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Hi guys. We have a little Australian Labradoodle that is coming up to 12 weeks old on Thursday. We were surprised how quickly he taught himself to go upstairs as all his litter mates are not interested. For the first week or so, he was the same but then one day, we walked upstairs, turned around...

Hi CoCo. No, we’ve never had puppies or dogs before, we’re learning on the fly. It’s been 1 week now and thanks to this forum and other things, we have picked up a great deal in the week. We are both now back in the bed and little Dug sleeps in his bed next to me on the floor. Friday night was...

Thank you! I think I really needed to hear that. Maybe I’m just too concerned with him getting anxiety and he won’t even have it!

Unfortunately, that is with someone breaking up the day already. I will never leave him 8 hours and I wouldn't have got him if that was going to happen but I will have someone popping in midday way through the day, probably a walk as well. My wife works from home Monday's and Fridays and I can...

And I've added a bed for where he sleeps on the floor at my feet when I work. Love him here! I am doing my best to put his needs first, but me being home unfortunately is a short term option and he'll be left for around 4 hours on some weekdays in a couple of months. So I do need to get ahead of...

Thanks. Just a small correction though, Dug got in his comfy bed completely by himself whilst I was off the sofa and let me stroke him to sleep. It was only when I got up to go to the sofa that he followed me and jumped up (and I immediately let him on my chest). There was no putting of Dug...

Thanks Fff, some really useful stuff to chew over. One thing I might be doing wrong even at this young stage is he is now on the sofa with me. Don't get me wrong, I completely understand the crate isn't the place right now and I am definitely learning that me in the same room at this age is a...

Thank you everyone for the kind messages. We are trying! As requested, here's some pics of Dug:

Here are some pics as requested. First one is where he sleeps now, second just a beautiful pic of our boy and third one where we were doing so well with crate training til he got scared after day 2:

That's definitely not embarrassing and definitely in both our minds haha. We've only been married since June so without any terrible detail, alone time is still very important to us. However, 'that' aside, I think we both completely feel that our dog will be a part of the family, he can have...

So, since the 2nd night that went badly wrong where we tried to let him cry it out, the following 2 nights he has been asleep with me on the sofa. Positives: We both sleep from 10pm-3:30am when its a super quick wee break outside, then back to bed and we sleep through to 6:45. That's good for my...

This is what scares me. I can't do 3 months in the kitchen. Its been uncomfortable enough for 3 nights but nevermind that, to be totally honest, I'm a softy and don't want to be away from the Wife for anywhere near that long. Unfortunately the room we sleep in just won't fit a crate and we...

Thank you so much Joanne and Judy! I have posted my detailed post and as soon as I hit 'Post' I saw just how detailde it was - I can only apologise on the length! If you do have time to read it all and help, its in the Puppy forum (I can't post a link yet). Everything I've seen on Youtube etc...

Hi everyone. Extremely guilty new puppy owner here. My name is Lee and me and my Wife Becky picked up our Australian Labradoodle - Dug - on Saturday morning and have had 2 full days with him and 3 full nights so far. He is unbelievably adorable and extremely intelligent. I think we have him...

Hi. I'll keep this short and sweet as I'm sure I'm not supposed to delve into my problems and advice I was searching for on the intro forum. My name is Lee and Wife Becky. We just picked up our adorable Australian Labradoodle Puppy - Dug - from a reputable breeder on Saturday and have had 3...