New Puppy

[artimus'mama]

Hi every body,

Apologies if I am repeating questions but we have a 1 and a half year old beagle who is a good girl most of the time. We have since rescued another puppy who will be coming home from the vet. The puppy is collie cross retriever.

Does anyone have any tips about introducing a new puppy to a household, especially to a dog who has never had to share her family's attention? I am particularly concerned about breakfast and toilet training. My beagle is still only paper trained and doesn't always 'go' outside.

Many thanks....

[poodlefan]

I suggest you read everything here and think about crate training both your dogs.

Any dog that's not reliably toilet trained by about 5 months old has had something go wrong in the training process.

Personally, I'm not fan of paper training puppies if your eventual aim is to have the dog toilet outdoors.

[Jacquiboss&scoop]

Hi

Congrads on your new family member , I find that the best way to introduce a new puppy to the family is to put a lead on dogs already in the home and sit calmly on the floor with new puppy on your lap , allow your first dog to sniff freely and watch the behaviour for warning signs.

If your adult is well socialised and the puppy is young you should have no issues with the introduction as puppy will wriggle and belly up for the older dog who may be a little stiff at first , my old staffy loves puppies , he will sit and wait for the pup to come to him sometimes if they are a little slow on greeting him he goes belly up to encourage them.

Try not to get between them too much allow them to get to know each other without fuss from the humans, also allow the older dog to set her boundries on what the pup can do ( our new pups are not allowed to approach the front gate until at least 5 months old the older dogs tell them off ( hard looks and the odd grumble if they are not listing )

Feed them in different rooms every dog has the right to eat in peace .

house training is all about consistancy if you want a dog who always goes outside you have to make sure that they can always get outside to go

If your older dog is not allowed to do things ( hop up on to couches and beds ) then new puppy needs to learn all the same rules , keep it even

Good luck and enjoy your new pup

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

I got my puppy from Animal Welfare League.

Both AWL and RSPCA stress the importantance of bringing the whole family - including partner, children, other dogs and cats to meet the potential new family member to make sure they all get along and like each other.

Ie you take a car load of everybody out to the shelter and meet the new puppy there.

But you seem to have skipped this step - so I have no idea.

If I'm bringing my dog around to to another dog's house - we try to greet out the front, both on lead with plenty of room to move. And if home dog is happy then we proceed into house and back yard, remaining on lead, for some carefully supervised play time. If home dog is not happy, my dog goes back in my giant crate (car).

[artimus'mama]

Hi

Congrads on your new family member , I find that the best way to introduce a new puppy to the family is to put a lead on dogs already in the home and sit calmly on the floor with new puppy on your lap , allow your first dog to sniff freely and watch the behaviour for warning signs.

If your adult is well socialised and the puppy is young you should have no issues with the introduction as puppy will wriggle and belly up for the older dog who may be a little stiff at first , my old staffy loves puppies , he will sit and wait for the pup to come to him sometimes if they are a little slow on greeting him he goes belly up to encourage them.

Try not to get between them too much allow them to get to know each other without fuss from the humans, also allow the older dog to set her boundries on what the pup can do ( our new pups are not allowed to approach the front gate until at least 5 months old the older dogs tell them off ( hard looks and the odd grumble if they are not listing )

Feed them in different rooms every dog has the right to eat in peace .

house training is all about consistancy if you want a dog who always goes outside you have to make sure that they can always get outside to go

If your older dog is not allowed to do things ( hop up on to couches and beds ) then new puppy needs to learn all the same rules , keep it even

Good luck and enjoy your new pup

Great! Thanks for that! The little one is definitely belly up for the beagle - it was the first thing she did..

It feels like so long ago that we had a puppy I think I have forgotten what to do

Thanks again!

[artimus'mama]

I got my puppy from Animal Welfare League.

Both AWL and RSPCA stress the importantance of bringing the whole family - including partner, children, other dogs and cats to meet the potential new family member to make sure they all get along and like each other.

Ie you take a car load of everybody out to the shelter and meet the new puppy there.

But you seem to have skipped this step - so I have no idea.

If I'm bringing my dog around to to another dog's house - we try to greet out the front, both on lead with plenty of room to move. And if home dog is happy then we proceed into house and back yard, remaining on lead, for some carefully supervised play time. If home dog is not happy, my dog goes back in my giant crate (car).

Hi,

Our beagle met the pup when the pup found its way into our backyard and again at the vet. The pup went straight from our house to the RSPCA and then to the vet. So there has been limited time together.

Thanks for the tip you have definitely reminded me of calm introductions.

[artimus'mama]

I suggest you read everything here and think about crate training both your dogs.

Any dog that's not reliably toilet trained by about 5 months old has had something go wrong in the training process.

Personally, I'm not fan of paper training puppies if your eventual aim is to have the dog toilet outdoors.

Thanks for the help and guidance.