@rockyriverretrievers on Instagram Check out our pups!    Vaccination is vital to protect your puppy’s health. During the first year, a puppy should be visiting the veterinarian multiple times to get their vaccination shots and be safe from easily preventable infectious diseases. For example, Parvo is a disease that can be fatal but can easily be avoided…

  @rockyriverretrievers on Instagram        When you first get a puppy, they’re adorable, fluffy and endearing. As cute as they may be, if you don’t properly socialize a puppy, they can grow up to be absolute nightmares. It’s important to socialize your puppy early, so they can learn how to coexist with humans, and other animals. It’s common…

  @rockyriverretrievers on Instagram         One of the essential abilities your dog should have is to come to you when called. However, because dogs find so much of the environment fascinating, training for this may be difficult. We’re asking our dogs to stop what they’re doing every time we ask them to come to us.    …