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richard_ker
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Mar 29, 2006, 8:20 PM

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Tips Needed for Raising My Puppy	Can't Post

Hello guys! Smile

I have a 3 months old female English Cocker Spaniel named Pony. I got her about 10 days ago. It's my first time ever owning a dog. I've read quite a handful of tips on raising a puppy but I would like to post my daily routine with my puppy just to make sure I'm doing things right. I would definitely appreciate if you can correct me for whatever you think I've done something wrong. Blush

Let me start off from daybreak:

6AM

- Wake up and bring Pony downstairs to my apartment compound. Usually she would pee first and we continue walking around the complex for about 10-15 minutes.

- Go back and I would be getting ready for work. I would let her play around with her toys while I'm in the washroom. I let her roam around the kitchen area which is next to the washroom.

7AM

- Just before I leave, I would fill up her water tray. When I'm ready to go, then I'll put food into her feeding tray, leave a toy and a chewable bone into her crate. Then I lock the crate. I'm sure most of you would think it's cruel to lock her inside her crate but I would like to avoid her from destructing the furnitures of my rented apartment. I definitely won't mind if it's my own place.

- When I leave, she would be eating and too busy to notice me going out. I've read before that it's better to leave quietly as to avoid her being over excited, which in turn can reduce the separation anxiety.

7AM to 4.30PM AT WORK, HOME BY 5.30PM

- I know!!! It's soooo bad to leave her alone for such a long period of time. I feel really bad about this already.

- When I arrive home, she would start barking as she knows it's me going into the apartment. I don't show my excitement but will smile to her and call her name and ask how is she doing. I would immediately let her out of the crate and carry her downstairs. By the way, I heard it's not really advisable to carry a puppy?

- She hasn't peed or pooed in her crate lately, but she did for the first few days when I just got her.

- Downstairs, she would definitely poo and pee - I give her a lot of praises for this. Then we'll walk around for about half an hour or so just to let her socialise. The open space is quite big so I don't usually leash her. Most of the time she would walk closely with me. She has no problem coming to me when I call her name.

6.30PM

- Feed her while I settle down. She would finish her food within 10 minutes. Then I play, cuddle, talk with her.

- For the rest of the evening, she would just accompany me and play while I watch TV and doing other stuff. I also play fetch with her in the house plus a bit of basic obedience training - just started with the "SIT" command. How do I make her look at me when I call her name during training? I usually use one of her favourite toys to attract her attention but it seems she's more attracted to the toy than to my face. Laugh

10.30PM

- Take her downstairs again to let her pee or poo. She would do both usually. We go up as soon as she's finished doing her business.

11.00PM

- Ready for bed: she sleeps next to my bed on a super comfy dog mattress.

- I leave the crate door open so she has access to water.

2.00AM - 3.00AM

- Most of the time I would assume she would pee inside the crate, but for the past few nights around 2AM or 3AM, I see her going to the crate for water and pee next to the crate! Is there any way to avoid this? Or should I just wait until she has better bladder control? There is no way for me to check her around this time of the night. I get a bit worried when she's started to walk around the apartment in the middle of the night (I live in a studio apartment so the area is not big). I'm a light sleeper too so I'm usually awaken when she starts walking around the house.

6.00AM - WAKE UP TIME AND ANOTHER DAY BEGINS...

It would be great to get some tips from you guys... I'm here in China and it's quite difficult to talk to someone with a common background and language about this. Thank you guys! Wink

Amanda85
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Mar 30, 2006, 2:01 AM

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Re: [richard_ker] Tips Needed for Raising My Puppy [In reply to]	Can't Post

your toilet training procedure is good.....and is extreme normal for her to choose not to pee in her crate.....dog won't soil and dirty their sleeping area.....

but usually puppy as young as 3 months will have difficulty to control their bladder for such a long period (from 7am to 5.30pm)... so accidents did happen before as you had mentioned.....but dog adapted very well to different kind of situation......

my dog is also locked in crate for about 7 hours when i go schooling......so she now had minimize her consumption of water....

and its definately not cruel to look her up when you are not around to supervise her.......besides of chewing up the furniture and etc......she might also get herself injured.....cause you apartment definately have lots of electrical appliances etc.....and since she is not fully housetrain yet......she might be peeing around the house.......

the problem with her peeing during night time is because......she is not fully toilet train yet.....she can manage to hold it during day time is because she doesn't want to wet her own crate.....but during night time when she had full access of the house, she can choose the spot that she wanted too......so is advice that after 10.30 pee time, don't let her drink to much of water and restricted her access to the whole house........

but if she still pee around during night time.....you can choose to crate her up during night time......when she is more mature, she will learn to be familiarize with her routine that she can only pee downstair......then you can eventually let her sleep on the bedding next to you.....(or another option is paper training, but its definately very messy or more work to be done)..... if for 2 continuous week, she manage not to have any accidents and fully 100% pee only at downstair.....you can then declade that she is fully toilet train.....

about training.....if you want her to look at your face instead of the toy, hide away the toy......start with using treats first......you should be now training her with sit command, and remember always give a the treat after she perform it....

so proceed with this.......now ask her to sit.....and don't give the treat first.....instead, hold it behind you... is very likely that she will wait anxiously for the treat.....make her wait just for a couple of second and then later try to prolong the duration.....while she is waiting....she will definately look at you.....

later you can proceed with other type of training, like fetching and stay for food.......before you give out the treats make her wait and she will then focus on you....cause she is waiting for you to give out the treats....

the most important point is.....MAKE HER WAIT......

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(This post was edited by Amanda85 on Mar 30, 2006, 2:06 AM)

cyling
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Apr 21, 2006, 5:29 PM

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Re: [Amanda85] Tips Needed for Raising My Puppy [In reply to]	Can't Post

Your msg is few weeks ago, wonder how's your progress with calling her name and she'll look at you?

Just to share this...

To make her familiar with her name... When u want to train her with the command, like the SIT command you were doing, u can use "Pony, SIT", if she does, praise her using her name, like "Pony, good gal"... Slowly she will be able to learn that when u say "Pony", u are calling her and she will look around to find you...

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gtara_ec
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Dec 14, 2006, 10:52 PM

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Re: [cyling] Tips Needed for Raising My Puppy [In reply to]	Can't Post

I see, now only i aware that we need to call the puppy name when praise her.

I have a female puppy name BOBO. She seldom come to me when i said 'COME'...

i will try to say BOBO COME tonight.. see how...