7 week old puppy, is he safe to go out in our back garden??????

Hi all, i am now the proud owner of a 7 week old staffy puppy, we have only had him for 2 days and are bigining to toilet train him, he is due for his 1st injections on Monday 27th August, we were told by the lady at the vets that we couldnt let him outside on the floor, we only want him to go into our back garden where we know No other dogs have been, So my question is this, Is it safe for me to take him into our back garden while toilet training before he has had his 1st injections ????
We were only supposed to collect him on the 26th but due to the Mum of the puppies struggeling to feed 8 pups and also keep her weight up, so the owner asked if we could have Nero our pup 1 week early.

CHEERS
NEIL

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You certainly will here, if you need any help just ask

Ps I couldn't help with your initial post as Moo is a rescue and was 10mnths when I got her

Love the name Moo. Nero our puppy is black & white and looks like a little cow hahaha

Can you get a pic up in your profile, I want to see what Nero looks like?

Moo just suited her, she started as Missy but it gradually shortened lol

Here we go, a Photo of Nero with his toy cow LOL

Hello & welcome to the forum,

Hope you really enjoy your time here

Great pic

Thanks

Hi and welcome from me and patch (who is also 7 weeks)!!

P.s Lots of people have told me i can take patch into the garden, but i choose not to as i share my garden with neighbours cats and wild foxes!! Also patch's jabs are the day after Nero's on the 28th

Hi,Lozlil & Patch, we only share our back garden with our cat but as you say we will probebly keep him in

Lol i feel like an overprotective mother when it comes to it lol He only has a few more weeks anyway, then its walkies! They are great at this age!

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

Hi kathytake2 & Rocky Thanks from Nero,Me and the rest of the family

Lozlil, Yep great times indeed, Nero has ony been with us for 2 days and is very settled in our kitchen or now known as His Den LOL, even the cat is getting on with him

hia from me and sasha

Hi stella & sasha

Hi & welcome to the forum
Not far from me I see

Hi and welcome from us and Suki.

Hello and welcome from me and the kids Have to say Tommy used the garden from day 1 at 7 weeks and 2 days old but by my personal choice as the garden is enclosed and only our othe staff using it, if you are doubtful within yourself then go with the advice of your vet (mine told me I was ok )

Hi BlueStaffBlue, Thanks for the welcome

Hi Dave, Thanks for the Info

Hi jstaff & Suki

hi and welcome to the forum

Hi and welcome from Bruno and me, we were told that Bruno could go in the back garden before his injections but that wasn't from a vet but i heard of puppies going in the garden before their first injection.

Btw love the name Nero that's the name of Bruno's dad

I would take him out. Personally i think people mollycoddle dogs too much anyway. Its like kids, if you dont let them play in the dirt they wont get a chance to build up natural resistance.

Hi and welcome from me and Charlie

The only worry is if there has been an animal in your garden that has some kind of illness, it can be passed on in the poo etc. If you have your own garden and you know that there isn't much chance of that happening, go for it. I did it with mine from day one and he was fine

Hello and welcome to the forum

Hi all, Thank you for the very warm welcome and all of your input to my question, Both myself and my wife have now decided after reading everybodys comments that we will keep Nero in untill his 1st Injections

Bruno311210, I chose the name Nero as my last staffy was named Caesar who i Lost to cancer last september, so we wanted to go with names of Emperors..

aawww so sorry about Caesar ><

welcome

Hi from Skye buster and me

Hello to you and your little cow Staffie

I agree with Shontelle. The danger is parasites/viruses like parvo that are mostly from other dogs. So if your yard is free of dogs, wild animals (and particularly poop) you're fine. We certainly had Callie in the backyard right away, in other yards with no dogs at about 11-12 weeks, but not in high-dog-traffic areas until 14 weeks.

Once again Hi to all who have said Hi & Welcome & a big thank you to all who have given me some advise

if u are letting him out in the back yard try not to let him/her sniff around other animals or there poo and if there is any grass or weeds do not let it eat them as it could make him/her sick.

Hi and welcome from Tyson & me.

The nurse at Kennys vet told me to find 1 area of the garden, bleach it and rinse, and toliet train him there. But she told me to be very carefull. Parvo is about, 1 poor pup in the next street from me has sadly just lost his life

Nero is really cute
A bit of a delayed welcome from me and the mutts

Chantel Thank you we think he is cute too hehe

Thanks to all who have posted, Nero has now had his 1st injections and is now getting to know his way around our garden...