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new puppy...please tell me it gets easier

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hoarsewhisperer · 24/05/2008 19:10

hi there

we have our new much awaited cocker spaniel puppy. He is lovely,....but i think ihad fogotten how much hard work a puppy is.

how long does the house training take as i am getting a tad sick of him pissing on my rugs and at the moment he is banned from the sitting room unless we are in there with him and he is sitting in his basket. we give him a titbit everytime he pees outsdide and tell him well done, which the dog training lady told us to do.

also - he wakes up every morning at 6 am need ing fed and a walk to do his necessaries.....surely he wont always wake at six...my parents dogs dont.

its ok at the moment as i am not working, bu7t start my new job in 10 weeks...

oh..by the way he is 11 weeks old at the moment...so i know, still very young.

thanks

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hercules1 · 25/05/2008 11:41

cockersonline is a really good forum for all things cocker related.

Romy7 · 25/05/2008 12:35

at least it's a he. they do tend to be a bit quicker on the uptake!

um. dog1 (bitch) took forever to learn that outside = toilet, inside does not, dog2 (dog)(who's now 7 months) caught on really quickly with the toilet thing, but still wakes up at 6 demanding to get outside. He whines, yips, barks, and genuinely there is no way of shutting him up until you've trolled out of bed and let him out... then he whines, yips and barks as he wants breakfast and company if you try to go back to bed. It's a bit like kids I think - you have to go by what the manual says but allow for the fact that some are a little more trying than others...
hope your rugs survive...

ahundredtimes · 25/05/2008 12:51

oooh we have a cocker spaniel puppy. He's about six months now I think.

Yes, it gets easier. Mine has never cried in the morning though - or if he has I haven't heard him.

He was probably fully house trained by about 4 months or so?

I used to go outside and say - quite madly - 'be clean!' or something equally awful and point at the ground, and he got the hang of that. I mean, he got that it was an instruction I think. That helped.

Everything gets better, quite quickly. It is a bit like children except everything is VERY accelerated, so that's good.

tink123 · 25/05/2008 21:09

have you got a crate. Best thing we did with our springer. We got our 10 days ago and i must admit by the monday i wanted rid of him - had post-puppy depression. Few days later crate arrived and now there is no way i will be getting rid of him. He is part of the family, absolutely adorable. He barks to do number two's outside, still pees on kitchen floor alot. he sleeps all night except if he barks, we need to get up to let him out.

He is doing fab as is not 9 weeks yet!!!

Romy7 · 25/05/2008 21:51

we used the crate with puppy no 1 and it was fine. puppy no 2 was having none of it and yipped, yowled and whined so loudly that next door thought they'd left their tv on all night (we have extremely solid partition walls) on a david attenborough programme. crate lasted 2 nights and puppy was hoofed into the kitchen with the older dog to sort it out for themselves. he's been fabulous since, (other than the early mornings...) - i'd def use a crate with just one though, unless he's a whiner - in theory they will stop if you ignore it, but puppy 2 hadn't read that book.
tink, your puppy sounds adorable! does he want to come and live with me

Millarkie · 25/05/2008 22:19

My 7 month old labradoodle is still getting up at 5am I don't mind the occasional 'accident' but the early waking is really taking it's toll.

Romy7 · 25/05/2008 22:35

oh god millarkie - I like mine better now... 5!!! i thought 6 was taking the p...

Millarkie · 25/05/2008 22:50

Thought that might cheer you up
I've tried leaving her to bark, I 've tried letting her out and putting her back to bed (to bark)..
This morning I came down and let her out for a wee then slept on the sofa so she would sleep some more - I'm hoping that if we can keep the early morning boring enough she'll start sleeping later...well, I can dream

Romy7 · 25/05/2008 22:57

millarkie - do we have the same dog? we have the same thought process anyway... have spent many early mornings on the sofa thinking 'please be quiet, if you wake the children I will give you back...'
our issue is that he was totally mollycoddled by the breeder - he was one of ten, and the woman kept trying to tell me how naughty he was, but would I listen? it appears that he was basically cuddled for the first eight weeks of his life as he just adored human company sooooo much, and was such a little sod whenever he was put down.
he's very companionate though. urgh.

GrimmaTheNome · 25/05/2008 23:10

Its quite funny reading this - you could easily enough substitute 'puppy' with 'baby'
except chucking pup out for a wee is easier than having to change a nappy! And you never get the dreaded BF/FF debate

I couldn't do 'controlled crying' with DD but it worked a treat with settling a new 10 month old dog.

Romy7 · 25/05/2008 23:43

puppys move faster at 8 weeks. and escape under the fence. (darkly)
was slightly bemused by the prospect of puppy formula though...

Romy7 · 25/05/2008 23:45

Grimma - currently choking over the crate idea... wish I was having more children (wistfully)

Millarkie · 26/05/2008 11:27

Romy, mine's a rehomed puppy. First family she had let her sleep in bed with her owner - eek! For the first couple of nights here she barked all night wanting to come upstairs. From 3rd night onwards she settled ok at bedtime but has woken between 4.30 and 5am. I'm still not sure whether it's because she isn't tired and wants company or because she needs a poo (if I don't go down and let her out she poos on the floor)....the dog books say that I should change her mealtimes to change the time she needs to poo but I have no idea which meal to give when - I feed her twice a day, she poos way more often than that!

Think I need to search for a puppynet website

HarlotOTara · 26/05/2008 16:56

It does get better, I have a three year old golden retriever who is a delight now but in the first week of having him I was seriously considering sending him back to the breeder. Standing in a garden at 5am on a freezing December morning waiting for a puppy to do its 'business' is my idea of hell.

In fact we have just got another puppy (9 weeks yesterday) which could turn out to be an insane thing to do! Certainly recommend a crate. This morning I woke at 7.30 and realised he hadn't barked so I dashed downstairs and he was sitting happily gnawing on a toy. Was most pleased as I have been up at 5.00am most mornings recently. I think it gets better as they are able to control their bladders for longer but maybe I just have a perfect puppy !

ScienceTeacher · 26/05/2008 17:02

We got our cocker spaniel puppy when she was about 4 months. She peed and pooed whereever for the next 3 months. We thought she was never going to be housetrained.

But then, everything clicked into place. It coincided with the Christmas holidays when we were all at home and she was getting plenty of attention.

Now, a year and a bit on, she has the very odd accident, but we can usually pinpoint it to her not getting her walk or whatever.

She definitely prefers to go outside and will wake us in the middle of the night if she is desperate.

HarlotOTara · 26/05/2008 17:10

I was told that a puppy should be taken outside to wee and poo after every sleep and feed - is a pain in some ways but you can get to recognise the signs of imminent poos/wees. If they are praised lots when they do perform outside they do cotton on fairly quickly. My older dog never messed his crate and my new one hasn't yet. I also feed the puppy in his crate which enforces the clean message - so I have been told.

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