Puppy rolecall anyone - Page 3

[Heavenly]

Titus is now almost 12 weeks old and things are going a lot better. He is doing better with the housetraining (just started using the poochie bells) but still a ways to go. I am able to leave him in the crate for a few hours at a time during the day so I can go out now which is better. We are still having problems with him nipping the kids, hopefully that will improve. Here is a pic of him eating his tennis ball (need to buy him a new one, he ripped that one to shreds tonight).

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...01020-2015.jpg

And another one of him trying to jump up to see me.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...01020-2017.jpg

[Mirzam]

Titus is so cute. I am glad things are going better and the house training is coming along well.

[K1329]

Hi everyone! I'd like to join in... I've posted once about housetraining our pups already and got some really fabulous advice - we took it and have been crate training for about 6 weeks now.

We have two maltese-poodle mixed pups - they're sisters and almost 15 weeks old. It has been nice having two - it's so cute to watch them play and cuddle together. I think it's also saved us a bit of trouble - alot of that puppy energy gets used up with them rolling around together and playing with each other.

Housetraining is not done yet - we're supervising them totally and they still haven't quite figured out how to signal us to go outside yet, but, I'm trying to be patient and give it time. It's gotten alot better - very few accidents - but not there yet.

[Alyantavid]

Just bumping this up...

Dh and I are about to leave for 4 days and my mom will be staying at my house with my kids and Asia. I'm really nervous as to how this will go. Asia knows and loves my mom, but it's not the same. She's very attached to dh and I. I've got her whole routine down so that all my mom has to do is follow it and I'm hoping that will help with any separation anxiety she may have.

[Mirzam]

Originally Posted by Alyantavid

Dh and I are about to leave for 4 days and my mom will be staying at my house with my kids and Asia. I'm really nervous as to how this will go. Asia knows and loves my mom, but it's not the same. She's very attached to dh and I. I've got her whole routine down so that all my mom has to do is follow it and I'm hoping that will help with any separation anxiety she may have.

I am sure she will do fine. Enjoy the break.

As for us, Oscar has been invited to a puppy party with his eight siblings! The breeder is hoping to get them all together on Saturday. I would love to take Oscar, but he still hates the car and she lives quite a way away. I am going to work hard at the car thing in the next couple of days and see how he does.

[BlueStateMama]

Can I join? Just got our first dog today (had them growing up - but never my own!)

Here's Cookie:

http://www.puppyangels.com/animals/d...imalID=2832831

(Was Beau - he didn't know his name at four months and we live in "Bow" NH - had to be done) So sweet SO affectionate - I fell in love with his the minute he snuggled into my shoulder at the shelter today.

I need help w/ dealing w/ the first night. We got a crate - but he loves his bed in our master bathroom (I put down newspapers and he is safe and cozy in there) But he cries when I leave his sight. My son is STILL up reading him stories now. "Everyone" says crate him and let him whine and wail initially for the night - and I know dogs are diff. from babies (duh) but CIO has never been my way, ever - is there a balance? He just wants to have someone to snuggle.

[Mirzam]

Originally Posted by BlueStateMama

Can I join? Just got our first dog today (had them growing up - but never my own!)

Here's Cookie:

http://www.puppyangels.com/animals/d...imalID=2832831

(Was Beau - he didn't know his name at four months and we live in "Bow" NH - had to be done) So sweet SO affectionate - I fell in love with his the minute he snuggled into my shoulder at the shelter today.

I need help w/ dealing w/ the first night. We got a crate - but he loves his bed in our master bathroom (I put down newspapers and he is safe and cozy in there) But he cries when I leave his sight. My son is STILL up reading him stories now. "Everyone" says crate him and let him whine and wail initially for the night - and I know dogs are diff. from babies (duh) but CIO has never been my way, ever - is there a balance? He just wants to have someone to snuggle.

Welcome! Of course you can join, the more the merrier!

I can totally see why you fell in love, what a sweet looking little boy!

I would crate him. Could you put his crate in your bedroom for the first night? I have our puppy's crate downstairs in the living room and slept on the couch the first couple of nights so I could be close to him and hear him if he woke. I didn't sleep brilliantly, as I woke at every snuffle and sniffle. He did sleep through the night and didn't cry. Is he house trained? If not, I really recommend using the crate, you really don't want to have to transition from newspapers to outside if you can avoid it. At four months he should be able to go through the night without needing to pee.

[nomadmom]

Hi BlueStateMama, and welcome to the puppy tribe. What I did for the first couple nights is put our puppy in a box at the side of my & dh's bed so that we could reach in and calm him without having to get up. Then, we moved the box away from the bed for a few nights, and he was fine with that, so we got a pen. He slept in the pen in our room for about a week, and then we moved it to the kitchen where he has slept ever since. I know what you mean about not wanting to let a puppy cio! They do adapt quickly, but I felt better with a gradual transition.

[SubliminalDarkness]

Hi everyone! My puppy is barely a "puppy" but I figured I would join in anyway. His name is Teddy, and he's a mastiff/St. Bernard mix. He's a BIG BOY. We got him a little over a year ago. He's about 14 months now, we think. But he still very much a big, goofy puppy.


As for the overnight thing.... We put the crate in our bedroom. I did want the dog crate trained, and some dogs don't immediately take to it. But I also didn't want him to feel abandoned. I read that it helps with bonding to start them out sleeping in your room, even if it's in a crate, so that's what we did. He did whine for a few nights, which was hard. But then it dissipated. And now he's very happy to be in his crate. He retreats there when he knows he's in trouble.

Oh, and we had to buy the super huge crate, the biggest one they sell in stores. RIDICULOUS. Good thing this house has a breakfast room that we don't use as a breakfast room. It's basically just the dog room.

[amber913]

We have a 3-mo Rottweiler, female, named Storm (so named b/c her predecessor, our beloved female Rottie, Autumn, was put down on a day of a ginormous storm, so it's a way to tie the two together--as if they didn't have enough in common).

Rotties are smart and learn fast, but they are stubborn, and what a chewer! This one is the Evel Knievel of the puppy world; she is wild and crazy!

So going from a calm, older Rottie to this one has been an unusually difficult task, but it's definitely getting easier as time goes on. At least she's not going in the house as much anymore!

[Mirzam]

I thought I would post a photo of Oscar with his grandma, Thora who visited today. Thora is my eldest DD's dog. Oscar was so excited to see her, he didn't know what to do with himself! Thora wasn't so thrilled to have her 4 month old grandpup all over her.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...arandThora.jpg

[Alyantavid]

Originally Posted by Mirzam 

I thought I would post a photo of Oscar with his grandma, Thora who visited today. Thora is my eldest DD's dog. Oscar was so excited to see her, he didn't know what to do with himself! Thora wasn't so thrilled to have her 4 month old grandpup all over her.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...arandThora.jpg

Oh that is just adorable!

For the over night crating, I would absolutely do it.  We'd move Asia's crate to our room at night so she's still be close and the first night she did cry a few times, but it was very short and she wasn't traumatized.  After the first night, we only hear from her if she needs to go potty.  Now at 9 1/2 months, she does sleep on a bed in our room at night, but since she does have to be crated at times, I'm really glad she's crated trained.

Well we survived our trip and Asia's gone nutty.  She's back to eating trash and stealing food from the counters.  And her separation anxiety has kicked in full speed.  But we're working on it and it's getting very slowly better. 

[Theia]

Hi everyone, I'll join in.  I just got a dog a week ago.  She is 14mos.  She is a mini schnauzer, black and silver.  Her name is Sara.  She is super sweet and calm.  She already has her Canine Good Citizen award and is just wonderful really.  I like that she is already crate trained, and she also hangs out in a large play pen during the day when I am not able to fully supervise her.  The play pen is 4ft square, so she has lots of room.  The breeder I got her from did all the hard work of puppyhood for me, which I am totally happy with.  I'm hoping that in a few months I'll be able to start her in agility.  We have a really active dog agility group in this area and I think that would be something fun for our family.  But first, I am going to see a dog trainer so that I can get trained.  She is so well behaved and the seller did a lot of work with her, so I need to be trained so that I don't mess up the hard work that has already been done.

And if anyone has any advice on how to walk a dog and a toddler (nearly 3yo) I'd appreciate it.  We live in an apartment so walks on leash several times a day are necessary.  At this point I'm thinking of getting a leash and harness for DD cuz it's much harder to walk both of them than I thought it would be.  DD is becoming more independent and willful, and there are safety issues with her new behaviors.  She resists holding my hand most times.  And I find myself bribing her with snacks on our walks to keep her close and under control. 

[Alyantavid]

Bumping this back up...

We'd gotten a ton of snow over the past week.  Asia was not thrilled the first we went out but after a morning of playing with the boys, now she loves it!  Every time we go out she has to run laps through the drifts and drag around big chunks of snow to chew on.

Here's a pic of her playing with my 8 year old.

Edited by Alyantavid - 11/30/10 at 6:40am

[Mirzam]

They both look like they are having great fun! We had some snow a week or so and Oscar loved it!

[nomadmom]

Love all the pictures!  I will try to post some soon.  Our pup is now 17 weeks old, and is doing great aside from a tummy upset from a possible food sensitivity.  He went to a 4-week basic training class from age 9-13 weeks, and was good with all the other puppies and humans.  Next week, he's going to start more serious training with 13 y.o. dd as his handler.  We had a trainer come out last week to assess a couple issues, and she immediately suggested something we'd suspected -- that he is not 100% Staffy.  He looks a lot like one, but certain distinguishing features are not quite there.  The trainer agreed with us that he's probably got English Bull Terrier in him. Dh saw both his parents, and said they both looked like SBTs, but the mother was a rescue so her background is not entirely known.  Not that it matters, but it does explain his big ears!  He is a goof-ball, and full of fun. :-)

[Mirzam]

Nomadmom, I can't wait to see a picture of your pup. Does he have a name yet!?

Here's a photo of 20 week old Oscar taken this past weekend enjoying some fall sunshine. (Sorry its so huge, I have no idea how to re-size it)

[Alyantavid]

Oscar is adorable!

[Alyantavid]

Bumping this up again...

Dh's been working with Asia on hunting and she's doing really really well.  She goes and finds birds, she retrieves, she points.  We're very proud!  Of course this is making our Chessie insanely jealous since he doesn't get to do much hunting anymore.

Here's a terrible picture of her pouting in her recliner the other day.  Dh was studying for finals and the kids were off at school so she was getting no attention!

[Mirzam]

I have been meaning to bump up this thread to see how everyone's puppies are doing. Alyanavid, you must be very proud of Asia, she is becoming quite the working dog! Oscar continues to grow at an amazing rate, he is now eating around 4 lbs of meat a day, but he is such a sweetheart. He is also getting into the guard dog thing, he chased the neighbor's cat away this morning by barking very loudly. LOL!

Here's a photo of Oscar taken yesterday.