pencilnibbler

i have, but i also have a cat who i dont necessarily want to be able to slip in & out of the house as she likes

ok so my jelly baby is 10 months old now, and still has toilet accidents inside the house!!! they average about 1 or 2 a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. most of the time its overnight, but occasionally, like has just happened, she comes into one of our rooms and just pees on the carpet!! just when i think we're finally getting somewhere, there she goes again. most of the time i'm pretty vigilant, and she often paws at the back door when she needs to go. i let her out at all the appropriate intervals, i watch her while she does it & lots of praise & happy talk when she performs, but still we have problems. we now even have a friend for her, another whippy, who's a bit older & fantastic with toileting, for her to 'look up to', and yet - pee. i guess my main question is how old would you expect to be rid of accidents such as these? im mainly concerned because my parents are going to be looking after them when we go on our honeymoon next year, and i dont want them to have to deal with this.

Arg this is so frustrating when I'm walking Jelly!!! How she hasn't gotten an intestinal foreign body yet I don't know!!!! It makes walk time so painful because I have to constantly watch her to see if she's picking something up off the ground-mostly big gumnuts-so much so that I fear I'm going to trip over something because I'm not looking where I'm going!

yes I am Jelly's mum! (& all is well in the menagerie-she's learned what the ferrets are & to respect them!) And seeing that those two boys are still needing homes (why just amazes me!) has been what has started me thinking about this. I guess ultimately I've known all along that the smartest choice would be to wait until Jelly belly has matured a little before considering adding yet another little fur baby to our family, but there was the little nagging doubt that made me think that maybe we could give another one of those whippy babies a loving home. I only hope they find families soon

So I have a lovely 16 week old whippet pup who I adopted from Cordelias Canine Rescue. We've been to puppy preschool, and doing quite well, aside from the usual puppy naughtiness. We've also had a few play sessions with my brother in law's adult staffy, which she enjoys immensely. They rumble and play the whole afternoon, and by evening shes totally pooped. My question is, should we get another pup to keep her company, or will it just exacerbate any problems further?

my little jelly doesnt eat her own poo, but shes certainly got a thing for the cat's! its not so much a problem when inside, as im pretty vigilant about the litter box (which is now in our ensuite - a puppy no go zone), but when she finds some outside she's in heaven!! it only seems to be cat poo, too. we also have ferrets and is completely unintersted in their parcels. one of the vets i used to work with owned a doberman who was a major poo-eater, and she loved when she brought home baby kittens to rear because what happens when you lick their butts? yep poo!!!

the vaccination schedule at the hospital i work at is a c3 at 6 weeks, then clients choice of either c3 or c5 at 12 & 16 weeks, then yearly boosters. we of course do as much as we can to recommend the full c5, but, working in a mid-to-low socioeconomic area, it isnt always accepted. if we have a patient who has been unvaccinated for some time (2-3 years plus) we recommend a second vacc in 1 months time to ensure a return to full immunity

at the moment i'm feeding my 14 week old whippet pup a mixture of mostly the royal canin puppy digest & skin formula with a bit of minced whole chicken mixed through, and the occasional chicken neck. i am still quite pro BARF though, and plan to feed a more natural diet once shes finished all of her growing as its much easier than working it all out at this point