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HarrietBasset ·
18/11/2019 16:54
Hi, please can i join? I have a 9 week old Miniature dachshund puppy whose gorgeous but exhausting. Ive had puppies before so its not my first rodeo but she's a different beast and my first daxie....crate training is taking forever and she cries if i leave the room. I've had 2 weeks off of work and thankfully am self employed so relatively flexible though I haven't left her home alone yet as the behaviourist wants her to be 100% happy with the crate.
I lost my old lovely dog at Christmas and was desperate for another but frankly this is harder than i remembered 
Miffymeow ·
17/12/2018 14:08
Radley, it's never too early to start recall training! Our fella is 4 and a half months now, knows many tricks but recall is entirely dependent on his mood haha. Every other trick we can teach him in 10 minutes flat, but recall is a real slow burner, especially when everything else is so interesting. He enjoys biting my boyfriends grandma a lot more than coming back to me 
MuddyWellyNelly ·
12/12/2018 19:53
Oh god yes the jumping up. Muddypup is frequently counter surfing, will get up on the table if you leave the chair out a smidge, and today launched over my lap and stole toast off my plate . So we've got some serious work to do on that. One thing I read said you have to keep all surfaces clear because otherwise they get an inadvertent reward for their misdemeanours. Even if it's scoring the dish sponge. This is hard for us as our house has a tiny kitchen but I am working on it.
marioncole ·
12/12/2018 12:54
Big feelings of puppy regret today, but this is because I have flu and he's being a pain in the arse.
17 weeks ish now and the toileting and biting is fairly under control but the jumping, oh the jumping! Particularly the jumping up at the kitchen worktops looking for food. Anyone have any tips?
Also, our doggy daycare asked us not to come back basically because he weed on her floor 
He's a puppy, he's bound to have an accident now and then. I think he's remarkably well house trained for a 4 month old. But this means I don't get a break anymore, that one day a week was lovely and meant I could get some proper work done.
austech ·
24/11/2018 01:57
austechpuppy at 11 weeks is still at the bitey stage too. I yelp and whine which stops him in his tracks. I've enrolled him (by which I mean me) in puppy school, which is fab for all the socialising they can't do until the vax kick in. Also full of sound advice for the owners. The one I find hardest is the one to ignore the puppy when you come home/get up in the morning. Make that cup of tea, only hug and pat when they calm down. It works.
He knows sit and stay, and without any training on my part, sits patiently when I'm making his food up, and doesn't get up until I put the bowl on the floor. I took him to the sea last week, which he had never seen and he was :o for a few minutes, but a stick thrown in had him swimming for it immediately. Murrays are all working dogs who make good pets, They can't stop themselves.
He only poos outside now, though peeing is unreliable. I put him outside for a pee every morning when he gets up, and at night before his basket. Every hour in between.
I'm fortunate in that it's the Australian spring now, and I can put him in the front garden and keep an eye on him through the screen door. It's nice for him as he can lie close to the door, keep warm and not feel put outside. And I can hear any havoc being wreaked!!
He's had his second vax, and in a week's time can join the other dogs on the oval. Yippee. He has so much energy to burn I can'y wait to get him out for walks. I spent this morning fitting a baby gate to limit access to the back of the house and upstairs. He is nibbly as hell and I need to be able to keep doors open to air the house.
So good to hear updates on other puppies.
karala ·
22/11/2018 11:31
We are crate training the pup which is a massive help with the housetraining
When ours was 10 weeks old she was on 4 meals a day on a 12 hour cycle so I fed her at 6.30am, 11.30am, 4.00pm and 6.30pm - the last one was a very small feed. I split her daily allowance into a larger breakfast, 2 smaller meals and then a tiny supper. We moved her to 3 meals a day when she was 12 weeks
If you can make my pup stop crying when she is alone then I will housetrain your pup! 
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