Puppy survival thread! June 2020

[Juiceey]

Hello, anyone around to join me?

We've got our first puppy, a miniature poodle, yesterday. So far so good apart from the incessant humping!

He's VERY bitey, which doesn't hurt yet but no doubt will soon. He's massively attached to DW already and cries if she leaves the room. He loves DS but I think he played with him too much yesterday and overtired him, hence the humping?!

Crate training isn't easy and he cried for half an hour last night but then slept through til 5. Which is horribly early but I was ready for that!

live have you tried a crate? Ours goes in his crate whenever he is bitey and he usually falls asleep a few minutes later. The forced naps was a real game changer. Our pup will only get in the crate during the day if I throw a piece of carrot in, and then I shut the door, which I know isn't a advised but without shutting the door he gets back out and takes chunks out of us!!

He used to bark for a bit but I would sit in the room with him, with quiet piano music on and ignore him and he would settle. He has a couple of soft toys, an antler chew and the whole of the crate is lined with a big double duvet as a bed so he can play in there or move about. It's also a really big one so he has space.

They need way more sleep than we think. If he's been awake an hour and a half he goes for a nap. Def worth a try before deciding to send him back to the breeder.

Our training session went fairly well yesterday, it was mainly nice to have someone saying “yes thats good keep doing it” and “how about this instead” etc.

I get up at 5:45 everyday to get some exercise done so Link normally has his first wee then, this morning he didn’t wake up! I checked he wasn’t dead and left him, he woke up at 6:15 when I called him. He then did the biggest wee and only just made it out of the building.

A friend is coming over today (our bubble person) so it will be interesting to see if he reacts to someone else being in the flat.

He is still enjoying his daily play with nextdoors dogs.

His favourite thing is still biting, I keep telling my son not to lay on the floor when Link is having a lively moment, he learned the hard way last night as he got his ear bitten, he won’t do it again!

Link has figured out how to get onto the dining room table, so now we have to remember to fully tuck all of the chairs in.

We decided on not getting a crate but do have a puppy pen which he likes and does go fpr naps easily in there just won't at night for some reason
He can be good and has got the sit command down to a t its now working on leave it and getting him not to bite
All the puppy training classes are fully booked or need payment now which we can't till end of month
We will be saying to vet on Wednesday about his bitting to see if its his ears or something else
As after a few days on special dog food his poos were ok now this morning back to being really soft and a tan colour and absolutely stinking no idea if its someone's ate outside or the puppy food he was on or the cone the ice cream man gave him last night lol

Livelovelife35 I think people forget how bitey puppies can be. Most of the people I know had bitey ones like mine when they bite and hang on to clothes. It gets worse when they are tired and I found that BiteyDog was worse with DH because he wouldn't de-escalate the situation by removing himself (he would push him off which the dog would think was him playing and come back for more).

@Livelovelife35 as hard as the biting is to deal with, it is completely normal. Your pup is a BC, isn't he? Mine too. There's a Facebook group called Border Collie Owners UK. If you have a look at that, most of the puppy posts are about excessive biting. It's a good, supportive group. Maybe you could get some support there?

@olivebutler

My pup likes to go under the sofa in the dark so I put a big blanket over the crate. He loves it now, and goes in and out on his own now.
We move it up and downstairs as he sleeps on the landing, and he gets so excited when I carry it downstairs. It definitely is his safe place.

@OwlInAnOakTree thanks will take a look into that group too
So far this morning he has been ok due for a wee wander round the car park out front then a lie more training
Might get him into training classes soon found one thats a lot cheeper than the rest just hopefull a place will come up soon will definitely ask the vet for advice too
Right now he's out for the count
Good thing is he knows when he has done something wrong its the look we get as if to say sorry will stick it out and hopefully we signs of improvement

And so its goes again
Doing fine most of day was calm etc no bitting till later on partner was just sitting and went to go and stroke the pups back and got nipped in the armpit
Then pup was going for his legs while out front for a wee wander
Hes fine when he comes across new people all friendly etc
I've got a feeling partner is now regeting him and maybe should of waited and got a older dog

Been quiet on here- for me it's because puppy has settled right down, not weed or pooed inside for weeks, no biting etc.

BUT. Yesterday he turned into a crazy biting whirlwind again! We are covered in scratches. Two of his teeth fell out on Tuesday so we think he's definitely teething. At least I know now it's not forever! He also weed in the corner for the first time in four weeks

I've noticed its quiet on here too

Wee bailey still have problems from time to time had to send stool sample into vets for him as sometimes it was runny and other times its normal but was the fact most of the time there was blood
Last night was a drama I'm not feeling well and he just wanted to bite and chew what puppy pads were left (last packet so no more will try taking him out on a regular basis)
Not good when your ill and you get help partner with him

It's quite on here as there is a new thread for July

Puppy survival thread! July 2020 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/3956118-Puppy-survival-thread-July-2020

Thank you Bitey- not sure how I missed that!

Hi everyone, I've just got my 8 week old TT. He's an absolute joy and getting on well in some aspects, but terrible in others. It's only been 4 days but I've just had a bit of a meltdown at his 2 hour long play session just now which mainly involved biting me and barking incessantly. Took him out consistently to toilet, but nothing, tried to calm him but all he wanted to do was play and bite. This seems to be getting worse as the days go on and I wonder if this is normal or if I could be doing something differently? He's either sleeping or playing, and as I say when he plays he really goes for it. I'm just struggling at this moment in time, I've done so much research and preparation for him and I'm lucky that he settles at night and sleeps well, thank the Lord! It's just these daytime sessions where he will not calm down no matter what I do! It's just me and puppy and not having any time for myself at all or any support is very challenging. Any advice would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you x

@Phiney86 come join the bitey pup brigade on the september thread. Problems, support, advice and gin encouragement available daily :-)

Great thank you. Can you send me the link please? X

@Phiney86 not sure how to send link, but if you click on the doghouse at the top then scroll down the threads you should see it x

Question: DS is insisting on letting 8 week old puppy sleep in bed with him when he arrives here. Would that be a terrible idea? If it’s a terrible idea he wants the pup set up in his room. Any advice?

@Changedusernamehahaha this is an old thread. If you post on the current one you'll get some advice - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/4181751-Puppy-Survival-Thread-March-April

Let us know how old DS is. If he's 6? No. If he's 25? Maybe.