Feeding/training our new whippet pup. help please!

[PuppyDot]

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We have a lovely new female Whippet pup who is now 10 weeks old.

I've read a lot and am trying to work out the best feeding schedule and quantities etc. Simply trying to work out what a 'cup' is is hard enough.

We're currently feeding her 4 times/day:

Quarter cup soaked wainwrights kibble (about 35 grams I think) plus quarter pouch wainwrights wet food (pouch chicken and rice)

Does this sound about right?

Is Wainwrights a good kibble?

Should we add our food scraps (pasta / rice / chicken etc)

Any feeding / training tips greatly appreciated.

We also have a two year old (human!) too and shes quite nippy and still poos wherever she feels like it in the house

Thanks for any suggestions / help

 

[gypsysmum2]

Your breeder should have given you a guide to feeding your Whippet. I usually feed dried food and give four meals per day to a young puppy. They soon tell you when they do not want one of the meals.

Play biting is best dealt with by using the "ouch" technique. Every single time the puppy's teeth touch skin or clothing you say ouch (you can say it for your two year old) and immediately withdraw attention. After a minute or two offer your puppy a toy to play with and continue to play but be prepared to repeat and repeat and repeat the "ouch" and ignoring. Give this a good couple of weeks and do not let anyone say that puppy did not mean it or that it was an accident. It is a life saving exercise for a dog to learn not to bite people.

There is a stage two but you need to teach stage one first.

Toilet training involves taking puppy to the garden after eating, after sleeping, after playing and any other time they look uncomfortable! Wait for the toilet with no attention and then give an immediate treat and fuss. Do not let your puppy come and get the treat it must arrive immediately after the toilet is finished. Before long you will notice puppy wanting to go outside in order to get the treat. Make sure the door is closed for this practice as otherwise the indoors and outdoors seem the same to a puppy. Paper and puppy pad training are not a good idea. They teach a dog to go indoors.

A book called "The Perfect Puppy" by Gwen Bailey is well worth getting.

 

[PuppyDot]

Thank you really useful.

Also regarding the crate training. Dot is perfectly happy in there - should she be locked in there during the night?

Many Thanks Again