Alfie is so precious. So sweet and such a little bundle of fun, but good lord he does nibble something fierce! We have started to call him "Alfiegator". One minute, cute little angel, the next moment sharkey teeth come surging up at you! Obviously we are working at discouraging this, but still allowing the nibbles, which, while testing are still darn pointy! It's lucky he's cute when he sleeps! That's all I'll say! It is so hard to ignore him a little when he is bad, I know it will be worth it, but he gives the eyes in such a major way! Ugh. Such terrible cute eyes. He is doing well with his crate, starting to go into it under his own power when we wont let him try and cuddle our feet to sleep. Slow and steady progress, but he's only 10 weeks. He is already getting to grips with sit, love his collar, accepts the leash and is beginning to be trained to asked to go outside. So we are doing well! The one thing we are noticing is if he behaves himself during the day he tends to really misbehave during the evening. It can be exhasperating at times because it is easy to forget for a moment how much of a baby he is, but he is wonderful anyway. Just a little bundle of cheeky mischeif. He also seems to take revenge when we scold him by going to the loo somewhere new and inventive! Oh well! We'll get there in the end I'm sure! Super cute when he sleeps... https://www.dropbox.com/s/2hhbqb6x3q4nozs/2015-01-26%2011.59.12.jpg?dl=0
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. Yes, than goodness they are cute Alfie is certainly a good pin-up boy for cuteness! They do tend to go a bit wild in the evenings. A short (5min) training session before his typical 'crazy hour' might help to tone it down a bit. Wearing out the mind is the best way to wear out the whole puppy/dog
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. Ah! This is a very good point. I think that would probably be about 7 for him. I have a feeling it is going to get worse as we try to adjust the meals from 4 down to 3, he certainly loves his food, after all! We have a few rope toys that he enjoys, so I'll give adding an additional play/training session to his day in the evening a shot. It's amazing how, when you're in the middle o f things you can overlook what could have been an easy fix. c:
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. [quote author=Oberon link=topic=9677.msg139817#msg139817 date=1422306876] They do tend to go a bit wild in the evenings. A short (5min) training session before his typical 'crazy hour' might help to tone it down a bit. Wearing out the mind is the best way to wear out the whole puppy/dog [/quote] A very good idea a short sit, wait or even paw will help keep his mind occupied. Sometimes it wears them out more doing things that will test their brain rather than physical exercise
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. Willow used to be absolutely terrible at about 6pm every single evening. Before she could go for walks, I'd take her for a carry around the village at that time every evening to distract her. Then I tried the training trick and it really worked! That and learning to tell when she was just over-tired and needed to settle, when I put her in her crate with some soothing words for a couple of minutes - and she'd invariably fall straight to sleep! Even now, at 5 months, the two pups (I got a second one, Shadow, a few weeks after we brought Willow home ) can get a little crazy every so often in the evenings. They had a good walk earlier, playing in the snow and they got over-tired. I was on the phone to a friend and they were being really noisy and boisterous, but I could tell it was just tiredness, so again, they got popped in their crate and they fell asleep immediately. A bit later on, they were getting restless again, so I gave them a ten minute training session, which really wiped them out and they've been asleep at my feet ever since
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. I have the 5 min training idea a go last night when get fangy before settling down for the night, and it seemed to work fairly well. I'm sure it will go better when he has picked up a few more commands, but he was certainly distracted by it. I've decided that tonight, between his later meals I will take him for a carry around the block. It seems like a good idea and may well cut off the demanding "You've put my food on to soak and I want it now!" tempter tantrums he seems to have. He really does get grouchy when he doesn't get his way! Working out his brain seems to be a good idea certainly seems to be a good idea for certain! I will update with how things go over the next few days. Thanks for all the input so far!
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. Taking him for a walk in your arms is a great idea. It will present him with so many new sights, smells and sounds all of which is so important for a small pup. Be aware it won't be too long before he's a bit heavy for this. I found Molly was at her worst in the late afternoon early evening. I would like it to a tired out toddler who cannot cope with being tired so spreads the misery by being hyper.
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. Yesterday we had much less trouble. When he got naughty we took a bit of a walk around the garden on the lead, which actually went down pretty well. He is getting quite good at trotting along beside me, and hopefully this will mean he is ready for walkies when he can [FINALLY!!!] go out on them! c: That would certainly make me happy! We also did some more sit training, and some paw training when he was getting especially fangy with us and that actualy seemed to help as well. I think you were all certainly onto something with your recommendations about tiring his brain out as much as his body. Better for the slightly upset puppy tummy as well, which probably comes from way too much sproinging about and excitement at the moment. He's doing much better though. My little 'Angel' sitting for Grandad https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvmq3qioa0dvin5/2015-01-28 15.05.55.png?dl=0
Re: Major attack of the crocodog. And other training trials. adorable Alfie....such a nice sit you have young man!!! 8) 8)
