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Okay so it hasn't really been a problem for us as Jager doesnt wee in his own bed he goes and uses his toilet. But over the weekend he was staying at my mums house while i was away and he wee'd in her 2 dog's beds. He had access to his own bed and his toilet. Is it a marking thing? He is usually really good with toileting in the right place and other than weeing in the 2 beds, all other times over the weekend he used his toilet. When he was 10weeks old he also wee'd on a cushion that used to belong to my old dog (RIP) that had been washed (my mum bought it over thinking Jager might like it as a bed) i thought that was just because he was young, so it might have just been a mistake. Do you think he is marking? Or is he just a grot ?? Jager is 15weeks old now.

http://www.premier.com/View.aspx?page=dogs...one/description I have a waggle which he likes but his kibble is a little small and comes out too easily.

My guy wont go near them. He played with the ball when there was nothing in it to start with and then i showed him the treat which he licked for a bit but now just ignore it. Even when the treat is out of the ball he has no interest in it.

I think i jinxed myself. This morning we had a few temper tantrums. Still nothing that like it was before, but i knew it was too good to be true Oh well, it was always going to be a slow process. Still any improvement is better than none.

We are really happy with how he is going. We only went to 10minutes max with him over the weekend. Didnt want to rush it as he would start getting restless if we left it much longer so we will sit with that until it looks like he is really settled and then we will push it a little more. He is such a good boy

Just a quick update. We spent the weekend working on some training in the pen. She has his little cries but they seem to be shorter now. And on Sunday morning after i gave him his breakfast he was quiet for 10 minutes before i let him out. We put him in for short periods on and off over the course of the day and if he wasnt chewing on his toys he just lay there (not in his bed mind you) and watched what was going on. This morning i didnt change anything other then last night i really stuffed his kong so that it was firm before freezing. Didnt hear a peep out of him until i actually went to the door to leave and even then it was a whimper and then nothing. Havent spoken to my OH to see how he was after i left. Guess that will be the test, see if he cries after the door is closed. Thanks for all the help guys. We will try and stay on this and hopefully in a few weeks we will have a calmer puppy when i leave in the mornings. Also on the plus side, we can start walking in the mornings. Only took him onto the footpath out the front this morning as it was raining and he didnt seem keen to get his daintly little paws wet. So we had a sniff around and then played and did a little training.

Jager attended his first class at puppy school on the weekend. I was actually pretty impressed. The class only had 4 pups (brochure said max of 6 so it was never going to be big). We had a good mix i think - personality wise and they only got to socialise one on one to start with to see how they would react etc. The teacher was very nice, clear and helpful. Answered any questions and really broke down each step. Jager already had most of it sorted but we were stuggling with the 'down' position and now we are on our way to getting that as well. If i were in your position i would speak to the teacher of the class. See what they say if you still arent happy then change classes / school. No point in going if you and your pup cant get anything out of it.

Cant wait to see all the photos! He has such a sweet face

Thanks Corvus. What Karen's steps are seem like exactly what i am going to try at home, except with him in his pen.

Might give this a try as he does follow me everywhere (obviously not downstairs) and lately i have been going downstairs and packing the washing machine and leaving him upstairs. He usually doesnt make any noise. Just sits and wait quietly. But if i go to the bathroom and leave him out, then he cries at the door. Maybe just closing the door and then opening it will get him used to me not having to be in his site all the time. Really appreciate all the comments people have been making.

Okay so what if i do this: Put him in the pen, praise straight away for being quiet. Wait for him to settle, take a step back and then forward again, praise for being quiet. Take 2 steps back and forward again, praise for being quiet. etc. keep taking steps back and forward until we get to the spare bedroom, then take a step sideways (so out of view) and back and back to him. Praise. etc. Will that help do you think? That way it starts as extremely short periods of time that he needs to be quiet? If i do do this, what do you suggest i do if he starts to cry? Obviously steping towards him is out, just stand there? glaring off into the distance ignoring him? If so for how long then do i wait for him to be quiet before i take a step foward again? I really just want to make it as easy as possible for him. Problem being that even doing this training on the weekend, come monday morning he will be alone in there for 5-6 hours again. Do you think that will affect the training?

Long term he will have the house. We live in a unit with a small courtyard (no grass - size wise probably 2.5m x 3 or 4m - just pavers and lattice fence nothing else) and a balcony. We are training him to use a pet loo (located in his pen) and eventually we will move that out to the balcony which he will have access to by a dog door. My boyfriend and i are very home based, by that i mean, if we arent at work we are at home.

Are these safe for a 12 week old to chew? I have found that a lot of products that arent specially made for pups (even some that are) cant be given to pups under 4 or 6 months. I actually bought him some Kong Puppy Ziggies which he LOVED!! But i got the small and they are too small for his Kong. Apparently they are designed to be jammed into the puppy kongs so they cant just sit there chewing on it. It takes a bit of effort to get them out. Maybe i should invest in some more (of the right size)?

We usually play and then we sit and watch some tv or i will start unpacking the dishwasher or something so that he isnt all hyped up. Haha i couldnt even imagine what he would be like if i put him in straight after running around

Out of interest. When we were at my mums over the weekend, we went out for dinner and had to put Jager in the laundry. Obviously he cried, but being sick and frustrated i told him No firmly through the door when he started up. He would be quiet for a time and then cry - i would tell him No again and eventually he was quiet for the remaining 10 minutes while we got ready to leave. So he understands 'No' but i would have thought being in strange place he would have cried more and yet telling him 'No' 3 or 4 times worked. He cried once we got home (which i expected) and again 2 or 3 firm 'No's worked and he was quiet for a couple of minutes so we let him out. He had all the same things in with him that he has in his pen at home. I have always been told to ignore them and that even telling them off gives them what they want. So why would it have worked? Just a coincidence? I just dont know. Also in the afternoons after i come home from work, when he is quiet for a miniute and i go upstairs if he starts crying or wimpering i turn and start walking away until he is quiet again. Then i stand there facing him for a moment and then start walking towards him again. Is that alright? Sometimes it doesnt work and i end up walking into another room and cause he cant see me he cries more. Its all a vicious circle

Most of the time this is true but there are dogs who will need a lot of effort to have them "grow out of it". What do you do when he cries when you are home? Do you give him attention by talking to him (even a reprimand), go over to him or have ever let him out while he was noisy? These are things that will teach Jager to whinge to get what he wants. What time limit did you start with for training to be alone? Do you praise/reward randomly when quiet and for now, always when let out (only let out when quiet)? When we are home and he cries we usually just ignore him. Which doesnt seem to work. I ignored him for nearly an hour on the weekend cause he kept crying. We started with 1-2 minuites with me in the room (about 3m from his pen) he didnt cry so i let him out, praised him and we played together for a bit. Watched a bit of a movie and then put him back in (he was out for about 30minutes). We did this a couple of times. And the problem starts, after we do this a few times. He doesnt even get to the 2 minutes and starts crying straight away. So i ignore him, he cries more and it ended up being about 50 minutes before he was quiet. And then i feel like i am making it worse cause we arent building up the time he spends in there. In the afternoon when i get home from work he starts crying when he hears the door. He cant see me as i am downstairs and he is upstairs (weird apartment set up) so i get changed and ignore his crying, only once he is quiet for a short period (usually a minute) do i go upstairs. It takes about 15-25minutes for him to be quiet for a minute. We have made it a point to not let him out when he is noisey. He is only let out when quiet (although we only wait a minute otherwise we would be there all night) and he also has to sit and wait calmly for us to let him out. But it is just such a task to get him to be quiet in the first place. I have also tried praising him when he is quiet and plays with a toy or something while in there, but that just distracts him from the toy and then he starts crying.

Hi guys, So, we have had Jager for 4 weeks now he is 12 weeks now and he still cries when i leave him in the morning. I would have though he would have grown out of it. Am i doing something wrong? Am i forgetting something? So far we havent had any complaints (touch wood) but seeing as i get ready for work at 6.30am and leave at 7am i think it will only be a matter of time before we do. Morning routine involves getting up at 6am and playing with him, doing a little training and generally spending time with him, vet said to give the vaccine a week to be effective, and then i will start taking him for a short walk with some training in the morning. Hopefully to tire out his brain a bit. He gets his breakfast, a stuffed frozen knog and some toys to chew on (rotate them so that he doesnt get bored with them), i put a hot water bottle in his bed and then i have to start getting ready for work. His pen is in the lounge room and he can see out onto the balcony and into the trees (cant see cars or people on the street). Once i start getting ready he cant see me as our bedroom is downstairs and the lounge room upstairs. I have tried, putting him in there and not then not letting him see me again before i leave. I have tried to go outstairs and get stuff from the kitchen so that he can see me, but i dont look at him or talk to him. I have tried yelling at him from downstairs (by yelling i mean giving a firm No or Ugh Ugh - which he usually responds well to for other things like chewing or biting but not for this). I leave the tv on for him so that there are voices and sounds. I have tried leaving an old shirt that we have worn in his bed. I bought a snugglepuppie (with heatpack and heartbeat) well the heartbeat lasted all of a day and with 2 watch batteries in it i cant keep replacing them. We put him in his pen during the times we are home as well. As long as we are in the room he is fine for a short period and then starts crying after about 5-10minutes. I know he is still young but i would have thought that there would have been some kind of improvement by now to show that there is a light at the end of the rainbow. I know it is something that i am doing / not doing that is kindering his improvement but i cant for the life of me see what it is. Can someone please tell me what i am i doing wrong? It makes me feel like such a horrible mum when i hear him cry.

I have read in some past posts that some people give their pups carrots to chew on. Just wondering how big the carrots are etc. I have a 12wk old pug pup. He is 2.7kg at the moment and everyone keeps telling me to give him rawhide to chew on as he has mastered his kong. Im not a fan of giving rawhide so after reading about carrots i thought i might give them at go. So for a 2.7kg pup would you cut a large carrot down the middle so the fat end wasnt so fat? Obviously wash it, but do you peel it? How many can i feed safely? I mean, can i give him half (length wise) a carrot a day? Half a carrot a week? Thanks guys. Any other suggestions on how to keep the little terror occupied during the day would be great. At the moment he gets a frozen stuffed kong which is done in about half an hour (if he doesnt get bored first) and an everlasting treat ball, which he plays with occassionaly but doesnt seem to fussed with. He has other toys to chew on that i rotate around but being food orientated, i think something that he can chew on and be rewarded for chewing on would help keep him occupied during the day. He still cries when i leave for work and although i know it isnt for long (i was home sick last week and he cried for about half an hour after i "went to work") i would rather he didnt cry at all.

My guy is 12 weeks now and he still wakes me up during the night to go to the toilet. At 8 weeks when i got him, we would be up at least twice to three times a night. Now i go to bed around 10:30 and he wakes me up around 5am to go out.

i actually got the book and voucher as well cause the breeder was feeding Jager Eukanuba. The book is just a puppy book, not breed specific. Just gives hints and tips (as well as pushing their products). Its also acts as a 'My Puppy Book', you know the ones where you put in the dogs details, when the vaccinations are due 'stick photos here' section etc. Its an interesting read. And besides, they also give you a voucher for a free 3kg bag of puppy food. Cant complain about that! It took a while to actually get the book, think it took about a month.

I am so glad its not just my guy. On Sunday he cried and threw a tantrum for nearly 50 minutes before he quit and just sat there for a few minutes like the good boy i hope him to be. I have no idea how long he cries for after i go to work. Hopefully it isnt too long. Poor neighbours.

Everyones pups are just so darn cute! I love see photos. We are still having problems with Jager when we leave him alone. I have explained it all in the tread "puppies - when left alone" will it ever get better? Other than that, he is going from strength to strength. He has grown quicker than i thought he would. Toileting is getting better. 8 out of 10 times he will go onto the pet loo to go (100% if he is in his pen) out of the 2 of 10, half the time he will go back his play pen and just pee on the floor. The other times he just goes where ever he is if we dont catch him in time. But we are really proud of him and he is doing much better than we expected at this stage. He has 'sit' mastered, he sits when told, sits when he gets his dinner, sits to get let out of the pen. Havent tried anything else, now that he is getting better at jumping on the lounge i think 'down' will be the next one :p He will be allowed to be on the lounge but we would also like to be able to tell him to get down when told as well. Still sleeps like a pro at night. Barks once when he needs to go to the toilet (usually twice a night). One the weekends he starts to cry around the time that we would usually get up so i just put my hand down the side of the bed (between the crate and the bed) and he just drifts back to sleep in a few minutes or just chews on his toy. This weekend we slept in til 10 on saturday (we both had a late night though) and until 8.30 on sunday. He is such a great little dog, we are so happy that he has joined our lives. 10 weeks old today. Will have to take some more photos and post for you guys.

Hi guys, So it has been 2 weeks since Jager come home with us. And he is a lot smarter than i thought he would be. He has sit mastered. He knows that he has to sit for his dinner and to be let out of his pen. He sleeps like an angel at night. But we have had no improvement with leaving him alone in his pen. We put him in there for his meals and only let him out when he is quiet. We put him in there for random times during the day (both while we are at home and when we go out for short periods) and he cries and screams the entire time. He works himself up into a frenzy where he just walks back and forward in front of the door to the pen. If he is quiet we will approach him and either let him out or give him a pat. If we stand with him for a bit he will happily go back to chewing on his kong but as soon as we walk away (even to just sit in front of the tv - where he can see us) he cries and screams and ignores his kong again. We have tried putting him in there for short periords, just because he cries we dont want to let him out until he is quiet. On Sunday i put him in for his breakfast, thinking i will leave for a few minutes, ended up being close to an hour because he cried the entire time. I just dont know what else to do at this stage. I know he is young and i dont expect him to be perfect but i thought we would be at least on the road to a solution but i feel like we are still back at the first day. Is there something that people can recommend to get him to calm down a bit? He has a hot water bottle in his bed that he cuddles up to at night, he has his kong (which is usually still half full when we get home) and a soft toy in his bed that he chews on. I have just bought a snugglepuppie online (the one with a heat pack and heart beat) in the hope that that may provide some reassurance for him. The tv is on in the background so there is some noise around him. He is such as lovely little guy and we love him to death, I just dont want him to stress like he is it breaks my heart and it cant be doing him any good to be pacing the pen.

What is a "home alone"?

Whats the best thing to stuff kongs with that will a while to get out? At the moment i am putting half of his breakfast and some smelly treats in there, but i dont want to give him too many treats in there, besides the fact that the hole in the kong is a bit big and his breakfast comes out really fast so doesnt really entertain him for very long. How do i stuff them? I have heard that freezing food in there works but what type and do i mix it with some water so that it freezes better? Thanks guys.