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Sit is the most common command that pups have mastered! Almost every dog can sit. To teach your pup to sit, start with a tasty treat in your hand. Move close to your dog and place the treat at the tips of your fingers, palm up. Make sure your pup knows you have the...

Each month on Facebook we run a photo contest. CVL owners enter a photo of their pet for a chance to be our display photo for the month. Every month it is so hard to choose and seemingly gets harder to choose! Below are some of our favorites for June.   [gallery...

Doodles, both Australian Labradoodles and Bernedoodles, require routine grooming. Before they are 6 months old you might want to consider bringing them into the groomer for baths, puppy cuts, and nail trims so they can get comfortable in that environment. Although a...

What happens when you put an F1 Bernedoodle and an Australian Labradoodle together? You get an Australian Bernedoodle. Australian Bernedoodles have amazing non-shedding coats, hybrid vigor for their health, and incredible temperaments. And these puppies are gorgeous!...

Not all foods are safe for our dogs to eat. Dogs are different from us and some of our regular food items can be toxic to them. Most people are aware chocolate is toxic to dogs, but did you know there are many other common food items that are unsafe? This includes...

Mastering a recall command is one of the most important parts of puppy training - but it may be the hardest to master. Your puppy will not learn this as quickly as some of the other lessons, but this could prove to be a life-saving lesson one day! You will want to...

Hi everyone, We have some puppy availability at the moment! This is an exciting opportunity to bring home your very own CVL pet puppy for the summer. We don't always have puppies available at 8 weeks so this is a rarity. First, we have some medium puppies from Haven...

Much like last week's tips on focus, we are going to play a little "look at me" game to teach your pup their name. Learning their name at a young age is important for many reasons. However, the most important reasons are 1 - safety and 2 - to create a less confusing...

Puppies have very little focus. Their train of thought goes a little like this: "Ohhhh look at the tree. Oh, my human is calling to me, let's go check tha----- SQUIRREL!!" It can be so cute at first - but it's so frustrating to feel that we cannot keep our puppy's...