Puppy Help Required

[alfie1]

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Is it normal for puppies to eat soil, carrots, grass and leaves from the garden - we are feeding him!

what is the best way to stop him nipping and bitting and also weeing on the carpet he does not poo in the house but will give no sign of wantin a pee and then just wee any help greatfully accepted thanx Tony Julia and Mel

 

[Hula]

All pups eat all sorts of rubbish !Try to distract him away from eating undesirable things .

To stop him weeing in the house you have to take him out lots ie

1 - when he wakes up

2 - after something to eat

3 - every hour at least

4 - if he shows any sign of scurrying about looking for a place

In other words you have to be prepared to take him out lots and lots of times in a day !Then give him lots of praise when he goes outside !

As for biting and nipping all puppies do this try substituting your arms etc which are being bitten for a toy .

Some puppies stop if you say ouch !

Put him down away from you and ignore him for a little while

Good luck :luck:

 

[bertha]

How old is he and how long have you had him? Sounds like a typical puppy!!!! :cheers:

 

[whippetmad]

As Hula says,you must put him out everytime he wakes up,when he had his meal,and i always put them out regular when they are playing etc,he will soon get the hang of it and praise him everytime he goes out.The niping thing is part of being a puppy,i always firmly say No!! and never smack them.Again reward him when he knows when not to do it.Puppy will pick anything up,its not because he not being fed enough,they are just fasinated by everything around them,even adults are the same :wacko: humans babies do the same,they will pick anything up and put it their mouths.

 

[jinnyfizz]

Excellent advice from Hula and Daledogs here :thumbsup:

Some take longer than others to get the hang of weeing outside but

if you heap loads of praise on him when he goes outside and totally

ignore him if he goes indoors you will get there.

If you tell him off for going indoors, he could construe that as being

attention which is definitely not what you want, so ignoring bad

behaviour is always a better option

Good luck with your little lad - post a picture for us, we'd love to see him :thumbsup:

 

[affieluver]

my two love carrots they get a carrot once a week as a treat

daisy is forever eating grass she snever sick though so i dont worry to be honest as for the toilet training you will get there i take it your puppy is still young good luck sounds all quiet normal to me :thumbsup:

 

[NickyVN]

Hi, Kendall is 14 weeks and eats everything if given a chance, have to go out in the garden with him to supervise. As for the weeing I would do as advised, I also have developed a wee command. When going out I tell him to wee wee, and he now does know this means to do it, and if he doesn't he is out in the cold for longer!! It has proved really useful over xmas as when visiting relatives in houses and gardens he doesn't know I tell him to wee wee and he knows it is in the right place!! With the nipping the loud ouch has worked well with Kendall, and he also has various chew things eg kongs, nylabones which we give hm when in a bitey mood.

 

[Eceni]

There's an excellent book called 'Before and After getting your puppy' by Ian Dunbar, one of the sanest people in the dog behaviour world - it covers kind, humane (and essential) methods for addressing puppy biting, chewing and eliminating....

well worth the cost - Amazon has it, I just invested in advance of a possible new pup!

good luck

e

 

[alfie1]

Hi thanx for all your info it does sound to me like a normal puppy and we are just fussing new puppy parents we will keep you posted with our progress this pic is when he was just 5 weeks old he is now 10 weeks