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Advice444 · 2024-09-11T16:36:50+00:00

Hi, Hoping to adopt a puppy from rescue next week provided all goes okay with checks etc. I would be very grateful if I could gain as much tips and helpful advice as possible about having a puppy /raising them / settling them in etc Please tell me ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING there is to know about puppies!! They estimate the puppy to be 6 months but due to the puppy being abandoned this is an estimate only. ..

sunsetsandboardwalks · 12/09/2024 11:32

You've had a lot of odd comments here!

My advice would be - patience and have lots of separate areas so that your older dog gets a break and your younger one is able to rest properly.

I'd also make sure you have plenty of resources available so there's no fighting, and keep everything separate when feeding or playing, at least to begin with just in case there's any resource guarding.

sanityisamyth · 12/09/2024 11:34

Ask the breeder or buy a book.

Bupster · 12/09/2024 14:39

At six months old you should be past a lot of the early puppy stages that drive people round the bend - for example, most of your puppy's adult teeth will be in, and it may have been toilet trained.

Other than carefully separating and managing the relationship with the older dog, which I don't know much about, I would say that you need to know as much as possible about your puppy's background and training. Has it been loose-lead trained? Is its toilet-training solid and transferable? How does it cope with other dogs? Has it played with other puppies? What is it afraid of? Has it been in foster? Where did it sleep? Can it be left alone?

My limited experience of Jack Russells is that they're quite independent, not particularly dog social as adults, potentially very barky, and often well able to stand up for themselves and play well as pups with other dogs.

Puppies in general can surprise you with their neediness but hopefully a terrier will be less so. I hope you have the most wonderful time with yours. Personally I didn't bother crate training more than the basics, as my puppy didn't much like it, he slept with me, and I didn't need to separate him from anyone else. It's been one of the hardest things I've ever done but it's got easier by the week and he's still younger than yours will be when you collect him. The only thing I think you really need to worry about immediately is toilet training and recall as your puppy will be well on the way to adolescence and by all accounts it all goes out the window then 😀

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Advice444 · 12/09/2024 17:16

Bupster · 12/09/2024 14:39

At six months old you should be past a lot of the early puppy stages that drive people round the bend - for example, most of your puppy's adult teeth will be in, and it may have been toilet trained.

Other than carefully separating and managing the relationship with the older dog, which I don't know much about, I would say that you need to know as much as possible about your puppy's background and training. Has it been loose-lead trained? Is its toilet-training solid and transferable? How does it cope with other dogs? Has it played with other puppies? What is it afraid of? Has it been in foster? Where did it sleep? Can it be left alone?

My limited experience of Jack Russells is that they're quite independent, not particularly dog social as adults, potentially very barky, and often well able to stand up for themselves and play well as pups with other dogs.

Puppies in general can surprise you with their neediness but hopefully a terrier will be less so. I hope you have the most wonderful time with yours. Personally I didn't bother crate training more than the basics, as my puppy didn't much like it, he slept with me, and I didn't need to separate him from anyone else. It's been one of the hardest things I've ever done but it's got easier by the week and he's still younger than yours will be when you collect him. The only thing I think you really need to worry about immediately is toilet training and recall as your puppy will be well on the way to adolescence and by all accounts it all goes out the window then 😀

The poppy is not toilet trained at all.

The puppy was found abandoned by the rescue centre so understandably they have very limited information on his background. They obviously can't tell us what lead style he prefers, how he is on cars, or where he slept :(

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JSMill · 12/09/2024 17:29

sanityisamyth · 12/09/2024 11:34

Ask the breeder or buy a book.

Why don't people read the Op properly?

Bupster · 12/09/2024 18:57

Advice444 · 12/09/2024 17:16

The poppy is not toilet trained at all.

The puppy was found abandoned by the rescue centre so understandably they have very limited information on his background. They obviously can't tell us what lead style he prefers, how he is on cars, or where he slept :(

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Ah, I assumed he'd been with the rescue for a little while - the larger UK rescues would normally do some basic training before rehoming I think. What sort of rescue centre is it? Have they kept him in kennels or has he gone out to foster? Either way they should be able to tell you a bit about his preferences including how he walks on a lead and how he is in cars - it would worry me a bit if they didn't have any of that information, as he must have been brought to the rescue by car, and they must have walked him while he's been there. Might be worth asking a bit more. Has he had all his jabs and microchips?

If he's a fairly recent rescue, I would treat him like a much younger puppy. Get an ex-pen and a comfy bed as well as a crate, start by giving him one puppy-proofed room and build up from there. Try to keep him on the same food he's had in the rescue, and let him have lots and lots of time to settle in. There's a really good FB group with loads of guides to settling in a rescue - it's called Dog Training and Support. Best of luck 😊