Newbie here from westyorkshire

by joejoe Mon Sep 12 2011, 18:38

Hi All,
I have a 4 1/2 month old staffie bitch called Tia, never had a dog before so any help and advice on training, eating would be great.
We have taught her to sit and take treats nicely from your hand, the problem we seem to have is you put her food down on a morning and within a second the whole lot has gone, then she will go to her bowl every 5mins to see if you have put anymore in, we feed her twice a day 1/2 tin Pedigree puppy with dried iams puppy biscuits.

We walk her throughout the day for about 10mins at a time, then at tea time she has a hour walk but all the time were out she pulls like mad and will try to eat anything off the floor she can find.

She is very very fussy and jumps up and scratches your legs to death.

Am i doing something wrong???
Joe xx

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by Guest Mon Sep 12 2011, 18:54

Hello and welcome from me and Billy
Smile

by Guest Mon Sep 12 2011, 18:56

I would recommend taking her to training classes its good for dog and handler you'll so much, don't do 1 on 1 training go to a class as this helps with socialization and working round other dogs most of your issues will be dealt with at classes

by Guest Mon Sep 12 2011, 18:57

Welcome aboard! I don't have any advice, but I'm sure others will!

by **janey** Mon Sep 12 2011, 19:10

Hiya and welcome Smile

by **dkay72** Mon Sep 12 2011, 19:13

perhaps shes just happy Big Grin

just watch the food you may be giving her 2 types of food which is doubling her energy levels, thats wat i was told about rocky he was the same but calming slowely now

by **Kathy** Mon Sep 12 2011, 19:34

Hi and welcome
Have you tried using a puppy size Kong. This can slow down the time taken to eat the meal as it gives her more to think about. We use one with Rocky, and he says Hi too. Smile

by joejoe Mon Sep 12 2011, 20:32

Hi all & thanks for your replies, may i ask Kathytake2 what is a puppy size Kong??
Joe xx

by Guest Mon Sep 12 2011, 20:46

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=puppy+kong+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=puppy+kongs&_rdc=1

their you go puppy kongs on ebay

by sean1manc Mon Sep 12 2011, 20:57

Hi sounds like you have your hands full.

Dont worry about the jumping up. she will calm with age. for now try not to give her atttention if she is jumping up hold her in a sitting position gently no need to force her she will learn. she will also learn to walk on the lead, again gently hold her close by your side while saying whatever it is you want to use as the command, I say come close, but stick with it each time she pulls gently pull her to your side again if you keep it up I bet she will inprove on one walk.

cheers

by Guest Mon Sep 12 2011, 21:09

Hi and welcome from us and Suki.

To slow her eating down you can try placing a tennis ball or something else in her bowl so he will have to eat around it. When she jumps up she is sekking attention. Turn around and ignore her. They love attention and if they are not getting it they learn pretty quick.

by **gem** Mon Sep 12 2011, 23:25

Tinned dog food is not really good food you would be much better just sticking to complete its basically water Smile

by Guest Tue Sep 13 2011, 00:43

Hi there

and Welcome from Me and RoXy.

by Guest Tue Sep 13 2011, 07:52

Hiya and welcome

by Guest Tue Sep 13 2011, 11:17

Hello and welcome to the forum Big Grin

by **billysgirl** Tue Sep 13 2011, 12:50

Hiya and welcome to the forum wave

by **Scubasteve** Tue Sep 13 2011, 15:45

Hi and welcome from me and Tinkerbell!

by iluvmypups Tue Sep 13 2011, 19:27

hi and welcome just looked at your avatar and wondered is your pup pure white apart from on her tail? looks like my roxi lol Smile

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by Guest Wed Sep 14 2011, 03:49

welcome from me and my girls Kita & Izzy

by volsung Wed Sep 14 2011, 08:01

Hi & welcome, with regards to your dog eatting to fast there are these type of dog bowls on market.( Click Link )

anti-skid-slow-feed-dog-bowls

hope this helps.

by Guest Wed Sep 14 2011, 11:13

Hi from me, Harvey and Chance!

by **i love leah and lois** Thu Sep 15 2011, 21:25

Hiya and welcome my staffy milly has that same black marking on the tail Smile

by iluvmypups Fri Sep 16 2011, 19:50

joejoe wrote:Hi All,
I have a 4 1/2 month old staffie bitch called Tia, never had a dog before so any help and advice on training, eating would be great.
We have taught her to sit and take treats nicely from your hand, the problem we seem to have is you put her food down on a morning and within a second the whole lot has gone, then she will go to her bowl every 5mins to see if you have put anymore in, we feed her twice a day 1/2 tin Pedigree puppy with dried iams puppy biscuits.

We walk her throughout the day for about 10mins at a time, then at tea time she has a hour walk but all the time were out she pulls like mad and will try to eat anything off the floor she can find.

She is very very fussy and jumps up and scratches your legs to death.

Am i doing something wrong???
Joe xx

i put a tennis ball in roxi`s bowl and it takes her a lot longer to eat shes exactly the same within 30 seconds its all gone! it took her a whole ten mins 2 eat the first time i did it... also if i were you id switch 2 dry food it takes them longer as they have too chew more and its good for thier teeth

by **i love leah and lois** Sat Sep 17 2011, 12:59

We are from west yorkshire has well

by Guest Sat Sep 17 2011, 17:16

hi there and welcome...

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