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We have just brought home our 9 week old cockapoo.
His name is Stanley and he's a sweetheart... Well as far as puppies go.
He sleeps in his crate in my bedroom at night, going a full 7 hours with only a couple of whines to see if we're still there.
We've had him three days and I work from home so I have plenty time to get this right, as I'm sure this page is always flooded with this question I'll get straight to it.... Potty training.
I know it's been three days but I wanted some good habits started working on straight away.
When I take him from his crate around 6.45am I take him straight outside, he never goes but I figured it would be a good habit. He gets distracted by all the mini pebbles.on the floor which I'm forever trying to sweep away, after half an hour I bring him in and he pees immediately on his puppy pads which are right by the door.
He has his first feed after that with the door left open incase he wants to go back out.
He never goes back to the pad throughout the morning, I take him outside after his second feed, which he doesn't eat all of just half his reccomended amount, he still doesn't go to the toilet. He plays and tries chewing on everything he can get his mouth on. I bring him in, he pees on the pad.
He doesn't go again.
I give him his final bowl around 5.30, noting his bowl of water is there all day he goes back to it every now again for a refresh.
I take him outside again he plays sniffs the area where I've left some pads and again when we come back on after half an hour to an hour and he goes on the pad.
I take him out around 10.30/11.00pm before we are ready to go to bed and before he goes into his crate.
He's never had an accident in the house, he always goes to the pads by the back door. So Im lucky in that respect.
We have had a couple of throw ups, one due to him eating way to fast and another this morning which was more like white foam before he had even eaten anything.
Am I putting too much stress on him? Is this new home nerves?
Am I doing the right thing, should I just keep doing what I'm doing?
I'm not allowed to give him any special treats yet, so occasionally I might give him a piece of his dried, royal canin, food bit I've been mainly resorting to belly rubs.
To summarise, he doesn't really eat much, doesn't wee an awful lot, good temprement so far.
Any helpful advice would be fantastic.
Can't help but feel overwhelmed with it all.
His name is Stanley and he's a sweetheart... Well as far as puppies go.
He sleeps in his crate in my bedroom at night, going a full 7 hours with only a couple of whines to see if we're still there.
We've had him three days and I work from home so I have plenty time to get this right, as I'm sure this page is always flooded with this question I'll get straight to it.... Potty training.
I know it's been three days but I wanted some good habits started working on straight away.
When I take him from his crate around 6.45am I take him straight outside, he never goes but I figured it would be a good habit. He gets distracted by all the mini pebbles.on the floor which I'm forever trying to sweep away, after half an hour I bring him in and he pees immediately on his puppy pads which are right by the door.
He has his first feed after that with the door left open incase he wants to go back out.
He never goes back to the pad throughout the morning, I take him outside after his second feed, which he doesn't eat all of just half his reccomended amount, he still doesn't go to the toilet. He plays and tries chewing on everything he can get his mouth on. I bring him in, he pees on the pad.
He doesn't go again.
I give him his final bowl around 5.30, noting his bowl of water is there all day he goes back to it every now again for a refresh.
I take him outside again he plays sniffs the area where I've left some pads and again when we come back on after half an hour to an hour and he goes on the pad.
I take him out around 10.30/11.00pm before we are ready to go to bed and before he goes into his crate.
He's never had an accident in the house, he always goes to the pads by the back door. So Im lucky in that respect.
We have had a couple of throw ups, one due to him eating way to fast and another this morning which was more like white foam before he had even eaten anything.
Am I putting too much stress on him? Is this new home nerves?
Am I doing the right thing, should I just keep doing what I'm doing?
I'm not allowed to give him any special treats yet, so occasionally I might give him a piece of his dried, royal canin, food bit I've been mainly resorting to belly rubs.
To summarise, he doesn't really eat much, doesn't wee an awful lot, good temprement so far.
Any helpful advice would be fantastic.
Can't help but feel overwhelmed with it all.