The last few weeks

Hey All, i havnt been online for a couple of weeks, so busy with work and stuff. but here is an update on our Marley.

The last 3 weeks she has started to have her big teeth come on through, no more razor puppy fronts lol, it looks SO funny because they are too big for her lol. One of her fang teeth came out yesterday. We have been giving her a frozen kong, frozen knotted towel and ice cubes when she begins to get mouthy. it seems to work.

She seemed to be being picky about her food, so i continued with her regular feedings and added a gravy and meat chunck based wet food from the same food manufacturer. she now INHALES it (with a big ball in the bowl to slow her down). great to see her eating her full meals and looking for more lol. We are feeding her Precise Holistic Small/Medium Puppy kibble with the chicken chunk and gravey or beef chunk and gravy.

WE FINALLY GOT HER EZYDOG GEAR lol, it was like christmas for me hehe. she looks smart and fits into her new harness perfectly and she seems quiet comfortable. Love the Cujo leash.

We finished our puppy socialization and beginner obedience. She is a social butterfly. She has still not had a growl from any dog to put her in her place yet. We have alot of work to do with training as we go forward. especially recall. we will be starting the Super Puppy class some time in the future. The trainer is really encouraging us to keep up with it as she seems to think Marley has some serious agility potential. if that is correct then thats really cool. gives us some more to look forward to.

She is 20 weeks and 20lbs / 9kg. Does this sound like good development?

I have also started to take her on real morning walks around our block for about 20-30 minutes. She seems so mellow after that walk and it seems to last her all day, no hyperness. I continue to still take her out 3 times daily to wee and walk etc. Our first walk around the block, her back main pads seemed to have scrapes and small ammounts of blood, i think from an excited rendezvous with an older lady who made an epic fuss over her and Marley decided to demonstarte her moonwalk abilities lol. i rested her for 2 days as it healed.

The farts.... they just take the air right out of your lungs lol.

I cant think of anything else at the moment. but thats my update on marley. love her to bits and life is awsome with her for me and my wife

what a fab update but she sounds to be doing fan and you have all this down to the T!

would love to see updated pictures

She sounds like she's doing great!

I know what ya mean about the adult teeth looking funny. Logan looked like Bugs Bunny for a while haha!

I'm looking forward to seeing her in her new ezydog gear

thanks guys, i will mention to my wife about some new pics and she will probably do a pics blitz lol

Sounds like she is doing well Always great to see the evil puppy needle teeth fall out, frozen carrots are great for teething too

Love Ezydog and will expect some model pictures to be up soon

Aw, she sounds delightful!

aww cant wait for pics

I always love reading these, because everyone's puppies sound perfect, and then I look at Loki, who is 10 months old now, and just shake my head in disgust . But really, she sounds like she's doing brilliantly, you all must be really proud and I went to a mini-agility/puppy training thing a while back, and the trainer said to one of the helpers "I bet the Staff does the whole thing the fastest without getting scared," and he was right. I think they're well suited to it because they're so enthusiastic also, you can't update without pictures! Just a hint

Loved reading your update !! Keep writing them
it sounds like things are going great . I hope we can do as good a job with our little one x

Great to hear from you again. Sounds like Marley's doing well. She's a very pretty girl so I hope you got her EzyDog gear to match her colour. I'm a fan of EzyDog, Bacchus has the harness and half-check collar and the OH insisted I buy the Chocolate to suit his markings.
Good luck with the classes and when you post the pics make sure they have some views of your beautiful island as a backdrop please.

Kylie wrote:Sounds like she is doing well Always great to see the evil puppy needle teeth fall out, frozen carrots are great for teething too

Love Ezydog and will expect some model pictures to be up soon

Absolutely thrilled that those devil teeth are gone lol, will the carrot cause any bum gravy or constipation? if i gave her one, should use it as a meal substitute? dont want to over feed her.

rebeccaleanne wrote:what a fab update but she sounds to be doing fan and you have all this down to the T!

would love to see updated pictures

lol, i can be a bit over protective and anal about thing i suppose lol. my wife hates it because i follow all instructions and process to the TEE!!! lol

racamoe wrote:Loved reading your update !! Keep writing them
it sounds like things are going great . I hope we can do as good a job with our little one x

I do feel bad for the long rambles lol, but hey, if you enjoy them, i will post them hehe. im sure you will do a great job, loving them just makes it so much easier.

jojobda wrote:Absolutely thrilled that those devil teeth are gone lol, will the carrot cause any bum gravy or constipation? if i gave her one, should use it as a meal substitute? dont want to over feed her.

There's virtually no calories in most veg so don't worry about over feeding with them.

I feed veg every day to Logan but it is used as a low calorie filler to bulk up his meals. Plus he loves them.

reuben wrote:Great to hear from you again. Sounds like Marley's doing well. She's a very pretty girl so I hope you got her EzyDog gear to match her colour. I'm a fan of EzyDog, Bacchus has the harness and half-check collar and the OH insisted I buy the Chocolate to suit his markings.
Good luck with the classes and when you post the pics make sure they have some views of your beautiful island as a backdrop please.

Rodger, i didnt have much say in the colour selection lol, she is all hot-pinked-out thanks to my wonderful wife. thise 275lb man walks his little pup with pink leash, harnes and collar lol. but hey, im cool with that, everyone is happy.

MatLogan wrote:

jojobda wrote:Absolutely thrilled that those devil teeth are gone lol, will the carrot cause any bum gravy or constipation? if i gave her one, should use it as a meal substitute? dont want to over feed her.

There's virtually no calories in most veg so don't worry about over feeding with them.

I feed veg every day to Logan but it is used as a low calorie filler to bulk up his meals. Plus he loves them.

thx mat, i will give it a try, carrots, any other frozen veg that works?

also, for the life of me, how does + Quote work? so i can stop bombarding with multiple posts?

To use the multi quote hit the +quote button of every quote you want to copy, then click "post reply" at the top of the page right beside where your first message is.

I give a range of different veg, my favourites are brocoli, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes. Be sure to remember that they really are filler, most dogs love them but they won't replace her other food at all.

MatLogan wrote:To use the multi quote hit the +quote button of every quote you want to copy, then click "post reply" at the top of the page right beside where your first message is.

I give a range of different veg, my favourites are brocoli, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes. Be sure to remember that they really are filler, most dogs love them but they won't replace her other food at all.

and you freeze all of that? or raw? she has had raw carrot chunks

It's best to boil them and freeze them after. Some veg is hard for them to digest raw. For filling a kong I boil up broccoli and mash it up then freeze it.

With his meals I boil the veg in meat stock then mash it and mix it with his food. Logan is on a quite low calorie diet (like myself ) as I prefer a Stafford to be slim if possible.

He absolutely loves veg though.

Always avoid onions, grapes, raisins (I know the last two are fruits but still). As they are toxic to dogs. If you are in doubt of anything just ask though.

MatLogan wrote:It's best to boil them and freeze them after. Some veg is hard for them to digest raw. For filling a kong I boil up broccoli and mash it up then freeze it.

With his meals I boil the veg in meat stock then mash it and mix it with his food. Logan is on a quite low calorie diet (like myself ) as I prefer a Stafford to be slim if possible.

He absolutely loves veg though.

Always avoid onions, grapes, raisins (I know the last two are fruits but still). As they are toxic to dogs. If you are in doubt of anything just ask though.

thx mate, will give it a try and see how she does.

No probs

As Kylie said frozen carrots, and frozen veg in general is ace for teething.

Hard to beat ice cubes too haha!

Anything for a quiet life.

jojobda wrote:

reuben wrote:Great to hear from you again. Sounds like Marley's doing well. She's a very pretty girl so I hope you got her EzyDog gear to match her colour. I'm a fan of EzyDog, Bacchus has the harness and half-check collar and the OH insisted I buy the Chocolate to suit his markings.
Good luck with the classes and when you post the pics make sure they have some views of your beautiful island as a backdrop please.

Rodger, i didnt have much say in the colour selection lol, she is all hot-pinked-out thanks to my wonderful wife. thise 275lb man walks his little pup with pink leash, harnes and collar lol. but hey, im cool with that, everyone is happy.

Hey, pink's fine on a blue girl.

Thanks all, here is the photo blitz as my husband called it

So, we took Marley to the beach and well lets just say she enjoyed it but brought back enough sand to make a castle:






The other photos are just random and one with her ezdog collar, she doesn't stay still long enough to get a good pic




The one time she finally fell asleep, even if it was only for a few minutes - we think she thinks that she is going to miss out on something.

super cute.... i miss that cute little puppy stage...

Great pics. So jealous of your weather, it's cold here in Aberdeen, with the wind coming in from Scandinavia apparently. It's -4 degrees with the wind chill.
She's growing into a little lady now and IT literate I see from photo No. 6.

What beautiful photos !

Marley is so pretty and your country is absolutely gorgeous

reuben wrote:Great pics. So jealous of your weather, it's cold here in Aberdeen, with the wind coming in from Scandinavia apparently. It's -4 degrees with the wind chill.
She's growing into a little lady now and IT literate I see from photo No. 6.

She wanted to check her Facebook, haha jk

MatLogan wrote:What beautiful photos !

Marley is so pretty and your country is absolutely gorgeous

Thanks so much

Silva wrote:super cute.... i miss that cute little puppy stage...

Thank you She is our life and I'm sure I'll miss some things from the puppy stage.

reuben wrote:Great pics. So jealous of your weather, it's cold here in Aberdeen, with the wind coming in from Scandinavia apparently. It's -4 degrees with the wind chill.
She's growing into a little lady now and IT literate I see from photo No. 6.

Meenwhile.... i go to work in a heavy jacket this morning and its 61 outside.... so chilly seriously lol. im not built for your kind of cold lol

MatLogan wrote:What beautiful photos !

Marley is so pretty and your country is absolutely gorgeous

Thanx mate

Wow what a lovely update and great pictures! She's looking gorgeous! Well done on everything really keep up the smashing work and updates!