Sorry - yet another question from me! But you are all so helpful and lovely!!
Noodle has only been with us for 10 days now and is 9 weeks and 1 day old!! She is GORGEOUS and is picking stuff up amazingly. She sits on command, goes to the loo outside (apart from a wee in the night on a sheet of newspaper and it's definitely easier with the lovely weather we've been having as the door is open all day long), fetches and drops, and I just taught her to offer her paw this morning (will have to see later if she remembers or if it was just a fluke!)!! She seems to love learning new things. SUCH a clever girl!! She's naughty too, of course! Likes nibbling furniture (although we're tackling that) and is quite bitey when excited.
She is, however, desperately clingy. I understand that she's a little pup and I'm her whole world at the moment - but even walking is difficult as she is practially glued to my ankles and it's difficult even to do the simplest things like go to the loo or have a shower! I haven't done any housework since she's been with us (GREAT excuse! Thanks for that Noodle! The husband has been talking about paying for a cleaner!!) and have been doing all of my shopping online or getting my husband to pick it up as I don't feel as though I can leave the house. My family always had retrievers who were never very clingy at all - so just wondering if it's a cockapoo thing, or just her. She goes to bed at night without a whimper and is quiet all night - but if I try to put her in her room during the day for even 10 minutes while I try and have a shower or something she goes ballistic, hurling herself at the gate and screaming (not whining or howling - properly screaming, it sounds so traumatic and I'm scared she'll hurt herself!) and with that noise it's hard to get things done anyway. I've been shutting her away everyday for a little bit just to try and teach her that I am coming back and it's all OK, but I was just wondering if it is normal and how long it goes on for and if it would be cruel to leave her screaming away while I do stuff/pop out or if it's something I need to do to get her used to it?
Thanks guys!! One day I will also be able to help share my experiences!! I feel bad asking so many questions!
Noodle has only been with us for 10 days now and is 9 weeks and 1 day old!! She is GORGEOUS and is picking stuff up amazingly. She sits on command, goes to the loo outside (apart from a wee in the night on a sheet of newspaper and it's definitely easier with the lovely weather we've been having as the door is open all day long), fetches and drops, and I just taught her to offer her paw this morning (will have to see later if she remembers or if it was just a fluke!)!! She seems to love learning new things. SUCH a clever girl!! She's naughty too, of course! Likes nibbling furniture (although we're tackling that) and is quite bitey when excited.
She is, however, desperately clingy. I understand that she's a little pup and I'm her whole world at the moment - but even walking is difficult as she is practially glued to my ankles and it's difficult even to do the simplest things like go to the loo or have a shower! I haven't done any housework since she's been with us (GREAT excuse! Thanks for that Noodle! The husband has been talking about paying for a cleaner!!) and have been doing all of my shopping online or getting my husband to pick it up as I don't feel as though I can leave the house. My family always had retrievers who were never very clingy at all - so just wondering if it's a cockapoo thing, or just her. She goes to bed at night without a whimper and is quiet all night - but if I try to put her in her room during the day for even 10 minutes while I try and have a shower or something she goes ballistic, hurling herself at the gate and screaming (not whining or howling - properly screaming, it sounds so traumatic and I'm scared she'll hurt herself!) and with that noise it's hard to get things done anyway. I've been shutting her away everyday for a little bit just to try and teach her that I am coming back and it's all OK, but I was just wondering if it is normal and how long it goes on for and if it would be cruel to leave her screaming away while I do stuff/pop out or if it's something I need to do to get her used to it?
Thanks guys!! One day I will also be able to help share my experiences!! I feel bad asking so many questions!
