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Kriss-Kross: Keeping Signals Straight with your Puppies

This week’s post is a continuation of last week’s conversation: a review of what your Habibi Bear puppy perceives as a threat. It is important when letting people approach our beloved  little guys and gals that we know our pups and can advocate for t...

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Stranger Danger or Setting Your Pup Up For Success!

It just breaks our heart when we hear of puppy’s struggling with meeting new or many extended family members, especially since with some attentive planning and vigilance, problems can be diffused or avoided completely. Let’s review some tips for maki...

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Love Honor & Cherish: Honoring your Habibi Puppy

We absolutely love, love, love, LOVE our dogs , and if you’re reading this, chances are you do too. What’s not to love? Cuddly, loving, silly, devoted and loyal - all the perfect qualities in a loving companion! Whether this is your first time in the...

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Puppy Paradigm Shift: Share your Love and Life with Puppy

PARADIGM: a standard, perspective, or set of ideas. A paradigm shift is “an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way.” In our Habibi Bear Universe, we are constantl...

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#50 The ABC's of Dog Training: Dog Recall Training

Introduction If your dog won't come, it can be incredibly frustrating. This is a great skill for dogs to learn—but if you're having trouble, don't worry! We've got some tips to help teach you how to communicate with your dog in a way that is a win-wi...

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Puppy’s Dream Date: Be Present

One of your Habibi Bear puppy’s super power is to always be present in the moment and living in the now. They enjoy whatever is offered to them at the and their place in it.  moment, whether it be their breakfast, play time, cuddle time, or walkies. ...

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That’s the Ticket! Clicker training and your Habibi Bear Puppy

In the recent newsletter (April 19) we were sharing all the wonderful developments here in Habibi-land in regards to the Pup Start training program, where our team is having phenomenal success with giving your precious pup the jump they need to be ...

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Chill Out: Rule of 3 - Puppy Adjustment Guide

* (Adapted from ASPCA guideline chart)  Last week we talked about the physiological development of your Habibi Bear puppy and how amazing they are in their natural inclination to want to bond and live with us. This week, we will review how long it ta...

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Space Puppies! Living with the Little Alien in your home

What do you think of when you hear the words Space Aliens? Do you picture little green men with big black eyes and flying saucers? Or maybe Droids like Star Wars? No matter what images come to mind, it helps us to remember that our wonderful Habibi...

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Couch Potato Puppy: Signs that Puppy is Ready to Expand Their Space

Those who are familiar with and own our wonderful Habibi Bear puppies often tell us how loving and cuddly our little furry guys and gals are! It is one of their defining characteristics! We couldn’t agree more and we are pleased to be able to share o...

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Gimme Gimme! Resource guarding in Puppies

Last week we talked about claiming your space, hierarchy in the dog world, and how it affects your Habibi Bear puppy’s behavior. This week’s topic is an extension of that topic, resource guarding. What is resource guarding? In everyday language, i...

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Claim your spot! How spatial sensitivity affects a pushy Pup.

For today’s topic, here are a few questions to reflect on before reading the rest of the blog post: When entering your home or another building with your dog, who enters first? You or your Habibi Bear puppy? Does your Habibi Bear puppy have free ru...

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Spring Ahead! Daylight Savings Reminder

On Sunday, March 9,  we will be waking up one hour earlier than usual, losing one hour of early morning sun and waking up most likely in darkness as we set our clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time. We as Habibi Bear Puppy parents, although maybe no...

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Time to Spring Ahead! Feeding Transition Schedules for Puppy

Good Morning Campers! Time to Rise and Shine! Here at Rancho Habibi Bear we are getting ready for the beginning of Daylight Savings Time again! How did that get here so quickly? We’ve got all pups ready to go on our tried and true Feeding Transition ...

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Holiday Treats that Cause Tummy Troubles for Dogs

While our beloved Habibi Bear puppies are super smart and intelligent, we need to always keep in mind and be aware of the fact that they are still babies. Our pups are babies who are super curious and explore their world with the only means at their ...

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They Call it Puppy Love: Why We Love to Hear From You All the Time

We have a unique mission here at Habibi Bear, one that involves making the perfect match between you and your prospective puppy, so that you both can lead a purposeful and loving life together for years to come. We take our roles as puppy matchmakers...

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Oh-oh! Tummy troubles! Simple ways to help soothe puppy’s tummy at home

Even the sturdiest of dogs experience tummy troubles from time to time, and while inconvenient, there is no cause for alarm. We here at Habibi Bears have got you covered with tried and true tips to help get your cuddly Habibi guy or gal back on the r...

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Good and faithful friend: Building trust with your Habibi Bear dog

In the last two blog entries, we covered two very important subjects in creating an environment of calm and order in your Habibi Bear puppy household: knowing what motivates your dog ( Doggie Love Language ) and developing impulse control in your pup...

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Impulse Control : Why it is important.

By now, most of you have had your Habibi Bear pups for a few months now, maybe even a year or two. Along the way, there may have been some ups and downs in finding ways to live together in love, peace and harmony. As a fun exercise, let’s think back ...

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How to train your puppy or dog to behave like a Service Dog

Training a dog is certainly the hardest part of owning a dog. It can be very frustrating having a dog that is not housebroken, or barks excessively, or keeps pulling on the leash during your walks, or doesn't respond whenever it's called, or jumps up...

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I’m Julie, the creator of the Habibi Bear. Developed exclusively to provide support for children with Autism & special needs.  I was inspired by my students and wanted to assist them by raising a dog that can be their voice and help them navigate their world. Over the years, this vision has expanded as I now serve people of all ages with my Habibi Method Program, as a Puppy Parenting Coach! 

Our naturally reared dogs are vitally healthy and have a rich gene pool with no inbreeding. I have an open stud book and will always be open to outcrossing to further my line. Health & temperament are paramount in my pursuit of raising dogs with a purpose.

In the beginning I told myself I would do this as long as it still lights me up inside and there is a need for my dogs.  Here I am years later, and I’m still having a ball, and our network is now international.  Every puppy amazes me with their uncanny ability to connect to people's hearts. It’s an honor to be the guardian of these special little bears, and be part of something quite magical between the hearts of human and dog.

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