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Health and Nutrition | Training | Grooming | Austin Resources | Other Resources

Learn more about caring for your Lil' Paws dog.

NOTE: Check with your dog's veterinarian before making changes to its diet or beginning any strenuous training routines or if you notice any sudden or severe changes in your dogs behavior or health.

Health and Nutrition

• Heartworms (offsite link)
• Basic Dog Dental Care (offsite link)
• Why You Should Spay or Neuter Your Pet (offsite link)
• Spay or neuter surgery (offsite link)
• How To House Break a Puppy (offsite link)
• Way to Go! How to Housetrain a Dog of Any Age (offsite link) by Karen B. London and Dr. Patricia B. McConnell. A short but effective book on housetraining dogs.
• The Pet Food List (offsite link)

Training

• Best Friends Training (www.bestfriendstraining.com) Shannon McCauley has worked with several Lil' Paws Maltese Rescue fosters and dogs with wonderful results.
• Training Your Lil' Paws Dog
• Dealing with Food Aggression (offsite link)
• Don't Shoot the Dog (offsite link). Karen Pryor's seminal work on the theory of positive training using clickers to mark good behaviors. Many other clicker training methods and books are based on this work.
• Karen Pryor's ClickerTraining (offsite link)
• ClickerSolutions (offsite link)
• Rehabilitation of a Puppy Mill Dog (offsite link)
• Crate Training Puppies (offsite link)

Grooming

• A Grooming Primer (offsite link)
• Dog Grooming Tips (offsite link)

Austin Resources (offsite links)

• AustinRescue
• City of Austin Dog Parks
• Austin Pets Directory
• Austin's Pet Directory
• Austin Dog Friendly
• Small Dogs Austin Meetup
• Austin Pet Sitters Organization
• WhozURdoggie Photography for Pets and their People
• Olive Green Goods for Modern Dogs

Other Resources (offsite links)

• Pet Connection
• Itchmo
• Complete Dogs Guide-Dog Rescue Centers