GardenGnome

Hello! Thanks so much for replies. Sorry it's taken so long to get back. School year start and puppy stuff have filled up my days a bit :) So we stuck to the breeders foods and I have stuck to meal times/ taking away not offering until next time and it has paid off. Also, I think she hated me wetting the biscuits down and she eats them really well without it. She is happily eating her meals ( I was dishing out two meals in one, thinking it was the right amount!) and I am making sure to not give too many treats and use alternatives like her rope/toys for rewards. Also weighing her to check she is putting on weight fine. She is much more settled now and I had forgotten just how smart poodles were. She has caught on so fast! Here she is. Her name is Liquorice :)

Thanks! Yeah, I was only leaving it for 10mins at a time then taking away, but offering it up more than usual as I was worried because of her being a smaller breed and losing weight. I'll make sure I stick to the 3 times a day meals. Does no other foods include treats for training? We've been doing a few little basic training sessions together and she is happy to take the small treats. Nanook, our other dog, has always pretty much inhaled her food and we have never had her say no to a meal, so this is pretty new. Her breeder gave us a bag of kibble she was eating said she also has raw meat, vegies and rice and that she's fed 3 times a day. So I was trying to follow that, but just a bit unsure with her skipping so many.

* Double post.

Hello ☺ We got our toy poodle puppy on Friday, so have had her almost a week. She is happy, energetic, weeing/pooing and drinking well but seems to be so selective on when she will eat. One day I could only get her to eat 5 little puppy kibbles that had a little warm water to soften them up. I gave up on day three with the kibble part altogether and just gave her meat, vegies and rice (which she is eating a little bit more), as I was worried for her. She has just eaten her first meal today, after me trying all day. She ate happily and is now resting. She doesn't seem ill or anything, and I remember my mum saying her poodles were a bit fussy as pups, but is it normal with how little she is eating? I was trying to stick to 3-4 meals a day because of how little she is, but she just won't do that. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.

So Friday afternoon we picked up our toy poodle girl.She is absolutely adorable and such a confident little thing. Our eldest has named her liquorice.

Hey everyone, I haven't been on DOL for awhile but am so excited that after all the time and making sure we go for the right breed( we want several different throughout our lives), we will finally be getting our pup on Friday. It is a toy poodle girl and we are beyond excited ????

So lovely!

Such an awful thing to have happened. So sad for all involved

I am not near the fires, but just wanted to say we are thinking of everyone and their fur/ families in this horrible time :-(

We dont usually give our animals 'pocket money', but a bank account set aside for them for things they need, JIC, I dont think is a bad idea. I may need to start doing it! :-)

So, so sad for this family. How absolutely devastating for them. They will be in my thoughts

Same thing happens here! Can't ever go alone :p

How absolutely horrific! Just cannot believe how that other owner acted. RIP, little one. :-(

So sorry for your loss :'(

Just want to say how sorry I am for your loss. RIP Blacky x :'(

Sorry for all separate posts, for some reason I couldn't put them all on the same one this time :/

tlc, yep she's a ragdoll :) I had never had a cat before her and don't know how I ever went without having one around, lol. Cat wow those are so nice, I really love the beach one. I too find that photos turn out more grainy if inside. Thanks Impatiens. Yeah the room was pretty dim so I was really happy it turned out so well and light :) A few more;

Not the greatest ever but still love them :p I love everyone's pictures! Some there is no way I would have been able to tell came from a phone.

Great idea for a thread and really lovely pictures too! Going to try and upload some pics soon :)

Our no go zones are the 'formal' lounge room, hallways with the bedrooms and bathroom, toilet and playroom. That leaves the t.v/futon room, laundry and a part of the kitchen when its hot so she can get the air con (she loves laying on the floorboards in there) When home and inside we mainly go in the futon room to do whatever we are doing at the time so she doesn't miss out on company or we are out in the backyard all together :)

Thanks so much everyone :) reading all the posts has been very helpful and I am thinking some more boundaries/safe playing rules to help both of them ( and us!) are needed and watching her signals much more closely. And thanks bite me and persephone for those, I am going through them now with S (my son) :)

Thanks megan, am looking it up now :)

As they were playing I didn't think there was harm in it?

Thank you for replies everyone. Yes, I told my son strait away that he must stop lying on her and he agreed and told me "she did that because she got very hurt from it, and I wont do it again" I think I definitely missed her subtle hints of not liking it anymore. In the past when he has done it she seemed so happy, licked him then layed on top of him all happy while he laughs, but yes he is getting bigger and I should have said so before. She really is one of the most tolerant dogs I have ever met but I also don't believe she should have to be tolerant to everything, I think I was just really shocked and scared. We always talk to our son about being gentle and how she's our family and to watch her body/ her telling us things and we supervise. ETA: Haha, everyone types so fast there were more replies once I'd posted. I will call up our vet first thing tomorrow so they can check and also look at a professional dog behavior person. And thanks about mentioning the fact that yes she did show restraint, I saw she did but my panic got the best of me ( plus conflicting family/friends views)