Puppy Support Group 2

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A continuation of this:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/3600375-Young-Puppy-Support-Group

All age of puppies (and owners ) welcome

I'm such a heavy sleeper. When one of my DC was a baby I slept through an earthquake!

@Outtheforest he’s a show cocker, so not teeny but not huge. He’s 5 months and about 8.5kg now. He is such a good boy so I’m sure he will grow out of it in time, I remember both my kids going through a ‘pooing in the night’ phase! I just underestimated how like a baby a puppy would be!

@SunnyUpNorth oh I love cockers, forestpup is 20kg at just turned 5 months shes a rescue so no clue on the breed but shes going to be a nig girl. I'm sure your little guy will grow out if it

Thanks @Outtheforest he is a little cutie. I took him out last night for his final wee and after he had done it he kept trying to run in to go to bed but I kept calling him back until he did a poo. Then he slept through til 6.40, woohoo!! We will get there.

Handsome at the groomers yesterday!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one @SunnyUpNorth! I've also got a show cocker and she's 4 months old and is up somewhere between 2am and 4am every night for a wee and a poo. I feel like I'll never get a full nights sleep again. Your boy is gorgeous!

@SunnyUpNorth he is a beaut.

Thanks both!

@SunnyUpNorth Oh he's some dote!!

@SunnyUpNorth he is so cute!

I get frustrated soooo easily! Tonight was a good night: I used earplugs for a while to sleep ´cause every little sound the pup made downstairs woke me up. Tonight was the first night I decided to try to sleep without them and it was a success. And we slept seven hours straight which was my goal.
I woke up myself, not because the pup was whining. Went downstairs, took him outside, he peed, took him back inside, put him in his playpen in hopes to sleep just a liiiitttle bit longer. Say a half an hour. Nope. He started to whine and went on 20 minutes straight. Then was silent for 5 and I gave up and took him outside again and started the day. Maybe he would´ve gone back to sleep when he stopped whining but I didn´t want to risk it.

Why did he do this? :/ He was last outside at 1 am and then again at 8 am. Usually he goes around 00 to 00.30 am and then again at 6.30 or 6.50 am. So he had to wait a little longer today. But he was fine with it, he was still sleeping when I went downstairs this morning.
We started with the sleeping in the crate/playpen on Monday and it´s been the same routine every morning: when I take him outside for the first time, I always put him back in the playpen for another hour or so because I´d like him to understand that we don´t wake up so early. Or that we decide when we wake up.
And it was fine, he didn´t make a sound for five days. Went back to sleep as well as far as I know.

What was different today? Was it because it wasn´t dark outside anymore at this time? It has been when I took him out before seven. I know it´s not such a big deal and he´s actually such a good boy, but it still stresses me out and I just can´t help it! I know I should be happy instead `cause he hasn´t had any accident since we crated him but I always have the feeling that this won´t last, that it´s only temporary.
I´m raising twins, I should know better, this too shall pass and everything. But I just can´t help myself! Wish I could wake up tomorrow to a grown up dog

Sorry for such a long venting post!

@yodl do you mean he slept til 8am, you woke him and took him out and then wanted him to go back to sleep? If so he probably didn’t as it was quite late and he has probably had enough sleep. Even if he went out at 1am I’m assuming he was asleep for a few hours before then? If he normally wakes at 6ish and then goes back to bed for an hour or so and wakes approaching 8ish then that sounds really good and sounds like he slept past his normal waking time today anyway.
You are at my goals already!! We are still on 6am wake ups here and 6.30 is a rare lie in!

Yodl my pup is the same, once he is up for the morning he won't go back in the crate without crying. Sometimes he will sleep with me on the sofa though, could he be hungry?

Sunny 😍 our puppy's are about the same age, dpup is almost 5 months now! Glad he got on okay at the boarders. This week I left dpup for the longest time, he was left for 3 hours in the morning and then again for another hour in the afternoon. He was fine although really didn't want to go back in the crate in the afternoon, he didn't cry though and as far as I can see/hear just slept.

I messaged a dog walker Ystd about him possibly going on a group walk now, I think he would be fine to be left 10-4 if he went out for an hours walk in the middle of that time. He tends to sleep most of the morning 9-12 ish anyway!

Oh I forgot to say sunny what times do you feed him? Our pup needs to go to the loo in the night if he has his dinner later than 6pm ish.

My dd woke at 3.30am this morning. She wouldn't settle and made so much noise that Clownpup woke at 4am. So that was when morning started! She normally wakes between 6 and 7am.

Forest pup is sadly in the vets for the weekend, hes picked up a nasty tummy bug so they want to keep him in to ensure theirs no risk of dehydration. I'm missing my little shadow more than I thought I would

@SunnyUpNorth thoght so too but then he fell right back asleep on the floor when I let him out of the playpen. He always does, no matter what the time is. Usually cuddles up with our older dog and back to sleep they go.
I usually drink my first cup of coffee first and then feed the dogs and that´s when they really wake up.

@ClownsandCowboys that doesn´t sound like a lot of fun. Hope tomorrow will be better!

@Outtheforest poor pup! Hope he gets better soon!

Bitey hasn’t been keen on his food much the last few days. He will generally eat it eventually but isn’t that fussed. Do you think that means he doesn’t like that food or that he needs to go down to 2 meals a day? He’s 18 weeks. He will eat treats but I think he’d eat treats if he was dying. He was at the vet to be wormed today and they had no worries but DH forgot to mention the eating thing.

@MaryLennoxsScowl our pup is the same. Almost 18 weeks and the past few days has stopped eating his food. He has always wolfed it down so unusual for him. He will still happily eat treats, bits of chicken etc and is his normal bouncy self. I think he holding out for some more treats!

• @Keepsmiling1* that’s exactly how Bitey is! It coincided with going to the training classes where you use so many bits of chicken in training that you don’t feed him dinner - I wonder if he just wants all his meals to be replaced with chicken.

Is anyone else having toilet training issues? She’s 13 weeks, Will now wee on command outside, sometimes “asks” to go out but is still merrily going where she fancies inside. She looked me in the eye and weed in the corner today! Am I expecting too much for such a little dog?

Hope your pup feels better soon @Outtheforest. It bet it must be weird not having him around.
I bet you can’t wait for bedtime, Clowns! We usually get up at 6am. 4am would absolutely kill me.
Our pup has days when he doesn’t eat as much as usual @MaryLennoxsScowl. I put it down to his teeth playing him up. He is a weirdo with his food though. Sometimes he stares at the bowl without moving. Will eat a bit from my hand then eat the rest from his bowl. Strange dog!
Our Dpup is doing okay with toilet training, Alsohuman. He goes to the back door when he wants to go out. Sometimes he makes noise but not always. So at the moment we really have to keep an eye on him. Find it hard when I’m trying to cook dinner. Always bobbing in and out of the lounge. We still take him out on his lead. Do you all do this or just let them out on their own?
We had a chaotic puppy party session today. Dpup was a bit quiet to begin with but joined in quite a lot by the end. Some of the puppies were so boisterous. I struggled to know if they were playing or not. I’m sure they were all just playing! Managed to step away and let him do his own thing. I’m just glad he had a good experience.

We take her out and stay with her, then praise her profusely when she performs. She seems to get it but is still having numerous accidents. On the bright side, we’re now getting six or seven hours unbroken sleep at night and she only bites by accident. The toilet training is the main bugbear.

Our vet (who does the puppy classes) said toilet training can also depend on breed, some seem to take longer. Clownpup has never had an accident at puppy classes, although all the others have. She definitely gets it. We had an accident today, but that's cos DH and ds were in charge and didn't let her out in time.

Good news about the biting. I love our dog, but we have struggled with that. I find it hard when he growls and nips. Started to convince myself the other day that he was spawn of Satan!
Is your puppy going in the same spot or all over the place? Sounds like you’re doing a great job. I’m sure it will just be an annoying phase.

She goes anywhere the fancy takes her @heatseeker14. I think we’re at the awkward stage where she’s beginning to get it but it’s not habit yet. I must be mellowing in my old age because I’m not getting cross, just resigned.