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

Roxi get the puppy checked by a vet, I think they normally suggest a bland diet of eggs, rice, chicken etc.

Our pup has actually been very good so far, he coped Ystd with a houseful including loads of kids. We took him for a lovely long walk and it was a beautiful day, lots of people out and about. There was one small incident with a Jack Russell pinning him to the ground and barking in his face 🙄 the other owner stood there saying he was just playing!!

He had a turkey dinner which went down well!

Today we've taken him up on the hills which he loved, he has passed out asleep now we're home!!

Thanks all for your sound advice.

Rang my Vet and had a very indepth consultation. She advised the bland diet. It is probably puppy gastroenteritis. Also she told me there are a lot of dogs locally with this problem, if it is this, she said puppies are the top of the list, going down with it. She is on call for the rest of the day and also all night, so any problems go back asap.

My little puppy is very sorry for herself at the moment. I have also noticed that lovely puppy smell has now transformed into a sour unpleasant smell. Do you think this is the norm. It is a long time since I had a puppy, over 10 years ago.

Glad she’s ok, @RoxiFruitcake

My boy is losing his sweet, burnt toast puppy smell and is starting to smell ‘doggy’. He’ll be 12 weeks old on Monday.

Hope he’s ok Roxi!

Well we survived the inlaws! Pup was so excited that he just couldn’t settle in his pen during lunch, lots of whining and jumping at the door, I kept having to distract him-the kongs were ignored but some of the roast beef helped, he’s eaten well today!

We then had a lovely long walk through the park. He went off lead, explored but kept close enough. No barking or growling at any other dogs or humans or wellies and he didn’t try and chase the dc on their scooters. Very proud of him and what a huge difference in just a week.

So for any of you with puppies who are misbehaving I can confirm that these weird behaviours can just pass with little input from us.

What a difference 24 hours can make. My little puppy is now back to her mischievous, cheeky self. Thank heavens for that.

Glad you survived the in-laws Spotty.

Thanks again everybody for helping me. You will never know how much you helped me.

So I decided enough is enough with dpup not sleeping anywhere but on us (except at night when she’s happily in her crate)
And not being left for more than 0.1 second without crying
There was no point tackling this fully right before us visiting people at Christmas and so many overloading things going on

But tomorrow I am back in full training mode
And we’re going to really nail crate training, which I don’t think we ever did. I’m hoping that’s the solution to both problems.

Any tips on how you got puppies in there
Comfortable
And taking their first naps in there all needed please!

We have read up on crate training a lot and I’ve got lots of treats to throw in there all day / week /month

Mine eats all of his meals in his crate (door open) and all of his toys are kept in there too. If he has a kong or a lickimat, he has it in his crate. Basically, his crate is where all the good stuff happens.

Good luck with crate training, @Snufflesdog

HELP,

Puppy been a fucking nightmare all day. 12 weeks old. Barked all day. Now hadenough and locked her in the crate and put a blanket over it.

Shes like a over tired toddler

Can I join please? 9 week old cockerpoo. Was sooo bitey when he joined us a week ago and getting so much better. Except first thing in the morning and the evening. He has started snarling and snapping at those times if we try and put him in time out for biting. He is lovely but my goodness I am relieved when he naps!

5am can you watch closely for the trigger points especially if they happen at set times and do a timeout before it escalates. We could set our watch with ours in the evening and at the first sign he got a timeout to settle otherwise it would end up with him biting DHs leg and wouldn't stop.

We’ve just got back from the pub! Took puppy with us, along with two stuffed Kongs. We were able to have two drinks and he met lots of friendly new people (and a Dalmatian on the walk home). He’s knackered now and has crashed out in the living room .

@5amisnotmorning, hi there. I agree with @BiteyShark. My dog is a mouthy breed and so is prone to being an especially nippy puppy. We’ve had him 4 weeks now and we really struggled with the nipping. That said, I do have to say that we’ve massively reduced the incidence of nipping because we’ve got to know him and we now recognise what pushes him to the nippy side and we can also spot the ‘trigger points’ that @BiteyShark talks about and can deescalate them 9/10 before we get to the point of no return. These early days are as much about you getting to know your puppy as your puppy getting to know you and your household.

How’s your day been today@fortifiedwithtea? Hope you have had a better day.

Thanks all. Slight problem is that he is growling and biting if he isn't happy but that includes being carried instead of being able to go on the floor. We have a huge garden and he likes to wander around but doesn't understand why he has to be carried normally for the next 2 weeks still.. making it hard to do socialisation!

I wouldn’t worry about carrying him about, 5am. We didn’t because our pup wouldn't have liked it. We had friends come to visit him at home to get him used to other adults and kids.

I think the carrying thing is a complete pita, once they've had their 2nd injections I wouldn't bother tbh. You're much more likely to encounter problems due to poor socialisation than the remote chance of picking up a bug they've been vaccinated against.

Our pup is almost 7 months now, I can't really believe it!

Any sign of teenage antics @Girliefriendlikespuppies? I’m really not looking forward to that phase 🙈

Our pup is 17 weeks and has started humping is all 🤢

*us

Hi everyone,
Our puppy is now 14 weeks. Getting much better with his walks and isn't so scared of passing cars anymore, unless it's a really busy road.

He settles himself at night and just takes himself off to bed when he's tired. I feel we've been quite lucky with him in this respect.

He chews everything he can, but due to the fact he's so tiny he hasn't really caused any damage.

He will pee while out on his walks but prefers to poo in the house or the garden 😫. Out walking last night and he was terrified of the wind.

Hi everyone. We are new here. We've had our almost 9 week old Jack Russell puppy for a week today. He's a little cutie. He goes into his crate of his own accord often during the day and we are working on "go to bed" when it's time for him to be crated. We are having 1-2 accidents inside each day, generally he's very good about going inside but it seems like he goes crazy in the early evening and despite being taken outside he won't go, he just tries to eat leaves and mud and run about, then will have an accident inside. During mad hour he gets really nippy too. If he gets nippy when we are playing we have been saying no and redirecting him with toys and if it gets too much and he doesn't stop we stop the game and walk away. When does this bitey phase end? Are we doing the right thing? Any tips for us?

Juan he sounds much like our pup was at 9 weeks! I remember the crazy zoomies in the evenings, I think he had calmed down a bit by 4 months ish.... 😬

Yep full teenage mode today when he tried to overpower a beagle puppy that we met on his walk 🙄 he was being a right idiot!

That said it's a lot easier now than when he was little, we can go on proper long walks now and they're enjoyable rather than stressful! We can leave him for 3 hours and he's fine, just sleeps. He sleeps well in his crate all night and doesn't want to get up until 8.30am ish.

Those of you with young pups hang on in there, it does get better!!

Thank you for the reassurance Girliefriend, he did finally chill out, have a little nap, a wee outside and he's back asleep now. One of our kids is nervous so the biteyness is hard for her to deal with. The others are more confident but sometimes his biting does really hurt so they get a bit upset. I know it's normal for puppies, having read this thread a bit has reassured me a lot! Thank goodness he's cute! He sleeps really well at night which does make it easier, he does into his crate around 10, we take him out at 2am and get up at 6:30. He doesn't ever make any noise though so I don't know how long it will be until he can go all night.

Our puppy is not learning to back off from other dogs when they growl. Instead he continues to bounce on them and lick their faces. I only allow him to meet dogs with permission from their owners, and he is on a long line to stop him running off to jump on random dogs. I’m just so worried he will get bitten soon if he doesn’t calm down. Has anyone else had this problem? Perhaps I need to keep him further away from other dogs for now and continue to reward calm behaviour. It is so hard because there are so many dogs near where I live. It doesn’t help when other people let their dogs run up to him when he is on his lead. It makes him go completely bonkers then they walk off and leave me to calm him down 😒

@heatseeker14 what have you tried so far

we’re having various problems in that she growls / barks / Wants to play/ wants to chase /wants to jump up
...basically all the issues in a fun lucky dip for each new person /dog we meet.

We practice whistle training, responding to her name and ‘sit’ every day. With distractions, and increasing the distance between myself and her when I call her/say sit/ whistle.
This seems to be helping when she gets locked in on her targets! Though we are far from 100%