Puppy Survival Thread for New and Old Pups - Spring is around the corner!

[Lougle]

A thread for puppy owners to share their ups and downs as we head into Spring. We're not just here for the idyllic moments. We've all had a cry at some point!

All posters welcome - just dive in.

The previous thread is here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_doghouse/4945764-puppy-survival-thread-for-old-and-new-pups-heading-into-winter?page=1

Checking in 👍

I'm able to have a rest whilst Milo is also having a rest. I'm absolutely knackered lol

Hi Lougle and all. Thanks for being here! One of my rl friend is good to let off steam to, and she had struggles with her goldie pup who is now a year old, and still a struggle at times. (Recent possible phantom pregnancy or something causing regression to an earlier phase) Another friend just wants me to hurry up with everything, keeps saying "you've got to leave her sometime" as if that's not one of my aims, and her dog just "loved the crate" and said I'm making it harder for myself.
My pup is only 10 weeks, I can't imagine leaving her for a while yet. But I am flitting a bit, few minutes at a time.
Deep breath. Will have a good cry at some point.

I couldn’t imagine leaving our 10 week old either!… My husband doesn’t work at the moment due to injury so our 16 month old has never been left for more than an hour. It’s going the same way with little pup too, who’s also 10 weeks.

That has brought about other issues though as 16 month old has s really strong attachment to dh.

DH has gone out to a medical appointment so I have taken some time off work as he’ll be a few hours, and older pup has just sat on the window sill for most of it 🙄

thanks @Yllasin I appreciate the support here, yesterday was probably the darkest day I've had. Yes at 10 weeks it's really difficult to leave them for any length of time, they're babies and programmed to think something has gone seriously wrong if they find themselves alone!

Edit: Sorry name changed from BleakGarden, trying to be more upbeat!!

@PanadTe I have the same with my husband having an injury. Our pup is 13 months and only been left 1 hour or so. She is getting used to me going out ( although still jumps me and full of excitement!). But when hubby went for medical appointment, she went ballistic when he came home! He has an op planned in a few weeks and I am starting to worry as we obviously cannot risk any kind of jumping at him. Working on putting her behind a stair gate and getting her calm but soo difficult to lower the excitement levels.

We've had a few weird behaviours from pup lately, wondering if it might be slight phantom pregnancy symptoms, lots of digging in the bed/on the sofa, and then hiding under armchairs and the bed.

Otherwise she's still the easiest pup. I often have to remind myself that she's still less than a year old.

How old is she now @tizwozliz ? They're both beautiful.

@Lougle - 11 months now

Oh, and after thinking she only had 7 nipples for the past 9 months I discovered number 8 last week. They're in 5, 3 configuration thought rather than 4,4 😂

Hooray for the missing nipple!

Hazel still seems so little at 7 months old.

Hello! I have an 18 week old cocker who is gorgeous but getting quite territorial in the garden. She’s also started to dig 😬. Does anyone have any tips? Photo for tax

@PaddingtonsHat ive been putting coffee grounds (used up) AND just found out this is poisonous!!!
Heck I’ve got to puppy proof the yard now!
Im new to the thread with an Airedale puppy arriving the 12th. He’ll be joining our 12 yr old Airedale and 13 yr old Tibetan Spaniel.

Oh thanks will give this a try. The mud is relentless

@PaddingtonsHat DON’T after posting I did a quick google it’s apparently poisonous!

@CurlsnSunshinetime4tea ok back to the drawing board

Good morning from Milo!
For some strange reason he had me up at 5.45 barking in his crate.
We are going to go out for a run today to see if we can run into his best friend Peggy who is a 10 month border terrier.

Hi all, hope I can join in with Moxie, who is 14 weeks old and a male whippet.

What a beauty,
He's huge! ❤️
How long have you had him for?
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Wow, @Venusflytart , what a boy.

@JamieJ93 for a week now, he's just had his second vaccination and we're anxious for him to go for his first walk (one way form now). He was the biggest of the litter I think. 😀

He’s beautiful @Venusflytart

Ours was the biggest of the litter too. I think he’s greedy because of it too. There were 7 in his litter.

I’m struggling with his possessiveness over food. We’re getting grumbles from him if the older dog goes near him when he has a high value treat. But often he has already eaten his and then stolen the other dog’s

We separate them, but our older dog is such a picky eater that is not always possible with timings. Or we just get caught out.

So you think he will grow out of it as he realises that food is not a competition?

@Venusflytart he is a beauty! I bloody love whippets. If I ever get another dog I think I'd go for a whippet.

Has anyone found nice crate covers that don't cost the earth? We're putting pup's crate in the kitchen and it's XXL, I'd like a cover that's not solid black... I've seen nice ones on Lords & Labradors for about £300 🤯😂

@PointerParty can you not use a fleece blanket or something to cover the crate? Or does it need to be blackout?

@PaddingtonsHat what a beauty!

We have been doing blankets over the top but her favourite thing is jumping onto the top of the crate (getting less frequent with training but not completely eradicated) so I need something a bit more snug!