When do you start training your Boerboel puppy?
We take the approach that our puppies never have formal obedience training or any kind of special training (protection, schutzhund, agility etc.) until they are around 8 months of age. We believe that they develop best, as dogs and as members of our pack and family, if they are allowed to have a decent, stress free puppy-hood.
When does a Boerboel PUP become an orphan?
Just remember, a couple of days earlier, your pup was a member of an active bundle of tumbling teeth and claws and fighting, nibbling, yelping, licking, snoring, sleeping, cuddling litter mates. Now, he is, at least until you form your pack, an orphan.
What should I Feed my new Boerboel puppy?
Before you get your Boerboel puppy home, or at least within the first few months of getting him home, you will, most likely, need most if not all of the following; Puppy Food or Raw Food if you have taken my advice and decided to feed a BARF diet
When to call the vet for a growth in your dog?
Growths and masses can appear on dogs at any age, but they are among the most common health issues seen in older dogs. As a dog owner, it’s helpful to understand the different types of growths you may encounter. Any persistent, unusual mass or growth should prompt a call to your veterinarian. What Are Tumors, Growths, and Cysts?
What should I look for in a Boerboel dog?
GENERAL APPEARANCE. The Boerboel is a large dog that is strong, confident and muscular in appearance with powerful, free-flowing movement. When observing a Boerboel at play or work, standing or moving, it should show strength, suppleness, nimbleness and agility.
Growths and masses can appear on dogs at any age, but they are among the most common health issues seen in older dogs. As a dog owner, it’s helpful to understand the different types of growths you may encounter. Any persistent, unusual mass or growth should prompt a call to your veterinarian. What Are Tumors, Growths, and Cysts?
What should I do if my dog has a lump on his neck?
For this reason, it is important to check our dogs regularly at home just in case these lumps may be present. Through a blood test and/or biopsy, the vet can then decide whether the lump is something which needs to be treated and what this treatment may be. Whether benign or malignant, the lump may be removed in a surgical procedure.
Where did the Boerboel dog originally come from?
Historically the Boerboel developed as a general farm dog for the pioneers who settled in South Africa since the seventeenth century.