New Puppy Owners

[kid]

I know there are a few of us that have recently picked up new pups.
Were your puppies lovely and calm when you first got them or were they mental straight away?

I can't believe how calm Teddy is being so far. He has slept a lot but even when he is awake, he just nibbles gently on your fingers or rolls his ball with his feet.

He has not had any accidents in the house yet which is a miracle.

I am wondering if this is the calm before the storm?

was woken at 5am - Mally needed to go out for wee and poo , settled back down until 7am.

She is having such wonderful solid poos at the moment ! but chewing the belt of my dressing gown as I type !

That's great!
Teddy still gets me up at 6am, but we always go back to sleep for an hour at the weekend.

Hello! Can I please join the new puppy owners club? I've been skimming this thread as we brought home a miniature labradoodle (50/50 Australian/UK) last Sunday. His name is Cody and he's just lovely! :o He's 12 weeks old now and has his 2nd injections earlier this week so will be ready to go out in the world tomorrow... so we've signed up for a puppy class in our village... can't wait!

Will try to get a pic on later this evening when I get them all off the camera. :)

Oh and we're way up north in Scotland, so probably not local to anyone for puppy meets. :(

wats that's brilliant. It makes a real difference being able to have a good sleep. We have been very lucky in that department, and we were away for two nights this week and left belle with family friends and she was good as gold for them too. They were very impressed, as was I!

kid I also get very anxious with other dogs as I never know how they will react. Our trainer said to view every dog with caution as you simply have no idea of their temperament. She reckons any good owner will not just allow their dog up to yours without making sure it is alright with you in the first place, but I do feel bad not approaching people first.

Belle is very nervous on the Mai. Road with traffic whizzing past. She is quite good for a very short spell, but then pulls like mad. I am also getting through treats very quickly.

Is anyone desensitising for the fireworks season, by playing fireworks noises. We have had loads of work happening next door, so she has been listening to a racket from day one of bringing her home. I can't believe we have had her five weeks now. She is getting so lovely and big. Still poos a lot, I thought that she would only do a few now that she is eating three times a day. Is this normal, three so far today?

Sorry main road

Yeah - wats - I was up at 6.30am today! (without a visit to the garden in the early hours!) That has now been twice this week that I have still been in bed when my alarm went off. And 3 days this week where Rory went back to his crate for a while after going out to the toilet.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that we are getting this cracked at last.

Billy still has strange colour poo but atleast its solid now just feeding him dry food and fresh cooked chicken at the moment. He is such a darling, i came home from work yesterday and let him out his crate he jumped up wagging his little tail off licking my face and its so lovely coming to home to him he is currently asleep on my dd lap as she watches X factor

Belle has just bit, and I mean bit, dh on his foot and has drawn seems quite a bit of blood, he is furious!

On another note I was wondering if anyone has ever encountered this, this afternoon she vomited and there seemed to be, what I thought were translucent beads, that in thought she must have eaten, but when I pressed them to check that they were hard, they burst. What could these have been?

sounds a bit scary is she okay? doesnt seem ill?

oh and I have used the pet corrector spray today and it seems to work for me? Billy was biting/nipping my dd arms and he stopped straight away

The only thing I can imagine about the bean things is that belle must have eaten them. No idea what they could be though.

I think if a dog is sick once, it's no big deal. But if they continue to be sick, then i'd contact a vet. If belle is acting ill, I'd contact a vet right away.
Hope she is okay

She had been a bit quiet this morning and early afternoon, then she vomited. She was ok later in the afternoon, and then this evening bit dh as I said earlier. She is asleep by my feet now. I will be taking her out for her last wee before bed in 15 mins and hope that she is still ok in the morning. If not I will contact the out of hours vet.

I did reply on this thread once already but it disappeared!

I hope Belle is fine when she gets up this morning.

I wonder if anyone can help or advise me on how to get teddy to sleep later?
He gies out between 11pm-12am and goes to bed. He doesn't go in a crate, he sleeps on his bed in my room.
He wakes about 6am for a wee and poo and then usually goes back to sleep for an hour. This morning he decided not too.

Am I being unrealistic to expect a 4 month old pup to sleep longer than 6 hours?

Hi kid, I'm afraid I have no idea how you could do that, unless you bring it back by 10 mins every few days so she's eventually going to bed at 11. Regarding getting up, I never figured it out with my kids, so can't be of help with keeping her in bed!

Belle much better in herself, but she is really biting hard with intent. What do I do?

time out, make it very clear the behaviour isn't accepted at all. Storm sleeps for more than 6 hours. He goes to bed at 10 when we do. DH gets up at 5:30 to go to work, so he lets him out and he goes straight back to bed voluntarily and gets up at 7 when me and the kids do. Today he woke me up at 3:30am but thats fine as DH wasnt going to work and he slept in til 8:30am! Tummy upset is still bad, he has to go to the vets tomorrow to be admitted for blood tests. Don't want to leave him I'm going to cry.

Oh dear, I hope he is okay.

Really sorry to hear Storm has to have blood tests, it must be very worrying for you. Do they need to sedate him to take the blood?
If not, maybe they can let you stay?
I really hope the results reveal the problem, then you will know what you are dealing with.

We just got back from the park and teddy was a bit naughty. Despite me calling his name, clapping my hands and waving like an idiot, teddy still ran up to people and jumped up at them. The lady had a long floaty top on and it was a miracle that teddy didn't rip it!

Asumpta, would it be wise mussling (sp) belle for a while?

I have no idea but I really hope they do not have to sedate him as I feel he is too young for that. (3 1/2 months.) They open 9-10am then close til 3pm. It's the time they do their surgeries etc. So no I dont think I am allowed to stay. Oh god I am so worried, it's as bad as one of the kids being ill. It's all I can think about and the thought of it makes me feel sick.

I don't know, is that something I should do? She had stopped this nipping for the last week, but she is now very defiant.

A bit worried tonight anout Mally - she has been coughing , like something stuck in her throat ( eating fine )retching but not been sick , happens every now and again . Started this morning thought it was because she had been eating grass but has now continued . Any thoughts ? , Vets tomorrow ?

I'm no expert but I'd muzzle her. every time she does it, stick a muzzle on and send to another room.

could mally have some grass stuck so its tickling the throat?

Teddy had cough just as you describe and the vet diagnosed kennel cough and gave us 7 days of antibiotics. After he gave me them, he said I could give childrens benylin next time. I keep meaning to buy some for teddy just incase.

The reason I took teddy to the vets was because I read kennel cough isn't dangerous but it can develope into pnuemonia which can be fatal. With our history of moby dying, I couldn't take the chance.

I agree that when our pups are ill, it's just as bad as one of our kids being ill.
Get well soon puppies

thanks , vets tomorrow then .

Hi all, how is everyone?

Up and down here. Crating overnight is going mostly well, with the pup going down 11pm is, then up 1am and through to 7am ish. Am trying to gradually extend the time by bringing the 1am wee earlier and earlier. Sleep deprivation is kicking in..

I think as part of that it's getting a bit fraught between DH and me re the dog. I asked him to take over for a few hours this evening so I could get on with some stuff in the house, while DH was doing stuff in the garden. But because he had chemicals etc out he had to put the pup in his room while he worked... and then didn't take him out. So I came down to find puddles, great.

Then I took pup out into garden before/after dinner, and he was massively playing up - chewing or tugging the lead, or running away/ignoring me off the lead. Cue lots of tears from me - at feeling let down by DH, and chained to the dog's bladder timetable, which still seems pretty erratic!

Tell me it gets easier?! I went for a walk yesterday with the pup and he was bouncing over everyone he met, licking them and wagging his tail and generally looking utterly adorable if a bit over enthusiastic. I was enjoying myself until we met another pup just 2 weeks older than him - who was walking calmly on lead, and then his owners let him off in the park, and he trotted back quite happily when they called. I can no more imagine doing that with my dog right now than leaving a steak on the floor...

This evening DH said he didn't think it would be this hard. I understand that he hasn't ben out in the evenings much or had any lie ins since we got the dog either, and he does a bit in the evenings & mornings before/after work, but ultimately he does go to work every day, and this weekend he went to play sport for most of each day too, which leaves me on 24-7 dog watch. Which I expected, but I still find it a but much for him to be complaining. Am also quite scared about how I'm going to get back to getting any work done at home!

Sorry, this has turned into a bit of an essay! I think the reason it all feels so upsetting is because we were TTCing, and the unspoken issue between us is if we can't manage a dog without it completely turning our lives upside down, how on earth would we manage a baby?

30, no need to apologise for the long post.
Each dog is different so what applies to one dog will not apply to another. The dog you saw in the park is clearly very good in the park, but maybe it wrecks the house? Also 2 weeks is quite a big difference in a young pup.

We hot teddy (springer spaniel) when he was 11 weeks old. From the start he was almost house trained but not 100%, but we were very lucky with that.
He is now 18 or 19 weeks old and can be a real pain.
We let him off lead straight away but used a 50 training lead. I can not recommend them highly enough. It gave me the chance to test his recall and build it up. It also helped me gain confidence to let him run free.

Are you going puppy classes? I recommend classes too as you get to meet some puppy friends and also share your experiences.

It will get easier, give it time. I'm still waiting for teddy to do everything I expect him to do.