What was your biggest challenge when you had a new puppy?

What wa your biggest challenge when you had a new staffordshire bull terrier?

Lack of sleep! Little never slept long lol

All of the above

When we brought Bella home it was like having a baby all over again,hubby and i were like zombies for 6 weeks!!! lol

Enzo slept through the night from day 1 and got over his chewing everything after about a week, biggest problem with him was toilet training, took until he was about 15 weeks to get him fully toilet trained, coz we live in a flat we cant just leave the door open for him to go out when he needs to, instead we had to teach him to let us know when he needs the toilet.

Jay wrote:Enzo slept through the night from day 1 and got over his chewing everything after about a week, biggest problem with him was toilet training, took until he was about 15 weeks to get him fully toilet trained, coz we live in a flat we cant just leave the door open for him to go out when he needs to, instead we had to teach him to let us know when he needs the toilet.

How did you teach him to tell you when he needed to go? Tyson is fully trained but only at home because he knows that he has access to the backyard always. If the door is closed however he wont hold and will just go right near the door. Also if we take him anywhere that doesnt have constant outside access he will just go wherever.

when i sell puppies one thing i do stress is...''don't leave you shoes on the floor''

all puppies are chewers, but staffy pups are wrecking balls in a puppy suit.

Esther & 'Tyson' wrote:

Jay wrote:Enzo slept through the night from day 1 and got over his chewing everything after about a week, biggest problem with him was toilet training, took until he was about 15 weeks to get him fully toilet trained, coz we live in a flat we cant just leave the door open for him to go out when he needs to, instead we had to teach him to let us know when he needs the toilet.

How did you teach him to tell you when he needed to go? Tyson is fully trained but only at home because he knows that he has access to the backyard always. If the door is closed however he wont hold and will just go right near the door. Also if we take him anywhere that doesnt have constant outside access he will just go wherever.

Would take him to where he did the toilet and show him it and tell him bad, then take him to the door straight away. He eventually clicked on and started scratching the door or sit at the door and howl if he needed to go out.

Thats so clever of Enzo....might give it a go. Just kinda hard cause he has access to the back yard all day so he never needs to hold it ...

Thanks Jay

smooth wrote:when i sell puppies one thing i do stress is...''don't leave you shoes on the floor''

all puppies are chewers, but staffy pups are wrecking balls in a puppy suit.

So true!!!

3 of the staffs were fine with sleeping except Ellie she was a nightmare,screamed all through the night Chewing aint been a problem really just got them loads of dumbells,nylon bones or whatever else i could find,plus all were caged,toilet training Ummmmm Harley followed the Rotties so picked it up quickly,Ellie followed Harley quick aswell,Misty was born here so she knew were to go,Stella followed Misty all very good learnt fast,few accidents but that was expected,Harley runs around trying to tell me he wants to go out,Ellie stands staring & barks at me,Misty & Stella just sit by the back door waiting for me to realise what they want

ha ha typical staffies.

mine were all fine like mandy says they generally follow + learn from each other.

Rolo our bulldog was the pain in the bum lol.

What am i getting myself into! Only 6 sleeps to go!
Its been 10yrs since i did this, and I cant remember anything bad!! mmmm I guess thats what love is!! Im soon to be reminded! I will be checking back for "cures"!!

Well she is here!!!! All of the above except housetraining! She just loves the doggy dog, so we are outside a lot! No accidents so far. No sleep isnt much fun so far Chewing stuff is no worries, have lotssssss of toys! Being on call 24/7 is the killer!! Can only visit here when she is asleep
But its alllllll worth it!! Those big sooky eyes looking up at me at 3am this morning.....ah warmed my heart! Dont tell her that!

Ah Wendy I just saw your post!! 6 weeks, I dont think I could/can cope!! Had a child that wouldnt sleep. Didnt have any more!! Sleep deprevation is a killer!