alex is my first dog. i can still remember the first time i saw him...love at first look. HOWEVER, being a first time dog owner, i made lots of mistakes, some small, some major (thank you st francis, none ever terminal, amen). knowing what i know now, there are things i'd do differently......
1-dog training much sooner. we did the first class at 13 months old, i wish i'd started sooner and gone longer, he needed to socialize with other dogs, i didn't know that, so he's a bit of a dog-nerd when at the park.
2- when he graduated from the crate(which i also see now as a mistake) he slept on the floor, no bed or padding under him. i wish i'd gotten him used to a bed. as he's aged, he's gotta be achy when he first gets up. heck, i'm stiff many mornings.i wish i'd kept a dogbed under him.
so what would you do differently?