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Did they have the baby when they got the dog, or is the baby the newest addition? Personally, I'd suggest they try re-homing the baby ;)

I chop up apple, mix it with yoghurt and freeze it and it keeps my pup amused for a while when it's hot. If there are certain foods she won't eat in her dinner, I find if I start using it as a treat she starts to love it. Reverse psychology! I do find even a small amount makes her poo runny though, so perhaps she has some lactose issues.

Max is in the kitchen normally. When she's fully toilet trained (and has learnt not to eat the furniture) she can have more of the house.

I don't think Revolution is a mozzie repellent, so maybe look into one that is, or might need another product to help?

OT again, but my pup is Max and everyone says "what's his name" and I say "HER name is Max" and they say "oh, a girl ... Maxine?" Some people just don't understand androgonous names for pets lol

I feed Max in her crate (with the door open) to make it a happy place, so maybe try feeding your guy in his crate, zipping it up even just for a minute or two while he eats to show him it's a nice place to be?

Did he come from a pet shop or breeder? Why on earth would you not get up to let him go to the bathroom during the night, that's just cruel for a 10 week old. Of course he's distressed, he's in a new/strange environment. It will get better but you have to be consistent. What sort of excercise does he get to tire him out? I was in tears each night for the first few weeks I bought my pup home in December because she was crying so much at night but with a routine now she's fine. It only took about 2 weeks for her to settle down, now she goes into the crate without a fuss, only cries to be let out to pee during the night once or twice. However, she is wide awake at 5am and howls/cries/barks to be let out :p Hang in there. When I needed advice and reassurance I hated people telling me to hang in there and it would get better, but it does lol

I use Advantix for fleas and ticks on my pup, and that does mozzies as well. What flea treatment do you use?

Really? Can you share the details, I get stuff from there all the time.

And if the kid had been hurt but the car, the driver would have been blamed not parent/lack of supervision. Wonder if people would launch a campaign to get cars better trained so they didn't attack kids as they ran at them. I haven't had coffee yet either, I should step away from the keyboard until I have :p

I think I just fell in love with you for this comment.

Plus someone could do a search on appropriate things to say/ask a breeder and turn out to be a really bad owner, so judging someone based on an enquiry email just seems stupid.

What do you do to distract her?

Why on earth would you not tag/chip a dog that's a known escapee, especially a rare breed?

They don't take them to a vet to be scanned for microchips, they just keep them and say they are looking for the owners?

Which ones does he like? I can't find one that my Pug likes as much as a real old stinky lamb bone.

My 4 month old is the same too! She ignored a lamb shank in favour of barking/crying/screaming, but the second I'm inthe room she will happily tuck into whatever treat I've left for her. 4 month old's are weird creatures! I think mine is fairly ok when I'm out, but it's when she knows I'm home she goes nuts. I leave my webcam on some days when I go to work and she goes through phases of barking for a half hour or so, then plays/sleeps for a few hours. I leave long lasting treats for her (frozen things she needs to lick at to get, peanut butter smeared on plastic water bottles so when she pounces on it, it goes sliding across the tiled floor which means she has to really chase it (keeps her amused for hours!)

Maybe the thread should be "Reasons to get a cat" lol

S'ok, now you do :)

If someone starts a thread with the intention of being "yay!" about something, it's rude to come and rain on their parade just because you feel like it, regardless of what subforum it is in!

Not negative, perhaps just quirky :D I actually like seeing the quirks of other breeds ... for example I'd never guess a rottie loved lap cuddles!

I'd like to say please don't get any animal if you want to get angry and psyical with it!

Or a Pug. Don't want your dog on your lap while you're peeing? Don't get a Pug :p

I started my pup out playing in the sprinkler over Christmas when it was hot, and then in the hose and now she tries to get in the shower with me ;) But she also gets splashes of water to cool her down occasionally, so she's not scared of water. Can you try and make water fun, like playing in a sprinkler, going to the beach etc to get her used to it?

She gets a long walk/play in the park around 5.30pm and spend most of the evening playing inside along with following people around the house as they get dinner/get ready for the next day/do random stuff. She naturally either falls asleep on my feet, or puts herself in her crate if she's really exhausted. Usually around 7.30 or 8 she starts to work herself up into the zoomies so we get an intense half hour of manic puppy play in before she starts to wind down. I've tried every trick in the book, including keeping her awake later and none of it makes her sleep later.