We are pleased to announce the official launch of CLEAR Dog Grooming which opened its doors earlier this year. CLEAR Dog Grooming is our sister business run by my daughter, Karen. Karen opened her own mobile business after working in a leading salon earlier this year. Click HERE for more gallery pictures.

CLEAR Dog Grooming offers services which include hydrobaths, blow drying, ear cleaning, nail clipping, brush outs and de-matting. Clipping services include hygiene clips, tidy ups, standard and breed specific cuts. Finally they can provide you with all your flea, tick and worm protection at a price cheaper than most retail stores, and if you have a monthly service they can manage and administer them for you for free.

Here's a repeat from the last CLEAR Canine Courier that's well worth repeating! This book by two of the world’s leading trainers from Norway is available as an instantly downloadable E-Book. Even without buying it there is a heap of useful information, click on the book and watch the short video – just amazing and so easy when one knows how! Then scroll to the very bottom and sign up for the 7 free clicker lessons – they are brilliant and will arrive daily by email for the next seven days. You will soon be on your way to having your ideal dog as a result of being a Supertrainer.

There is a bewildering amount of confusing and conflicting advice given by various breeders, pet stores, trainers and vets!
 
A medical argument from some breeders, pet stores, vets and trainers is that if you take a puppy too early to puppy school he could get a fatal disease, such as distemper or parvo virus. Therefore it is best to keep your puppy quarantined or isolated, as if in cotton wool, till he is four and a bit months old and has had all the required vaccinations.

The counter argument is from other breeders, pet stores, vets and trainers who take into consideration both the medical and behavioural risks involved. They look at the bigger picture and conclude that the latter risks far outweigh the former. By the time your puppy is four months old he is almost adolescent and many undesired habits may have formed and it is much too late for puppy school!