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I totally agree with you, Shekhina. Our Tibbie is very food aggressive because we were always taught "if the dog is growling leave it be" and no one ever showed her that we were her leaders. She is now quite elderly and yes is can be aggressive over food, in the past she has actually bitten myself, my sister and my mum. Of course now we don't tolerate it, if she growls over a possession it gets taken away. We have been retraining her but it isn't easy. She is hugely improved now but we never made that mistake again. When I got my Sibe I was very dilligent in making sure he was not food possessive, he wouldn't DARE growl at me over anything. I can put my hand in his food bowl when he is eating and he doesn't care if I take food out

Sorry, like I said I thought the bit where I said "our puppy" not "my puppy" was clear that she would not be on her own, or in a kennel, as it implied there was another owner. Like I said I was going to type in how the puppy is a family dog, but I didn't realise that my post could be misinterpreted.

OK i havent read the rest of the thread yet but why would you have gotten a puppy when you know you will be leaving it for more then a month?! Thats just stupid. A dog youve had for years or months i understand but a puppy you have had only 3 weeks?! Now ive seen everything Actually tollersowned she is a family dog. She lives with my mum, my sister and myself but belongs to my mum. We have three dogs living at home but only one of them I technically own (my husky). That's what is meant by the phrase "OUR pup" and "WE have". I was actually going to clarify in my post that I live with my mum and my sister, but I didn't actually think anyone would really jump to conclusion that I would leave a brand new baby puppy to go OS. I thought that by saying "we" and "ours" would be enough but obviously I was wrong. Sorry if this seems harsh but I resent you thinking I am stupid and your post kind of jumped to conclusions. Maybe next time you can clarify before typing a rather harsh post. Thanks for clarifying for me BrissyGal

Oh, that sounds just like my 11 week old Beagle pup. Our breeder recommended feeding her chicken necks. She was 8 weeks when she first tried them and the first one she had she just kept chewing and chewing... we thought she'd never finish it Then, all of a sudden it disappeared along with the rest of the chicken necks in her bowl. It was as if she had to figure out the best way to eat it and then once she did she swallowed them whole

I am leaving our 11 week old Beagle pup for almost five weeks tomorrow! We have only had her for a few weeks so I hope she remembers me when I get back... I am more worried about how I am going to cope without my animals, especially my husky boy because I have never been away from them for this long How do you live without animals? At least there will be no poo patrol!

Good on you for deciding against a pet shop! The best thing to do is go by your instincts. The breeder you mentioned made you feel uneasy, don't buy a pup from her. The breeder you find who you will want a pup from will make you feel comfortable. I don't think I'd want a pup from someone who told me to feed the dog people food and cheap tinned food. That's wrong A lot of people food can really harm dogs too.

Yes, innocent in the way all puppies are "innocent". They are much naughtier than adult dogs, that's for sure! They can get away with so much when they look at you with those sad eyes... "I'm only a puppy, I didn't mean too " Apart from the barking I can definately recommend a Beagle. You're right you could get that with any dog you have. She isn't too bad... she is generally quiet when she is asleep

I haven't met a beagle that isn't a barker. But they are just too cute.... When we were at puppy school there was a dog next door who was obviously in for an op or something, howling all through the class, and when we got taken on a tour through the vet and came to the dog, it was a tiny beagle puppy.. sounded like a dog triple its size from the other room. You should have heard the noise last night when my husky accidentally tripped over Daisy (our beagle) when she ran underneath him... The way she was carrying on you would have thought a cat was dying! Of course when I touched her paw when she wasn't looking she didn't make a noise. She made all that noise even though she was perfectly fine I have never seen a dog that barks as much as Daisy! OMG. She barks when she is happy, sad, sore, tired, excited, wanting something, barks at nothing, barks at herself, barks at the other animals... and our breeder actually told us beagles weren't barkers

Ok we have had a real "barky" day. Our baby beagle has been barking at the other dogs, she has been barking to go outside, she was barking at my Sibe when he was chewing his bone, she was barking as she was sitting down in the backyard BY HERSELF FOR NO REASON AT ALL, she was barking when she was sitting in her bed (she gets barky when she is tired) she barked at the cat, she barked to come up on the lounge, she barked for her dinner and now she is whining to go outside. The worst part is having to ignore her (annoying lol) when she wants something because you don't want to create a bad habit... OP, I agree, PRAISE THE LORDY LORDY your pup is not a barker

Georgiahand we have bought one of our three dogs from a pet shops, and we will NEVER do it again. It is not worth it - by the age of two or three (she is eight now) she had terrible health problems, temperment problems from the start... We wouldn't trade her for anything because we love her dearly but our next to dogs came from reputable, registered breeders. Neither have ever had any health problems. If you don't mind something a little bigger you could look at a Beagle. Depending on the breeder you go to and also the parents they can be quite small. We have a little girl and she is just lovely. I would also reccommend a mini poodle, or how about a West Highland White terrier? Mini schnauzers are also lovely

I would love to be in your shoes right now! Our 10 week old beagle is a total barker. She won't shut up! In all seriousness, I wouldn't be worried. We hardly ever heard a peep out of my husky when he was a pup. Some dogs are barkers and some aren't :D Whoops, ETA: no I don't think you do need to teach them how to bark. Like I said some dogs are quieter than others

What I want to know is if there is an equal risk of a pup getting parvo from you, say, walking it down the street or taking it with you when you go to shops etc as there is from the pup getting parvo from your other dog going into dog parks, walking through the park etc. I know that parvo can be carried from one dog to another and can even be carried on your shoes... so what is safe? It makes me feel paranoid. I don't live in an area where there is a lot of parvo but I also don't want to take too much of a risk.

I had to laugh at this one Husky87 - I am shocked at how easy my Aussie Shepherd is to train after having 2 huskies... the huskies behaved themselves but sometimes it was such a trial trying to get something into their heads. They were never off lead after about 3 months.... whereas our 6 mo Aussie is allowed offlead (while we are around of course) and she just hangs around! It IS a shock! The trouble with my husky is that he is always challenging you. He was VERY easy to teach commands to and things like learning that he was not allowed to come inside when the door was open - he had to be invited. He has been really naughty since we got our latest pup, yesterday I told him to sit (I didn't have any treats but wanted to put his lead on) and he ignored me! He KNOWS what "sit" means. He was just challenging me. However, I have no doubt that he knows I am his boss. He just likes to make it difficult - he wants to know what he can get away with. Luckily, I have lots of patience

Ha ha, i am watching the shoes... they are put up very high. But i am sure the garden will be gone soon. She chewed all our outside xmas lights but i kept telling my partner he should move them and when she did it, he was like - why did she do that.... ah cause she's a puppy! Of course, it's not like you buy them loads and loads of expensive chew toys for them to play with My pup is so spoilt with toys and she'd rather have a piece of wood from our old curtain railing ;) I was so annoyed our pup pooed in my room (the only place in the house with carpet, and under my bed too so I had to crawl under it to clean it up) and my sister thought it was hillarious. Of course, that very afternoon Daisy the naughty opportunistic puppy got into my sister's room and peed on her clothes. I was like mwahahahhahaha!

Hey, Huskey87, have I got a deal for you. I'll swap you two pups for one. Okay, but you gotta take my husky and my Tibbie too ;)

Husky87, whilst this is true, caution should still be taken especially as some dogs can go to far. Kelpie-i, definately I just meant in an instance where a person is worried about a pup being too rambunctious with a quieter, older dog - caution should always be taken in any circumstance when you have a pup and an older dog. It depends on the dog too, I wouldn't leave my pup and my Sibe alone but after a week together I trust my Tibbie with my pup.

Four years ago when we got my husky, we were a bit worried for our five kg Tibbe. At eight weeks, our husky was already bigger than her! However I find older dogs are very good at putting puppies back in their place, telling them when enough is enough etc, it's just whether or not the puppies listen

When I saw this thread I was going to post about how my pup is toilet trained during the day, but then at night time when we are all in bed she likes to pee and poo inside and not on the paper we laid out but I have been doing some training with Daisy (our nine week old) today and yesterday and she now sits and drops on command, without treats! I can't believe how easy she was to train, and to do it without treats... what a good girl! Maybe it's just because the last pup we had was my husky? He still won't do anything if he doesn't see a point (i.e. no treat) and he is four years old!

I have a nine week old Beagle pup, a four year old husky and an eight year old Tibetan Spaniel. We have had our pup for a week and we knew when we got her that she would be too small to play with our husky, who is a big boy and can also be quite dominant with young dogs. Knowing this, we have kept the husky and beagle seperated and only allow them to be together in the yard with supervision. We did this by seperating one part of our back deck: the part that leads into the house the beagle gets and the part leads down to the backyard the husky gets. Today was the first time we left our beagle and Tibbie in the house alone together (we think they may have secretly played together when we were out of the house for three hours this morning, but we can't prove it ) Don't tie the staffy up, this could make him feel a bit theatened... if you are going to supervise them, seperate them if the staffy gets too boisterous. The staffy and your pup might be fine together. It is important for an older dog to learn that they can't play rough with puppies. My husky and my friends seven month old lab adore each other and love play rough together, however my husky had to learn that you have to be gentle with puppies (this was not too hard to implement as he had already learnt "gentle" with the kittens we have had). Sometimes older dogs aren't always interested in playing with puppies, my Tibbie isn't at all. This morning I supervised my beagle and husky in our backyard and he preferred to play with his toy than the pup, so I would see how it goes. It is also important to introduce the dogs in the right way. When we got our beagle we brought our older dogs outside to meet her (out the front of our house, on neutral ground). Our Tibbie HATES other dogs coming into her house, but she was fine with our pup. Anyway like I said it all depends on how the dogs interact together, they might be fine. I personally wouldn't tie the staffy up I would just supervise them closely

It's not so much the frustration of "the puppy is full of energy, what can we do, the other animals won't play with her etc" but more frustrated paranoia! I keep thinking, well, if we are letting her play in our front yard (which is fenced) is that any different from letting her walk on the footpath for a few minutes, or is it any more danger than letting her near our other dogs who have gone to the dog park today... I know that I can minimize the risk by not letting her walk down our street for a few minutes but is it that much more than a risk than us or our other animals bringing the virus in? I mean, we all walk down the same street everyday, so you think that even if we don't take her out the virus would still be brought in through us or the other animals. It's a bit frustrating really

Another question (sorry, I like to be totally informed ) if other dogs can be carriers, like my dogs that are vaccinated but could potentially come into contact with parvo when out on walks, is there still a high risk it could be in our backyard? Can parvo spread, that is, can a dog with the virus urinate on the footpath outside my house spreading the virus to my front lawn? Sorry if this sounds really dumb but I don't want my pup in any danger (we let her play in our front lawn)

Hey everyone We have been leash training our 8 1/2 week old Beagle pup Daisy. When take her out into the yard, we lead her out on her leash, letting her get used to it etc. We often do this in the front part of our yard as it has a nice amount of grass for her to play on etc. Today we let her walk down our street for a couple of minutes. Is this wrong thing to do if she hasn't been vaccinated fully? Is it too much of a risk? We know we don't need to exercise her a lot, but the "walking" time is included in her play time so it's not a lot (maybe five or ten minutes of play/walk). She is very full of energy! She really enjoyed her "walk" today. I know there are differing opinions on parvo risk etc so I'd love to hear everyone's opinions. We don't want to do the wrong thing which is why I'm asking. Is there a high risk if we let her walk along the foot path for a couple of minutes? Is there risk presented with parvo if we already have two other dogs, our husky goes on walks everyday, can other dogs be carriers?

Hey everyone Just wondering what you all think of this. Daisy our 8 week old Beagle (we haven't even had her a week yet) is dying to play with our eight year old Tibbie. Cherry (the Tibbie) is definately not interested in playing with her. If Daisy is annoying Cherry, Cherry will tell her off by snapping at her or growling. I have always assumed that Cherry was the alpha dog in our house, she is the oldest and definately seems to be the boss of our husky. When she snaps at Daisy, I was assuming she was also putting Daisy back in her place and telling her who's boss, as well as saying "leave me alone". However, this morning Cherry was eating and Daisy went up to her bowl to get her food. Cherry just moved aside and let the pup have her breakfast! Up until that moment Cherry had been acting like the boss (not just not wanting to play), but now I'm not so sure? Does this mean she is letting Daisy take her position in the pack?

Natashja, all our dogs do during the day is sleep too. Our Tibbie hardly even gets off her bed. I know puppies are different from dogs but don't they spend a lot of their day asleep too? Personally I wouldn't buy a pup if I couldn't be home for the first week with it, to make sure it was settled in. I would then be able to leave the house for short periods of time to get the pup accustomed to being by itself. We have always bought our dogs around our holidays so we have time to settle them in.

I have used a halti on my husky when he was young. He didn't like it, but he was so strong that it was the best way for me to control him at the time. He was also going through the adolescent period and was very silly. When the halti broke (after he had gotten his paws on it and chewed it till it broke) we didn't bother replacing it. I now use a shock absorbant lead (from Big Dog leash co) and have trained him to walk beside me without pulling and did so without training tools Although I think it helped that he was older and more sensible. I think like any training tool if it is used properly it can be beneficial. I know many many people who use them and love them.