing care for the papillon, is a specialty of humans. Some experts have proven that dogs were first domesticated between twelve thousand and twenty five thousand years ago—and that canines evolved from wolves. Since those days, people have selectively bred more than four hundred different breeds, varying in size from four-pound teacup poodles to Irish wolfhounds, who have earned the distinction of the tallest dog. However, the most popular dogs are the non-pedigree dogs—the one-of-a-kind dogs known as mutts. The papillon is another popular pick with dog owners. Many owners are misinformed, however, of many critical papillon care tips.