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PUPPY EAR CLEANING Ear cleaning is not very difficult, but it’s often neglected! It is a really important for your Cobberdog puppy’s ongoing health! Why you may ask? Listen up!  Dogs have very long ear canals that have a right angle bend in them, AND, Cobberdogs have long floppy ears. Keep Reading

TOILET TRAINING TIME! There’s no disputing that this is a very important part of a puppy’s training!  There’s also no disputing that if not done properly, things can get very messy and frustrating! Cobberdogs are companion dogs, and ideally suited to being indoors with their human family much of theKeep Reading

Here at Ridgy Didge we obtain DNA testing of our dogs prior to breeding. In this way, we know the DNA status of all our breeding dogs and are confident in the genetic health of the puppies they produce. This is really very important to us, for both our puppies andKeep Reading

So you have your new puppy home, the cuteness is overwhelming, and you just want to cuddle and caress. But your puppy wants to play with you as he did his litter mates, and this includes using his sharp little puppy teeth. Some people think this is fun and encourageKeep Reading

At Ridgy Didge we often have inquiries from people who want to adopt puppies to eventually take into schools, nursing homes and retirement villages to enrich the lives of the people there. Knowing a little about the roles that puppies can grow to fulfil may help you to understand howKeep Reading

CRATE TRAINING FOR YOUR PUPPY Ridgy Didge Cobberdogs recommends that all their puppies have a crate to go to their new home in, unless there is an adult to hold and watch puppy in the car.  Why is that, you may ask?  There are just so many great reasons for crate trainingKeep Reading