Seller wants puppy back........

PuppyLove_2

Hi everyone!

Well he went to the vet yesterday and has now beem microchipped and checked over, hes perfectly healthy and i feel much better now that hes been microchipped. I also havent heard from these people again which has made me feel a lot calmer.

He wasnt really eating yesterday- not sure if this is because he had his injections etc and his flea and worm treatment. He wont eat just his dry food though, he just turns his nose up at it! I have been putting it down and leaving it for 20 minutes and then taking it away. Last night i cooked him a chicken breast and gave him half of that mixed with his dry food which he ate but then he was sick this morning.

Im feeding him the puppy science plan so im not sure whether i should get some of their puppy wet food as well and mix a bit of that with it, the vet said to try and stick just to dry though!

Any advice from anyone?

Also yes he is proving quite hard to train, its probably my fault though as i cant resisit those puppy dog eyes and end up letting him get away with murder! Im trying the toilet training at the moment and have taken away his training mats (this is the method the people we got him from were using) abd am just taking him out in the garden every hour and when he wakes and after eating etc but he is still doing the odd wee indoors and doesnt seem to let me know when he wants go go out, i guess he will get there in the end though!

shegirl

PuppyLove wrote: »

Hi everyone!

Well he went to the vet yesterday and has now beem microchipped and checked over, hes perfectly healthy and i feel much better now that hes been microchipped. I also havent heard from these people again which has made me feel a lot calmer.

He wasnt really eating yesterday- not sure if this is because he had his injections etc and his flea and worm treatment. He wont eat just his dry food though, he just turns his nose up at it! I have been putting it down and leaving it for 20 minutes and then taking it away. Last night i cooked him a chicken breast and gave him half of that mixed with his dry food which he ate but then he was sick this morning.

Im feeding him the puppy science plan so im not sure whether i should get some of their puppy wet food as well and mix a bit of that with it, the vet said to try and stick just to dry though!

Any advice from anyone?

Also yes he is proving quite hard to train, its probably my fault though as i cant resisit those puppy dog eyes and end up letting him get away with murder! Im trying the toilet training at the moment and have taken away his training mats (this is the method the people we got him from were using) abd am just taking him out in the garden every hour and when he wakes and after eating etc but he is still doing the odd wee indoors and doesnt seem to let me know when he wants go go out, i guess he will get there in the end though!

Beagles are hard to train hence why they're not really 'beginner' dogs I trained mine without using mats at all,just taking out and he soon got it.We did spend a lot of time outside though and more than once an hour.Watch out for his little 'signs' too..the sniffing,starting to scoot round in a circle and whip him straight outside when he starts.

Very odd for a Beagle to not want his food though -they are complete dustbins- has he been wormed?If so look out for any worms in his poo and if he hasn't been you may want to get that done

PuppyLove_2

shegirl wrote: »

Beagles are hard to train hence why they're not really 'beginner' dogs I trained mine without using mats at all,just taking out and he soon got it.We did spend a lot of time outside though and more than once an hour.Watch out for his little 'signs' too..the sniffing,starting to scoot round in a circle and whip him straight outside when he starts.

Very odd for a Beagle to not want his food though -they are complete dustbins- has he been wormed?If so look out for any worms in his poo and if he hasn't been you may want to get that done

Thanks for the reply!

Are they hard to train in general or is it just the toilet training that they take a while a pick up? He does the sniffing a going round in a circle when he wants a number 2 but not for a wee! Also im out for 4 hours on wednesday which will be him first time alone for longer than half an hour, should i leave a mat down for him or would you just accept that he may have an accident on the floor?

Yes i thought this about the food, when we go for a walk hes always trying to pick things up and eat them - leaves etc! I think its the dry food he seems to have a problem with!

Hes also a real chewer which im trying to sort out at the moment, everytime he chews something i just move him away and give him one of his chew toys, its a bit worrying as hes even started to try and chew my new mirrored bedside tables! :rotfl:

shegirl

PuppyLove wrote: »

Thanks for the reply!

Are they hard to train in general or is it just the toilet training that they take a while a pick up? He does the sniffing a going round in a circle when he wants a number 2 but not for a wee! Also im out for 4 hours on wednesday which will be him first time alone for longer than half an hour, should i leave a mat down for him or would you just accept that he may have an accident on the floor?

Yes i thought this about the food, when we go for a walk hes always trying to pick things up and eat them - leaves etc! I think its the dry food he seems to have a problem with!

Hes also a real chewer which im trying to sort out at the moment, everytime he chews something i just move him away and give him one of his chew toys, its a bit worrying as hes even started to try and chew my new mirrored bedside tables! :rotfl:

Generally hard to train because they're lead by their noses and can be stubborn and care free!! Don't expect to be able to let him off lead for a long time either...unless you're incredibly lucky as I was!

4 hours?Be prepared for the neighbours to complain.He will be howling,arooroorooroorooing while you are out.Crate him -a beagle pup left on it's own when it isn't used to it yet will become very destructive in it's play,you could come home to find shades on table lamps eaten,electric cables chewed...anything could be chewed and possibly destroyed:D The only problem then with crating him for four hours is the toilet issue and he wouldn't like to mess in his bed at all -cue crying!

I can't even imagine a Beagle being put off by dry food tbh,they're not fussy eaters and will literally eat anything!!! (good treat for a Beagle is peanut butter btw as soon as they smell it they'll go crazy for it!!!!!).Has he been wormed properly?

Without meaning any offence,did you know what you were really taking on and were fully prepared for the bundle of fun that is the Beagle?:D

Just to add: you'll soon pick up on signs that he wants a wee...watch for him standing and ready to 'squat'..he'll eventually end up doing it in roughly the same places too because he'll smell where he's done it before.To remove all traces of smell buy a biological pet waste cleaner as nothing else will clear it properly.If he can smell it in the house anywhere he's more likely to think it's ok

duchy

Bit like having a baby-doesn't matter how much you think you are prepared -there's always a learning curve

shegirl

duchy wrote: »

Bit like having a baby-doesn't matter how much you think you are prepared -there's always a learning curve

Very true....and have to say having a Beagle is very much like having a baby:D:rotfl:

Person_one

shegirl wrote: »

4 hours?Be prepared for the neighbours to complain.He will be howling,arooroorooroorooing while you are out.Crate him -a beagle pup left on it's own when it isn't used to it yet will become very destructive in it's play,you could come home to find shades on table lamps eaten,electric cables chewed...anything could be chewed and possibly destroyed:D The only problem then with crating him for four hours is the toilet issue and he wouldn't like to mess in his bed at all -cue crying!

Only crate him if he already has a crate, likes it, and uses it as a comfy place to sleep and rest. If you shut him in a new cage for the very first time for four hours while you're not there he will be very very distressed by it.

If he doesn't already have a crate it would be better to dog proof an area that he already has access to, leave him qith some irresistible kongs and chewy things and accept there might be a bit of damage.

shegirl

Person_one wrote: »

Only crate him if he already has a crate, likes it, and uses it as a comfy place to sleep and rest. If you shut him in a new cage for the very first time for four hours while you're not there he will be very very distressed by it.

If he doesn't already have a crate it would be better to dog proof an area that he already has access to, leave him qith some irresistible kongs and chewy things and accept there might be a bit of damage.

True,it may be a good idea to consider crating generally though,they can be little sods!!!

PuppyLove_2

He did have a crate but didnt like it, and i dont really want to leave him locked up for 4 hours when he hasnt been used to it. I will let him have the utitily room and halway when i am out on wednesday. When i have been out for half an hour i have just let him have the living room, kitchen and dining room (its hard because my house is very open plan so i cant baby gate off any of these rooms!)

I had read up about beagles and knew that they were stubbon and possible difficult to house break. Its hard work but i wouldnt change him as is is so lovely and i couldnt leave him with the previous owners without feeling guilty about it forever!

My dad has just taken him out for a walk in the woods, apparently he pulled the lead out of his hand and took off after another dog, luckily the other dog owner stopped him!!! Something tells me hes not ready to come off the lead just yet!

Puppy classes will start soon!

shegirl

PuppyLove wrote: »

He did have a crate but didnt like it, and i dont really want to leave him locked up for 4 hours when he hasnt been used to it. I will let him have the utitily room and halway when i am out on wednesday. When i have been out for half an hour i have just let him have the living room, kitchen and dining room (its hard because my house is very open plan so i cant baby gate off any of these rooms!)

I had read up about beagles and knew that they were stubbon and possible difficult to house break. Its hard work but i wouldnt change him as is is so lovely and i couldnt leave him with the previous owners without feeling guilty about it forever!

My dad has just taken him out for a walk in the woods, apparently he pulled the lead out of his hand and took off after another dog, luckily the other dog owner stopped him!!! Something tells me hes not ready to come off the lead just yet!

Puppy classes will start soon!

They're amazing little dogs and worth every bit of hard work The fact that the previous owners had him in a flat and hadn't fully toilet trained him won't help but he'll get there!

If he does cause any damage when you're out the immense excitement he'll show when you get back in will put it to the back of your mind -I've never seen a dog so excited to have his owner home They really do love their people