Puppy Survival thread part 4

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Puppy's getting bigger!: continuation of Bitey's thread. If anyone wants to join feel free.

Help! First puppy vomitting incident. Just a skall amount of yellow liquid. Hadn't eaten his breakfast but fine otherwise. Seems fine now.

Should I be hot tailing it to the vet!!!!

When mine was very young and had been ill if he was running about and it was just one incident then I just feed as normal and watch him like a hawk. If it was repeated then I phoned the vets and asked for advice and if I should wait or come in.

Thanks. He's been himself since but still not eating

If it's been a long time since they've eaten (so before breakfast) they can do a hunger vomit.
With puppy I would keep a close eye though especially as it's the weekend tomorrow!
Mine missed one meal the other week. Just not herself.

He ate lunch! Maybe it was a hunger vonit then!

The joys of puppy parenthood! I feed a treat/snack in the evening.

Anyone else having problems with 6 month old puppy (lab) jumping up at strangers when on a walk in the woods? Most dog owners are fine but I am worried that he could knock a child over. He has become used to the idea that everyone loves him and gives him cuddles - but he is getting too big for that now. I try to look ahead but sometimes a person comes round the corner - wearing a nice clean coat .......

Until you have bombproof recall you need to keep him on a lead. Perhaps try a longline and a harness.
The law states you must have your dog under control at all times. If a person is injured (yes even a scratch) or even feels threatened they can report you. And if he runs up to a dog aggressive dog on lead he could be injured.
There are safe spaces you can hire if you want to avoid people for a bit.

Mine thinks everyone loves him as much as he loves them and has regressed by jumping up at people. If he is on a lead and people approach I warn them and hold the lead so I can stop him before he does it.

Off lead I can call him away but if someone insists on approaching us (with him at my side) I warn them I am trying to stop him jumping so they have the option to not try and stroke him (causing him to get overexcited and jump up).

Mines the same. I keep him on a short lead but im trying to teach him to wait before he is stroked.

I try and get wolfie to lie down to greet small dogs. Today she loved a bull lurcher kind of dog. Nearly had me off my feet twice rearing and leaping at him to try and get him to play. I told her she was rude! We took the chance to do a few training things. Owner must've thought I was a loon with an incontrollable hooligan. Thank fuck for the Dogmatic!

We are visiting daughter and son in law for weekend and off to a busy beer festival tomorrow, lots of practice for walking calmly and not jumping up. Cocodog is very good with this on lead and off lead with joggers etc but put her in an environment with lots going on, people, other dogs...loses her head☹️

It's reassuring to read about other dogs jumping up. Feel like I'm really struggling with this and not pulling on the lead right now. He just thinks everyone should love him and be his best friend, a lady today told me he looked really aggressive 😢 he was really wet and muddy from the long grass and looked bedraggled then was totally pulling at the lead trying to jump up and befriend her dog. Think she thought I was hopeless.

Abhorsen, it's my pups worst habit. She doesn't look aggressive but everyone wants to stroke her when she does it so she thinks that she's being rewarded for it. We try to walk past but if she gets excited then we make her sit and wait for them to pass, then give her a treat. We're making slow progress but it's tough, it does make me feel like a bad owner.

I felt awful last night (warning too much information alert). We had all fallen asleep but I woke up thinking must take BiteyDog outside then to his bed so went to get the head torch as dark outside and put it on to get him up. Before I reached him he must have heard me but was startled by the torch and was so scared thinking we had intruders that he squirted his anal glands in fear [sad and boak]. He was fine once he realised it was me but I felt awful knowing he had been so frightened to have done that.

Oh no, poor Biteypup must have got such a fright. Good deterrent for burglars though.

PizzaPup was up at 3.30am...

Yes I wouldn’t want to be a burglar as he was growling and barking whilst being very frightened. We get up at 5 when working so BiteyDog tends to wake in his crate at that time at the weekends. However, when I slept with him when he was ill he didn’t bother getting up. Such a quandary as I would like to have him sleep in the bedroom when we expect a lie in but then also want him happy to sleep in the kitchen in the crate for when he goes to boarding etc. Wondering if having two places to sleep would be upsetting to him.

I find it strangely comforting that so many others here have unruly in public moments with their pups

Do any of you have issues with friends / family that don't like dogs? Even though my sister only lives 10 minutes away she has never met Bluepuppy She doesn't hate animals and has three cats of her own. I asked in an email if she wanted to meet up for coffee with me and pup but she ignored the request altogether. She's never even asked to see a photo of him. I don't expect her to gush over him but it would be nice for her to at least attempt to feign an interest. It's almost as though she doesn't think I should have a dog.

blue maybe she isn’t a dog person but doesn’t want to say that outright to upset you. I find it hard to feign interest with peoples children so maybe it’s the same thing but with dogs

Yeah maybe that's it Bitey. I ran into her partner the other day while walking Bluepuppy and he barely acknowledged him. He is a dog person which makes it worse. She also talks about other people's dogs just never mine. Oh well. At least my parents love him. Even my dad and he's never had much to do with dogs before

I think if a burglar came to my place Bluepuppy would either try and make friends or use the opportunity to escape. You don't get a whippet for a guard dog. I can go weeks without hearing him bark at home

You are brave handling your big Wolfie girl wolfirfan. On the other hand I guess I used to own horses and they are much bigger than a wolfhound. How much does she weigh now?

Weighed her on Wednesday. 50.3kg. She had dropped weight following being off her food and a switch to raw too. Juggling amounts
I used to ride and my sister had horses! There are definite similarities. To get her to stop pulling I use pressure release!! And I have been known to steer her with my hip. Like using a shoulder on a horse IYKWIM!
Brave will be tomorrow. In front of her breeder and lots of her siblings and their owners. And the people who put my name forward for a puppy. On a tiny leather slip lead in the show ring! I must be bonkers!!

We have just been to the pub to have a drink and a bite to eat outside and he did very well considering it was very exciting with people and dogs. We plan to do this every week to get him used to us having a meal out with him so next years holiday should be quite chilled.

Good luck for tomorrow Wolfie. I’m sure both of you will be great

@Blue
Has there been anything else going on with your sister at the time you got the puppy that might explain why she's being a bit off?

If I'm going to be totally honest and I might sound like a cunt but I've never asked my sister for photos of her dogs when they were puppies, def didn't meet them until the they were bit bigger as she didn't live local and looking back I don't think I've ever asked after them either unless there's been something specific going on like one being ill and she'd be talking about how worried she is. It didn't come from anger or from a hatred of dogs I just didn't think of her dogs as my family and by the time we'd talked about our kids dds etc her dogs didn't get a look in from me.

I didn't ignore her messages though and if she asked to meet I'd have been there like a shot and dh would def make a fuss of her dog if he saw her in street as he's such a dog person. Is your sister hard work in general? If her and her dh are being cold just because you've gotten a dog, I'm guessing she's done similar in past? If it's out of character for her and her dh, I'd worry something was happening with her that just coincides with getting puppy and she may not feel able to talk if your distracted by puppy. I know mine gets bored after a few mins when I'm at friends and interrupts, it's ok for general chit chat but if friend needed to talk serious stuff I'd have to go without puppy. Would that be an option? Offering a coffee or just a phonecall with just you? Hope you figure it out

Thanks for the reply Dinghy. Yes, there is some backstory. There was a misunderstanding over dates I was meant to be pet sitting for her around the time I got pup. She has a bit of a history of throwing tantrums over petty stuff. The sad part is she is walking distance to my place. Also, neither of us have kids so our pets are very much family.

Oh Wolfie that sounds slightly scary but hopefully good fun as well. I'm sure you will be fine. 50.3 is a decent size dog.Bluepuppy seems to have plateaued at around 12.5 kilos for the past few weeks. He looks okay so I guess his growing has just slowed down at 7 months.