Re: Hello I'm glad you're happy with him Teena! It sounds like he does the normal puppy things... Did you read my recent post on what puppies do, and how they grow out of it?
Re: Hello Here is Karen's post Teena and here is one about biting If there is anything that is not clear, just ask. Pippa
Re: Hello Hey Pippa I read ur post as well as Karen's but one thing tat doesn't work for me is mouthing we Don have carpets garden or rug so its not a prob but his biting is bad nd mouthing is not working will it take tym or should I stop it bcoz it hurts
Re: Hello If your puppy is grabbing things that you don't want him to (like clothes) then he does it because it is exciting and fun. Playing tug of war with him with the thing that he has grabbed makes it even more exciting and fun, and that will encourage him to keep grabbing things (to try to start a game). The best thing to do is to not play tug of war with him with clothing (or anything else you don't want him to grab). Try not to pull back on the thing he has grabbed. Instead, try to swap it for a small treat - he should open his mouth to grab the treat. The second that he opens his mouth and lets go of the clothing give him lots of praise and let him know how good he is for letting go. You are rewarding him for letting go, not for grabbing the clothes. Then go and have a game with one of his toys that he is allowed to play tug of war with. You are trying to teach him that he is allowed to grab toys but not clothes and that it is fun to grab toys but not fun to grab clothes. With the biting... Biting and mouthing are the same kind of thing - they both mean grabbing hold of people with the mouth or teeth. The link that Pippa put up (the "one about biting") describes how to respond to biting and mouthing in a way that should stop both if you persist with it It will take time - just use the method that is described and it will improve. All puppies do it and all puppies have to learn from us that they have to be very very gentle with human skin. The article describes it all in much more detail but the basic idea is that when your puppy bites or puts his teeth/mouth on you, you should: - squeal as if it really hurts. This should make most puppies let go. - turn away, move away from the puppy, and ignore the puppy for half a minute - then start a game with your puppy with something that he is allowed to chew (like one of his toys) Eventually he will get the idea that biting is not allowed and is not any fun for him anyway. Over time his biting will gradually disappear - but it won't happen overnight! As Pippa says in that article about biting, sometimes biting happens because a puppy is over excited and just can't control his own behaviour. Here is another article about dealing with over-excitement http://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=4169. There is actually a link to this article about over-excitement in the article about biting, but I thought I'd mention it just in case you missed it.
Re: Hello Hey Rachel, I have read both d arrivals nd I know it will take some time for him to change his behavior I wanna know hw to get his attention so as to make him listen to my commands nd to start working on his training
Re: Hello Does he pay attention to you if you have a little food in your hand? Maybe hold it up near your face to get eye contact with him. Jacqui
Re: Hello [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=1708.msg13185#msg13185 date=1371538551] Does he pay attention to you if you have a little food in your hand? Maybe hold it up near your face to get eye contact with him. Jacqui [/quote] That worked well with Riley as a pup - treat near his nose to attract his attention then move it up to my face and say "look at me". Once he had looked me he would get the treat. I gradually expected him to look at me for a little bit longer each time before he got the treat. Then once that was VERY well established I would ask him to "look at me" without having the treat by my face. Again once he'd looked at me he would get a treat, gradually asking him to look at me for longer and then phasing out treats. This gradually taught him to focus on me when I was speaking to him There are so many fun, distracting things around we have to teach our dogs to pay attention to us first. Give this a try Teena Ann and let us know how you get on
Re: Hello Hey Pippa, this d amount of pedigree I feed my pup let me knw if its enuf or if I should increase it
Re: Hello Teena, is that for one meal or for the whole day? If it is for one meal, how many meals of that would he be getting? Did you get the chance to ask the vet about worming?
Re: Hello Hi Teena, How much does the packet say to give your pup? What did the vet say about worming? All the best, Barbara
Re: Hello hey guys abt d worming yest d vet came nd dewormed him nd said this must be followed for once in 15 days nd he must be fed well otherwise der is no problem
Re: Hello That's great news Teena! It is difficult to judge how much food you should be giving him from the photo. I would say it looks about right, four times a day, but you should look on the packet, it will give instructions on how much to feed. Make sure he has water all the time!
Re: Hello Great news about the worming And excellent that the vet thinks everything else is fine. As Karen says, follow the instructions on the food packet for feeding and give him lots of water he'll be thriving in no time.
