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To Dog Or Not To Dog

Ten short chapters for the decision of a lifetime. The time, the money, the breed, the breeder, and an honest checklist at the end. I would rather talk you out of a dog now than meet you in two years with a dog you both resent.

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What is inside

The whole decision, honestly

  1. What a good dog actually is, and why it is not an obedient one.
  2. The honest audit: your work, weekends, household, travel and family plans.
  3. The time it really takes, and the outsourcing question nobody asks.
  4. The money, in real Australian numbers, including the two funds that matter.
  5. Choosing the breed, and choosing the breeder, which matters more than most people know.
  6. How the good dog actually happens: the four modes, socialisation, adolescence.
  7. Fifteen years, including the last one.
  8. The honest checklist: twelve boxes that tell you whether the answer is now or not yet.

Breeders

Send this to your puppy families

If you breed, this guide does the screening conversation for you. Send it to prospective families before they commit, and the ones who come back have read chapter six and ticked the checklist. Those are the homes you want your puppies in. Get in touch about the litter arrangement.