sas

Totally normal. Puppy is a puppy, they learn over time from the errors as long as their humans handle it in an appriopriate manner. I think you need to lower the expectations of your baby puppy

Sounds like you have a rather timid puppy. Really important not to nuture this behaviour, don't reassure her everything is ok, don't pat to her when she's being scared, just act as nothing happened. What you did sounds fine. Getting into a good leadership mode will help her not be scared of things, as she knows you're there to protect her.

With a puppy a would just turn my back to them and ignore them, no verbal repremand, no physical push down or anything, and then walk away.

It could be anything, may just be fat. To put your mind at ease, just pop to the vets earlier than Wednesday. They will probably want to take a fine needle biop on it.

Good Luck, I can't get anyone in Sydney to do it.

We started stacking our puppy with treats and then stopped due to the similar problem you're having. Instead we would talk to him thoughout the stack and give slow long strokes when he was ding good. Clicker training may be ideal?

Thankyou shellbyville thats good to hear. Its good to get some advice that is to the point rather than some subtle attempts to tell me i'm a potentially bad owner who shouldn't get a dog. I've read alot on the subject and know how to crate train a puppy, i was just having a little difficulty trying to translate that to having the dog sleep outside in her kennel aswell as being able to sleep inside in her crate (at times). Cause i don't want a pure outside dog, neither do i want a pure inside dog, i want a happy medium. How did you start off there crate training with the transition it to kennels. Some dogs i've seen don't take to it to well, once there inside they like it to much etc, but how did you go about it? I want a very happy well rounded content dog so i'm doing my research to make sure this comes about. That's really unfortunate you feel that way, aren't the questions I asked the same questions we ask ourselves when we are thinking about brining a new companion into our home? I think you were being a little sensitive. What will make your dog happy is a sable pack with a reliable Alpha not a whole bunch of doggy 'friends' but I can understand how people come to that theory.

The toilet training can be a hard one depending on how the dogs were kept with their litter, if their area wasn't kept clean and they were forced to toilet in their sleeping area toilet training can take a while, stick with it, they'll have a light bulb moment.

With more timid type dogs, I tend to ignore them for a bit, take the pressure off them, set the rules from day one and don't feel sorry for them. It would be really ideal if you could get in a behaviourist to help you move foward on this one.

I've been in this situation before but it was next doors dog that kept coming over, although this may not be a solution for you but I had the dog over during the day for about 2 weeks and then the dog got a bit bored of it all and stayed next door.

If you travel alot, maybe right now isn't the best time to bring home a puppy? What will happen if the dogs at your parents and the puppy can't all get along? A puppy can't be left with adults dogs without supervision either.

Have you contacted your breeder yet?

If the dog is that bad and you simply can't control it, it sounds like you either have to teach the dog to have a brilliant recall if he's running across the park to greet people by jumping in their faces or you have to deliver a form of punishment that shows the dog the behaviour is not acceptable.

Only if you're not educated on their correct use. They're not at all what you think from the comment you have made, times have changed, the stimulation the dog gets sometimes can't even be felt by a human with the collar on, a trainer will assess what the dogs working level is and set the collar to that level. Can'y use them in all states of Australia anyhow.

Perhaps you may like to contact a Breed Club to find out a suitable diet for the puppy if the Breeder hasn't given you a feed guide.

Thanks Sas, ring a bell....I'll have a read.... I've been reading about the crate training, currently I have a crate/cage from Bunnings, at night I put it in our walk in robe (only place I can put it without it being in the way) and he can still see and hear me and Minx sleeps beside the crate, but I'm thinking after reading some of the other posts that it might be to big? he has his bed and enough room for some paper next to his bed, but we have had two night were he has done a pee on his bed and not the paper, but he always has a poo every morning on the paper. The crate should only be big enough for the dog to stand up and turn around, this aids in toilet training as the puppy won't want to toilet in the area it sleeps. Unfortunately you've started a bad habit now where the dog has toileted on the bed. You need to get up 2-3 times a night to give puppy a toilet break unless it cries to tell you it needs to toilet.

I think I may be confused but there isn't a need to crate train a dog if you're going to have it sleeping outside as a crate is not appropriate for outside use. Is there any reason why the dog can not be part of your family inside and sleep in a crate inside?

Just be strong through the screaming and crying and whinging, it's hard and you may not get much sleep for the first week, but it's worth it in the end.

As time goes on and puppy matures, it will be able to hold its' bladder longer and will be able to sit at the door and let you know it needs to go out. Mine don't make a noise of scratch at the door, they simply sit by it, granted our door is open most of the time. Dante was about 4.5 months old before he'd sit at the door and wait for me to let him out. Each dog will let you know in some way, some dogs are talkers and will bark to let you know, others won't. You can teach you puppy to ring a bell to let you know it needs out if you want: http://www.k9force.net/index.html?row2col2=bell.html

My puppy was a nightmere to feed as a puppy and just wouldn't eat enough. Some puppies are really fussy, but it' really important you don't keep changing the food all the time as what you will create is a fussy eater. What worked for us was Eagle Pack Kibble with Eagle Pack Holstic canned food mixed through out with a bit of water to moisten and taste. Put the food down for 15 minutes and then pick it up. Puppy may go without for a day but will soon learn. There is a gel you can get from the vet to increase puppies desire to eat, I think it's called Nutrogel or something like that. We found tinned sardines in tomarto sauce worked well too. Depending on the breed of your dog a high protein diet (all meat) may cause growth issues so it is advisable to contact your breeder. Good idea to have puppy checked by a vet to make sure everything is ok there though. Some puppies love their food and others are pain in the butts LOL

The ears will pobably do all kinda weird things until puppy stops teething. However if your puppy is going into the show ring you might want to ask your breeder how to tape puppies ears. Some breeders like yu to send photos so they can judge for themselves if they require taping as most of the time they come right on their own. We used elastoplast, when it was time to take it off it was a very slow process and left some on to come off on its' own as when when we took it off one ear it bruised the ear.

They have light bulb moments, some days you think they'll never get it LOL

I'd just leave the lead on her in the house and just ignore her, she can decide not to move for a day but sooner or later she's gonna have to. I think she has you wrapped around her little paw. The lead has to be a lightweight on though. She sounds like a normal puppy not used to the lead. You can get her to accept the lead but then understanding how to walk on a lead is another story LOL

Dante was a nightmere at the biting, we only recently got it under control, there are loads of different techniques out there to try. My pet hate was when I would talk to people about it and they would say "Oh just ignore him, turn away and walk away", some people don't understand that some puppies will run afteryou and continue to bite you and ignoring will only land you with scars. We tried every method we heard of and nothing worked, he would get so wound up that he a repremand wouldn't do anything when he was in a frenzied biting mood. We had to be strong with ourselves and step up the level of dicipline, it doesn't feel great having to do it but when you have a puppy like Dante there are only certain messages that get through their heads.

Might be a really great idea to crate train your new puppy, this will also give your current dog the space it will probably want to adjust to the new addition. Crate training is great for toilet training. You get a crate that is big enough for the dog to stand up and turn around, if you can't get one small enough you can block a portion of the crate off. The reason for this is that the puppy won't want to toilet in this small space, it will typically cry to let you know it needs to toilet, to start with it may be 2-4 times a night until it gets a bit older. You can have the crate in your room next to your bed. Golden rule though is to ignore the whining, crying and screaming and to only ever give the puppy attention or open the crate door when the puppy is quiet