New puppy checklist I want to do things right (pics added!!!!!!!)

Humphrey10

mumhug wrote: »

Does anyone have any advice re the training issue?

All the dogs I've looked after didn't go to puppy training and turned out ok (though I think they would have benefitted from it in some ways like not begging at the table etc so you are definatly doing the right thing by taking your puppy to one!), so I think taking your puppy late will be ok.

One of my aunt's dogs lived virtually wild on a farm until he was one, then he was in quarantine for 6 months, then he came to live in our house. The only accidents we had in the house were a couple of wees (he copied where the other dog went outside), and it only took a few days for him to get used to the collar and lead.
He was also very quick to work out that jumping on tables was something he wasn't allowed to do, so he made sure to only do it when we weren't in the room!!

So if a dog can be trained at 1 and a 1/2 years I think 8 weeks is ok!

mumhug

Hi all, well she is here we had no problems on the journey home. She has explored the house and garden and is now fast asleep on my lap.

MoneySavingStudent_2

Take lots of pictures of her! They grow up quick! xx

lisaann72red

Wow I couldnt wait to see a pic as my mum and dad have a boarder terrier and my sister has a King Charles Spaniel. she is cute have lots of fun.... Lisa x
Hi Izzy x

mumhug

We had a very long night she cried constantly and pooed everywhere in her crate.I took her into the garden for a long time before I went to bed last night but she didnt go but within 30 mins of being in her crate there was mess everywhere. I went down took her out then cleaned up the mess.

I put in a soft toy dog and moved her bed up futher so she could snuggle into it. She got straight in and slept untill 5am when she started to howl again I went down after about 30 mins ad took her outside for toilet. She had done a wee in the crate.

Since then she has been fine playing and sleeping. I love her lots

mumhug

Does anyone have any suggestions for a more settled night tonight? (tried the blanket that smells of mum and the ticking clock)

xxlaurissaxx

Aaawwwww shes gorgeous!
Have you tried taking the crate into your room? My sister did this for a few weeks and now her pup is fine to sleep on her down downstairs.

xx

sarabe

mumhug wrote: »

Does anyone have any suggestions for a more settled night tonight? (tried the blanket that smells of mum and the ticking clock)

All of my dogs have slept in a crate beside my bed as new pups or new rescue dogs.

They don't get distressed at being left and I am able to get up and take them out to the toilet when they wake and need to go.

This makes the toilet training a doddle as they are not forced to soil in or near their bed and they are learning to hold on while I look for my slippers.

I can also teach my pup to be happy at being left alone by doing it gradually rather than leave them on their own, in a strange place, missing Mum and siblings, for 8 hours in the dark.

Dogs that have separation problems as adults are probably the ones that were left to cry at night as puppies.

I was the same with my babies incidentally. They slept in a cradle beside my bed until they were sleeping all night.

For the first few nights at least you may need to time your bedtime to coincide with puppy wanting to go to sleep.

devotee

mumhug wrote: »

We had a very long night she cried constantly and pooed everywhere in her crate.I took her into the garden for a long time before I went to bed last night but she didnt go but within 30 mins of being in her crate there was mess everywhere. I went down took her out then cleaned up the mess.

I put in a soft toy dog and moved her bed up futher so she could snuggle into it. She got straight in and slept untill 5am when she started to howl again I went down after about 30 mins ad took her outside for toilet. She had done a wee in the crate.

Since then she has been fine playing and sleeping. I love her lots

Dogs are very clean so they won't normally go to where they sleep, so is her crate too big? If it is then get some sort of divider so she can't use all of the crate which you can remove once she gets bigger. And wash all of the bedding, blanket, toys in biological detergent, if she still smells the wee then she might go there again.
And I agree about putting the crate in your bedroom as she'll feel safer there.
You need to take her out every hour and stay there for five minutes, not let her play or run around, it's strictly business! If she goes outside praise and use a command of your choice while she's peeing. If she goes when in house take her outside straight away!
If she's still not getting the message, you might want to invest in one of those sprays that contains the smell or urine and spray it outside to encourage her to go there.
I've been so lucky with my dog, I used the crate for a short while, he only had a couple of accidents in there and that's only when I had to pop out and leave him for a couple of hours. I left a pad in there just in case and he, bless him as he had to do his business, he rolled the pad away with the offending article!:rotfl:
The reason I stopped using the crate was that he was waking me up every morning at 5 am to let him out, so at some point I let him sleep in my bed and he's never ever had an accident there, he'd just wait for me to wake up and take him out to pee!

tr3mor

mumhug wrote: »

Does anyone have any suggestions for a more settled night tonight? (tried the blanket that smells of mum and the ticking clock)

An eight week old puppy won't be able to hold herself all night.

You'll need to get up and let her outside at least once in the middle of the night. Get her into a routine so she knows this is toilet time, not play time. Just pick her up and take her outside, when she's performed give her lots of praise and then put her straight to bed. Speak to her so she gets to know the commands. We used OUTSIDE to get her out, TOILET to perform, BEDTIME to go back in the crate and NIGHT NIGHT as we shut her in the crate and left her in the kitchen.

Make sure the area she has in the crate is only just big enough to sleep in for the moment. She won't like sleeping in her own mess if she can help it. If she has space for toilet and bed then she'll use it.