Is there a new puppy thread?

[FiveHoursSleep]

If not, could this be one, please?
We have just agreed to offer a home to a 6 week old GSD x collie? pup whose mum was rescued from an Irish dog pound.
We pick him up in a couple of weeks. Time to drag out the crate and chew toys...
He's living in a kennel atm with his mum and siblings so we''l be starting from the top when it comes to toilet training too.
Who else has new puppies and what stage are you up to with them?

If anyone's looking for a rescue puppy, there is this gorgeous one, in foster in Surrey sos-animals.org.uk/dogs/don-julio/

I'm really for letting your puppy off the lead asap. Ours had early vaccinations so he's starting to go out now at around 11 weeks.
I've taken him to enclosed parks where he can't get on the road and just started walking. At first he followed anyone, but now he sticks with me.

I can see why, but I am just not brave enough! Plus I haven't found an enclosed park. I think the puppy classes will help me with this one maybe....

I think it depends where you live a bit, I'm on the edge of a town, so literally at the end of my street it's proper countryside with no roads he could get on to...yes he could run up to people or dogs, but I can cope with that. My last dog was from a pound and had obviously never been socialised as a puppy - so I'm used to watching for people coming to grab a dog before he throws himself at them, lol.

But I have him on lead near roads as although he's been really really good at coming back, I wouldn't want to risk that being the time he didn't.

You are very brave letting your pup off lead, I haven't dared yet. Mine is 14 weeks old and getting along really well with training but zero recall. Even in the garden or house she will not even look at us when called if she is doing something more interesting. As a spaniel cross I am not sure recall will ever be her strong point.

Found out today that our puppy classes have been cancelled as the place we go has to close. I will look at somewhere else to take her as I think it will do her really good, although she was always really distracted by the other puppy's there.

She was doing well with her house training, 3 weeks not a single accident in the house. In the last 24 hours, 2 solid accidents and just now a wee, she knows she is doing wrong as she hides in the dining room to do it. We have still been letting her out regularly but she seems to have "forgotten" that is what she goes outside for. I will up the praise and make sure I watch her as we had been letting her play in the garden without us with her.

Any advice?

Puppy has been sick twice in 10 minutes earlier, about an hour after his meal. He seemed happy enough though is now asleep. I may have overdone the treats today when training but obviously if poorly tomorrow will ring vet. As I've said before though he does suffer with a delicate tummy. He hasn't had runny poo though.

But my question is do I offer him his supper later or not? I have posted a separate thread but wondered if any of you would have advice here.

Really, you should probably skip it and give his stomach a wee rest (that is what you're supposed to do)...but I always judge it a bit like I do with the DC - if I think I know why they've been sick and they've been ok since, I'd feed him as normal and see how he goes.

can't help with house training as this is the first time I've done it from scratch, lol

Thanks. He's sock on now but I'll offer him a little later and see how it goes.

aw bless, I just read that he only had 6 or 7 treats...I suppose relative to size that's a lot right enough, mine has way more than that a day, lol.

I'm waiting to see if mine has a reaction to the rotten seagull he got hold of at the beach today...there's the downside of letting them off the lead.

He is still a tidge (still can't do steps...he just barks at them!) and to be fair it takes very little out of the ordinary to upset his tummy. Which is why I'm sticking to the eukanuba for now despite it being pricey for the quality. he tolerates it well so that's the main thing. I'd given him 2 or 3 treats last few days and thought he was ok. I might get a selection at the weekend and see what suits him best as he is unimpressed performing for his own food! He adores cheese but again I have to be careful to limit.

I did put a small dollop of peanut butter in his kong this aft when I went on school run. My family is riddled with crohns and ibs...seems I've got a dog who also can't eat anything without paying for it!

My tiny to me puppy is already bigger than 2 of the adult lhasas I sometimes walk him with and he can do stairs even though I've told him it's bad for his hips, lol.

He seems to get an upset stomach every time I try to stop pre-softening his food, which confuses me immensely, but thankfully he's been fine other than that. ( I can only assume that I overfeed him when I give him it dry? Or possibly that he then drinks too much)

I suspect he'd be a lot bigger than ours. Dh keeps telling ds that our puppy is going to grow up into a Rottie as he is a similar colour at the minute! He was weighed at vets a couple of weeks ago and was 1.9 kg so I think he has a way to go. . I suspect he wishes he was though!

I stopped pre softening on day 2 of having him as he looked at it with utter distain. I do measure it out as per feeding guide but I doubt overfeeding mine will be a huge problem anyway, there is always at least one meal a day he turns his snout up at. This is why I've got all neurotic about food. The dogs we had as kids would have eaten the proverbial scabby donkey given the chance!

He was 9.4 last week, I haven't had him weighed this week, but so far he's put on just over a kilo a week, lol. I don't think he knows what he is though, he's scared of any dog bigger than a spaniel, cries if I take him out in the rain or if he gets his paws wet and spends most of his time trying to play with one of my cats by batting it with his paw, like she does to him - I think he might think he is a cat.

He eats about 200g a day less than the feeding guide if I soften it, 100g less if I don't...and I do take them with a pinch of salt, but I keep getting worried that he's not eating enough, trying to give him it dry so he can eat more at a time - even though I can see he's doing fine - and ending up having to switch back to softening it as it just goes straight through him.

Never mind previous dogs, my DC moan all the time that I fuss over the pets way more than them, it's a wee shame really, rofl.

...Whereas I think mine thinks he is one! At the puppy party he was the boisterous one, giving more than he got to the spaniel twice his size! To be honest all the rotties I've known personally are big soft lumps where as terriers can be , well, terriers I guess! I said I wanted a big dog in a small package and I seem to have one.

Decision was taken out my hands last night as he flaked around 7pm after a lively day and had no interest in getting back up. He does it every now and again and I know from experience waking him to feed him is a hiding to nothing.

He's wolfed his breakfast and is acting like the hundred mile an hour dog this morning so I'm hoping all is well now.

Glad he's better :)

My puppy's not well :(

He didn't eat his breakfast and he's all quiet and sad looking...he's been to the vets because they close at lunchtime and I didn't want to leave it till Monday, other than being subdued they can't see anything either, but I've got teh emergency number in case he doesn't eat later.

I managed to get him to eat a bit of lunch by mixing tinned chappie through it and heating it up, but he's still all sad looking.

I feel bad now about moaning about his usual hyperness.

Can I join this thread please? We just brought out new puppy home today. She seems to be settling in well; she's a 9 1/2 week old Staffie pup. She has a puppy play pen with a bed inside and her toys and water and she very quickly sussed that this was her place and has been happy to take herself off to go to sleep there. She 1 one wee in the house, but 3 since outside in the same place so I'm pleased that she's found a place to mark as her toilet. She's eaten her first meal here which went well although I think she was a little unsure of the bowl. All in all things are going well, although I am nervous of tonight and her first night away from her littermates and parents!

Does anyone have any tips, tricks and advice for a successful first night? I am prepared for whining (I think!)

Hi, just keep your fingers crossed! Mine was fine at night from the start, little bit of crying but not much....

I hope he is better soon Tabulahrasa. I think you worry so much more when they can't tell you how they feel.

Hi LittleWhiteWolf. Sounds like your pup is doing really well. I was all geared up for whining but it never happened.

We have been at the vets for the 3rd vax today and was given the ok from the vet to go out. Hurrah! They told us to keep out of the park for a week but ok to start taking him out and about now so that's great. I had to call at TK Max and Pets At Home on way back from the Vets. He trotted up and down and absolutely loved it. He was even good sat outside a cafe whilst we had a snack. I think he was ready for it now.

She's still doing really well, no more accidents in the house and she's playing nicely with the kids. Fingers crossed then that she'll be happy enough with her den to make it through the night with minimal fuss!

He's still not right, but he will eat chicken... So hopefully he'll perk up tomorrow.

He's also discovered this afternoon that he'll eat what the cat leaves in the litter tray - which sparked a phone call to the emergency vet, not so much because of eating that, but because the cat is on medication which means I'm supposed to wear gloves when I change her litter or give her the pills.

They decided he'd probably be fine.

Good luck LittleWhiteWolf

Oops...I've got a litter tray picker too. It's only a problem when he's at my mums when I'm at work. We have to shift it. We have to keep cat and pup separate where possible anyway. Puss is in her twilight years now and it doesn't seem fair to inflict him on her now. We keep letting them see each other though.

Hope he picks up tomorrow for you.

Hi ladies - I know of a 14 week old whippet X who is in need of a home through Greyhound Rescue West of England... she's too young for kennels so they are looking for a foster/permanent home.

Please PM me if you know anyone who can help (I'll pass on details of the original ad/plea from GRWE posted in a bike forum DP uses)

Hi ladies - I know of a 14 week old whippet X who is in need of a home through Greyhound Rescue West of England... she's too young for kennels so they are looking for a foster/permanent home.

Please PM me if you know anyone who can help (I'll pass on details of the original ad/plea from GRWE posted in a bike forum DP uses)