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Discussion in 'Labrador Puppies' started by Kingsley, Jan 7, 2017.

  1. snowbunny

    snowbunny Registered Users

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    It sounds great! Luna can be a little horror with settling down at night. She sleeps all evening, I get her up for her midnight wee and then she doesn't want to go back to bed, little monster. She can be at her most vocal then. Last night, I gave her a frozen Kong to shut her up, which worked, and tired her out so she fell asleep halfway through. Peace, aaaah!
    She's also not one of these magically toilet-trained puppies. She's getting better - much, much better - and has just started vocalising on occasion when she wants to go, rather than once she's gone and walked through it or sat in it...

    So I'm a bit jealous, but hope it lasts for you! :D
     
  2. Kingsley

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    Sounds silly but I'm a little worried. An 8 week old puppy that holds her bladder for 1 to 2 hours then asks to go out and only wants to poo an hour after eating.....
    Is she OK I ask???!!
     
  3. Boogie

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    Yes, she's fine :)

    Most pups are widdle widdle widdlers - but some have strong bladders from day 1.

    The pooing is normal and shows you've got her meals the right size.


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  4. Kingsley

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    Many thanks for that, I,m trying hard to relax. Not easy.
    Lucy is just a chilled out cuddle bundle. Me? I,m a wreck........
    It's the vets tomorrow morning......
    Wish me luck, not for Lucy, for my nerves. She will be the star of the show.......
     
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  5. Boogie

    Boogie Supporting Member Forum Supporter

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    Fear not, it gets easier. I'm the same for the first two or three weeks, they are so tiny and feel so fragile - but they are tough little cookies in reality!

    :D
     
  6. Samantha Jones

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    Yup Bailey was exactly the same - we would take him out after he finished eating for a wee and a poop but nope nothing...the quickest a poop ever appeared was an hour after eating, as for holding his bladder....8 hours from the first night! I know how you feel I was a wreck for the first couple of weeks - kept waking up in the night to check he was still breathing as he never did and never has woken us up in the night for a toilet break! Long may it remain so for you :D
     
  7. Kingsley

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    So many thanks to all of you out there.
    Very reassuring.
    Perhaps I'll sleep tonight. Lucy certainly will.
     

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