Training for the Holiday Season

Best Friends Pet Care offers several training options for your new puppy. Many families consider bringing home a new puppy and while it's true that Christmas only comes once a year, puppies are here for a lifetime. A well behaved puppy becomes a well behaved dog and a true member of your family.



Dalmation



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Jack Russel



Once you've done your homework on which breed is the right fit for your family and have picked out the cutest of the bunch and the excitement of having your new addition home is over, now comes time to train your puppy.

We offer a 6 week class setting training where you attend with your puppy and learn while he's learning. We also offer an in-house training program where you board your puppy and we do the training. We follow up with you after the specified period of time. Both programs are successful, it boils down to what works for you and your family!

Give us a call at 586-792-3000 to inquire which training program would work best for you and your new puppy!

And of course, all of the above applies to adult dogs too...it's never too late to train a dog! And yes an old dog CAN learn new tricks

Belg Sheepdog Lakenos

Genes and Coat Types

There are seven types of coat types found in purebred dogs and the US National Institutes of Health found three variations of genes that control all seven. The University of Utah, where the study took place, found that 95% of the breeds they studied had variations of these genes.

If a dog has variants of all three the dog will have furnishings, such as mustaches, bushy eye brows, and curly hair such as the Bichon Frise and Portuguese Water Dogs. Below Atos, a Belgian Laekenois, has a rough coat.

Dogs with the ancestral forms of the genes will have short hair like the Basset Hound. Satchel (pictured below) is a mixed breed. Her parents passed on the simple forms of the genes giving her a short, smooth coat.

There are only a few breeds, including the Afghan Hound, that don't have coats that are influenced by these genes at all. Roxy, a Yorkshire Terrier, has a smooth, long coat. Her coat is much smoother and finer than that of the Afghan Hound.