Is a 6 month old puppy too old to buy and train?
Hello Everyone, Thanks in advance! I'm a prospective first time (and excited!) owner of a Pekingese-Shitzu mix. The puppy that I'm looking to buy is 6 months. At the breeder's we seemed to bond very well, however a lot of websites say that 10 weeks is the optimum age to train a puppy and introduce it to a new home etc. The breeder has paper trained the puppy but has not begun training it to respond to commands. Any thoughts on this? Also, is it best for the puppy to sleep in my room for the first few weeks so that it does not suffer from separation anxiety or should it immediately be made to sleep in it's proper area downstairs? Lastly, what age can puppies typically be taken for walks? Thank you for your time and advice!
How do you train a 10-month puppy?
You need to ask yourself the following:How often do you hear parents talk about raising the perfect child?Do they actually achieve this and is this a realistic goal?So too, when you bring your puppy or dog into our home, you set yourself up for failure if you expect that you will be able to raise the perfect puppy or dog. This is not to say that there are not great people or puppies or dogs out there – there are.Some questions to ask yourself when you want to raise the perfect puppyDo you want a ‘circus dog’ that learns to perform all tricks to impress your family and friends?If this is not what you want for your puppy, how important is it that your puppy obeys, without fail, your commands to sit and stay?Have you ever heard of a dog being put to sleep (yes… euthanized) because he didn’t sit or stay?Then why is so much focus placed on sit and stay at puppy training schools?For more info on training puppies, visit Expert Dog Advice | Leading the PackYou can also sign up for free training videos athttp://www.expertdogadvice.com/t...
How do I house train a 9 month old puppy?
Up to 25 percent of dogs relinquished to animal shelters by their owners end up there due to housebreaking problems. The same statistic applies to dogs seen by veterinarians — 25 percent of behavior-related visits to vets concern toileting.Guide: Dog Training 101: How to Completely Train Your Dog – Millie Hensworth – MediumI think one of the main reasons attempts to potty train fail is because pet owners tend to look at their dogs as four-legged humans, and if a human in your household were to use the floor instead of a bathroom to relieve himself, it would be quite upsetting.Your pup has done something natural for her by relieving herself when the urge struck. You have reacted in a way that’s natural for you, which is to be offended that a furry family member has just made a stinky mess on your carpet, tile or hardwood floor.I was driving to work about six months ago and thought I saw a fox off to the side of the road in a ditch. I pulled over to take a closer look and realized the fox was actually a small, fuzzy dog that was up in years she looked to be about 10. I spent the next half hour trying to catch her because she was one very frightened pup.When I got her to Natural Pet, my animal clinic, we checked her over thoroughly. The poor girl was a mess. She had mange. She had bad hips, bad eyesight, and her nails were grown into the pads of her little feet. It was obvious she’d been homeless for quite some time.Instilling good potty habits from the start in a puppy is much easier than re-training an adult dog. But if your furry friend is older, do not despair.Never leave your un-housebroken dog unattended. Not even for a minute. If you aren’t actively engaged with your dog, having her in the same room doesn’t count.Some dog parents believe crates are a bad thing. Not true! The fact is a crate is actually a very natural, normal habitat for a dog, as long as your pup doesn’t associate it with punishment.Dogs are den dwellers by nature. Under normal circumstances, they enjoy and will seek out small, safe, warm “bedrooms” in which to rest. If you provide your pup with his own little den (crate) and there’s nothing forceful or punishing about his association with it, he’ll make it his own.I’ll discuss more about crate training in part 2 of this series next week.If you’re dead set against crate-training your un-housebroken dog, then your only other option is to tether your pup to you so that no matter where you go, she’s right there with you.
Is a 7 month old puppy too old?
(Uh, you do understand that the puppy is going to age and will eventually be a year old, then two, three, etc? ....Just checking....your question is a bit "strange".) No, the puppy is not too old to bond to you. It may not act exactly like a two-month-old puppy because it has a few more month's experience of life, but it will still play and do all of the things that dogs do. Actually, an older puppy is a lot easier to handle because they have learned some things. People adopt much older dogs from rescues and shelters all the time, and the dogs bond to their new owners with no difficulty, usually. A lot depends on how you treat the dog. If you show it love and affection, it will return that to you. Good luck to you--and to that "old" puppy!
How do I potty train my 4 month old puppy?
It is a process and sometimes not an easy one. The first thing is SCHEDULE, SCHEDULE, SCHEDULE. I am in the process of training two puppy chihuahua's now this is what I do and it seems to be working. 1.CRATE training is a must, not all day, at night and I chose to when they are sleep (it really helped to get them to associate the crate with sleeping) 2. Schedule, when I wake up in the morning the first thing I do is take them out UNTIL they both go. Take them out after each meal, after each serious play etc. Eventually they will start to associate outside with the bathroom and let you know. My 14 week old will warn us now by scratching at the door, the 10 week old one is still learning so we keep a GOOD eye on him at all time. 3. DO NOT give him free roam of your house unsupervised. Keep him confined to one area of the house and only when you are there to watch him 100% of the time. We chose the living room and block it off with baby gates. 4.I would crate the puppy while wife is feeding ect. Puppies do not like to eliminate where they sleep. However, since she is older you will have to be easy while introducing the crate to him or her. 5. Remember it is still a baby, potty training is hard and does not come easy to everyone fast. If the puppy has to go she probably really has to go and it is no ones fault but the owners if this happens in the house is she is unsupervised when it happens. Good Luck
How do I train a month old Labrador puppy?
Train him to do what, he is only a month old for gods sake. Separating a pup this small is wrong in itself. A pup requires its mother’s milk upto the age of one month. From the age of one month onwards, the pup learns social skills and sharing from his mother and litter mates. You have robbed your pup of these important skills by separating him too early.At such a young age the only thing you can train your pup to do is pee and poop in the designated place and to know/respond to his name. Ideally you should not take the pup out of the house until his second vaccination is done. So the toilet training is going to begin at home itself.Pups pee when the wake up from a nap, after/during playtime. They poop immediately after eating a meal and sometimes also during/after playtime. What i usually tell my clients is to do two things: keep a fixed meal time and another is to note down the timing the puppy pee/poops. in a few days you will see a pattern that he is peeing and pooping at a certain time. So at that particular time make him go to the bathroom/gargen/balcony or whatever his designated spot is.He is also teething so his instinct to chew on things is going to be high. DO NOT give him your finger to chew on. Get some chew toys from the pet store. Get toys of different material like cotton rope/rubber/silicon. You can even make some toys at home by putting one sock into another and making a ball or by stitching old pillowcases in patches or by cutting stripes from old tshirt and making a braid (stitch it properly so tha tit doen’t come undone) old plastic bottles with their caps removed can also be great toys. Supervise the playtime and make sure your dog isn’t eating any of his toys.I tell my clients to get separate toys to chew on and separate toys to play with. This has so far given good results when i later teach the pup to fetch different objects like keys/remote/bottle etc. They know the difference between things that are OK to chew on and things that are for fetching.
Crate training a four month old puppy?
Hello everyone. I’m picking up a four month old mini poodle next week who will have had all her shots just before I get her. The nursery area she’s been in is more like a puppy gate area where her and her siblings sleep on one side and poop/pee on the other. Since she’ll be fully vaccinated I want to immediately start training her to go outside. I had a friend who started with pee pads and a year later the dog still pees on them so I want to avoid them completely in my apt. Here’s my schedule. I leave my house by 7:45am, I’m able to come back for an hour or so during the day so let’s say 12. Then I’m done with work by 4:30/5. (My distance to work is about 3 miles/less than 10mins) Are the intervals too long to leave her crated? Should I use the gate to give her room to play around. What do you suggest? I’m also open to daycare 1 or 2x a week but I read that messes with house breaking training. She’ll start her obedience classes two weeks after coming home.