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Puppy Survival Thread Part 6

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Elphame · 04/03/2018 15:46

As thread 5 is almost full!

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Bedknobsandhoover · 24/05/2018 06:32

We don’t ignore bad behaviour, bitey pup gets told off and immediately put in another room. We were told to ignore barking but I pointed out that every dog whose barking is causing complaints is being ignored by absent owners.

BiteyShark · 24/05/2018 07:38

Tinkobell there was a thread a while back from a trainer asking people's opinions on training classes. I think quite a few people had negative experiences. When you get a good trainer and group it's great but if you and your puppy aren't benefiting it feels frustrating.

With the pooing having an evening walk will help and I certainly find my dog needs to move about to help him poo.

CollyWombles · 24/05/2018 09:02

Morning all!

This trying to put ear drops in dpups ears is a laugh a minute. Hands are shredded! She is scratching less though so it's worth it.

I've got my DC friends all visiting and doing some training and treats with Dpup. Lots of socialising.

She has also taken really well to her new diet, she is not lactose intolerant so handles cow's milk fine and loves butchers choice. The all about dog food does have negative reviews about it but from a long time ago, all recent ones are superb and having compared it to what she was eating, it's much better!

I gave her an oatmeal bath yesterday to help with the itching, she did really well! I even managed to bath Old Boy, who hates baths and he did well too.

DC are getting a little fed up of dpup's biting but we are reinforcing offering chew toys and removing attention when she gets too much.

Feeling a little better overall about Dpup and less like I've made a mistake 😊

CollyWombles · 24/05/2018 19:50

Well my clever little Dpup lived up to half her parentage today. About half an hour ago, I had her out in the garden. She was wandering about, then gently picked something up in her mouth and brought it to me. A tiny nestling. It is still alive but no chance of returning it to the best as it's far too high to reach, so the sspca are coming to collect it. I know it will probably due, poor wee mite.

Puppy Survival Thread Part 6
Iamblossom · 25/05/2018 11:39

morning.

BP2 slept till 5.30am but that's cos he went to bed at 11pm instead of 10. He can go 6 hours before needing to wee. Hope this extends soon!

Had a day with the puppy minder yesterday, seemed to have a great day!

ThisMorningWentBadly · 26/05/2018 20:47

Badlypup managed to catch a fully grown pigeon today. I had to put it out of it’s misery. It never occurred to me that she could catch one.

She kept trying to bring me the flappin thing - like a present.

🤢 🤢

Turns out i’m Not a grown up, it took me too long to get her off it and by the time I did there wasn’t a lot of pidge left.

thereinmadnesslies · 26/05/2018 22:18

Evening all. I’m a bit worried that thunderstorms are forecast overnight - it will be the first time madnesspup has experienced one. Has anyone else had thunderstorms today and how did it go?

MilkTrayLimeBarrel · 30/05/2018 16:50

Pup is driving me nuts today after 2 really good days. She just will not leave me alone, jumping up, biting and will not be distracted. I am really fed up with it now - she is 16 weeks on Friday - is there an end to this in sight yet????

BiteyShark · 30/05/2018 16:52

MilkTrayLimeBarrel try a timeout rather than a distraction as it may be they are overtired/overstimulated when behaviour is always worse.

Yes it gets better. Around 5 months mine started to calm down but then at 6months he hit his teenage streak Grin

Iamblossom · 31/05/2018 07:37

Argh when will pup sleep longer than 6 hours?

Up at 5 am for the day, it's killing DH and I although we are tag teaming it.

He is 10 weeks now, can't walk him for another month!

He eats earlier now, he deffo needs the loo as soon as he is out of his crate. Is it just a waiting game?

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BiteyShark · 31/05/2018 07:52

Mine never slept for long as a puppy. Sleep deprivation is shit and I remember it well. Sympathies Brew

ThisMorningWentBadly · 31/05/2018 08:29

The sleep deprivation is a killer, but should short lived.

Badlypup (6 months). now sleeps all night but was dreadful at first.

newme175 · 31/05/2018 08:34

@lamblossom my pup is 4 months and still gets up between 5&6 am :( we are desperate for a lie in as even if I do put him back to bed after 5am toilet is not the same is it? And I've been up from 6 am everyday for over 2 months now. One day I thought I sleep in a bit more and the pup pooped in the hallway/ kitchen and spread it alllllll overrrrrrr (he already been toilet that morning). So I don't dare ignoring him downstairs haha...

Hold in there you are not alone. I had a thread about sleep/ awake times and there's some good advice there and it seems that older dogs eventually learn to lie in! That's what I'm telling myself anyway :)

Iamblossom · 31/05/2018 08:47

Thanks all.

I tried putting him back to bed in his crate with a kong after letting him out but it was a short lived reprieve.

If it was just whining I would let him whine but he has a very noisy bark and I worry the neighbours will complain if I leave him to bark it out.

I guess another option would be to come down in the middle of the night and let him out for a wee, to see if that would mean he slept for longer in the morning? What do you think? I worry that that will just mean a broken night plus an early start though, which would be worse than now...

Iamblossom · 31/05/2018 08:50

And I don't feed either of them until at least 7am so there is no association with getting up and breakfast.

ealingwestmum · 31/05/2018 12:18

Most certainly not alone lamb and newme; just come on to empathise. I got depressed by the other bed time thread as most seemed to have cracked it by now. I feel like a throwback to the baby days mybabysleptthoughthenightfrom6weeks and I had the acid reflux kid from hell who held out a whole year.

Our pup is now 24 weeks and wakes between 03.45 to 4.30. Admittedly, the alarm goes off at 04.45 as my daughter trains for a sport each morning, but, we'd LOVE that extra hour. We've tried gauging the average time, then getting her up 15 mins before to wee and return her, but each day the pattern is different. She will return to crate some mornings until 05.00 but normally just barks/whines from 04.00 as she knows my husband will come down and sleep on sofa with her on a bed on floor. And we relent due to being mid terraced.

We are totally sleep deprived. But my hope is this pattern will break, as it did with the baby 15 years ago! She's also too damn cute to stay mad with...

Same lamb, no feeding until 06.30 when hubby has to leave so I don't think there's an association with food (but in return, may have created one of her wanting to be near him). You have a valid concern of the couple of times broken sleep vs just one early one which is where we ended up when we tried the trainer's suggestion of pre-empting.

My 15 year old sleeps like a baby now. And totally through all the barking too Grin

newme175 · 31/05/2018 13:00

Oh @ealingwestmum 3.45 to 4.30 am! OMG

ealingwestmum · 31/05/2018 13:39

Thank you newme. Felt a little better for putting it here as I am so embarrassed in RL. At 24 wks we know pup is totally playing us; but we’ve got so many idiosyncrasies to work on that this one takes a back seat due to my fear of neighbours’ patience running thin.

They’ve done well on the numerous apologies wine and brownies though!

Iamblossom · 31/05/2018 14:42

Wow that is early.

Mind you I am awake from 4.30am listening out for his whining!!

ConfusedConfusedShockShock

Iamblossom · 01/06/2018 06:28

Morning.

So puppy squawked st 5.10 and woke me but then was silent until 6!

So an improvement but n actual benefit to my sleep deprivation as obviously I was awake listening out for him from 5.10.

Oh well, am hoping to grab a kip this afternoon. Took this week off work which is just as well.

Iamblossom · 01/06/2018 06:29

How was this morning ealingmum?

ealingwestmum · 01/06/2018 07:38

Good to hear iamblossom. Even when your pup stops noise you’ll be dreaming she’s making it...that listening out syndrome takes ages to go away!

Not so good here. 03.40. DH said she did wee and poo; but not before sitting with head in the air to listen to The Bird Song 😱

She did go back to crate until 04.30. He’s taken the day off work due to being so tired.

Iamblossom · 01/06/2018 07:50

It's just so hard to function when you are this tired. It makes me feel sick. I remember with our Daxie I was so tired in the first week I backed my car I to someone else's in tescos car park! Confused

Yeah he immediately does a Poo and a wee so he is desperate to go.

ealingwestmum · 01/06/2018 08:22

Apologies, changed your pup to a girl :)

When I am crazy tired, I look at ours and go through the good and bad stuff to try and balance why we did this. The list changes regularly. This is current at 25 wks.

Good:

  • A big ball of fluff that never tires of showing us affection
  • Very engaging
  • Manages to get many people to stop and stare at her, even though she's growing out of her puppy looks
  • Loves to play. Is particularly great at football with persil washing balls.
  • Is really open to training food treats
  • Takes herself off to a the tightest corner to snooze regularly
  • Not a fussy eater. LOVES her new food (Butternut Box)
  • Slows my DH down to do dog stuff. He's never talked to so many dog people in his life. For a miserable bugger it's made him almost sociable.
  • May make my DD want to come home more when she leaves for HE. I hope.
  • Great recall in parks (for now)
  • Is REALLY funny and naughty.
  • Loves day care and socialising with other dogs.

Bad:

  • Sleep patterns!
  • Barking at door/neighbours in garden/random people when walking (but can be controlled)
  • OCD patterns. I have to let her desensitise EVERYTHING before she accepts it
  • Street walking. Still hates it. Roots or freezes, but will happily walk back if I have carried her.
  • Started jumping up on greeting. Bloody annoying and is being worked on.
  • Not been left on her own longer than an hour (and that's when she's been asleep/totally pooped. We need to work on this one urgently

There must be more. I'm not sure why I have written this down, other than for those who are still in dark stages of pup ownership. I still have those days, but a recent bad bout of gastroenteritis where she was so vulnerable over 5 days made me totally realise how much I loved this pup, rather than just be her carer/trainer for the last 4 months.

Sorry, long. Will go back to lurking now and getting great tips from you all!

Iamblossom · 01/06/2018 08:55

Love this list ealing

Lots of things you say resonate.

Can't walk puppy yet but have started lead training.

He jumps up loads but am ignoring and watching lots of videos to learn how to stop this. A pet hate of mine and he is going to be a BIG DOG. Shock

I was pretty prepared about how much he was going to blow our lives up as although little our Daxie did pretty much the same a year ago. And although I tried to prepare DH, he was hands off with her, but hands On with this one and has now reached the point where he is starting to regret getting him. I was expecting this though and I know it will pass.

He is sooo affectionate, so beautiful, and he MUST calm down and sleep longer eventually...Hmm

I read these threads avidly too