Puppy advice

Hi I brought a staffy puppy 5 weeks ago she is 5 months old after my mum had to have our other dog put down 4 months ago and the puppy is very hypo and she sleep in her cage all night but in the last couple of days she has started waking up at 4am whining I don't no why and when I wake up at 7.30 - 8 am just to put her in the garden to go toilet befor she gose out she has to wake everyone up by jumping on them and she runs around like a looney she get very snappy she is nothing like my old staff so can some please give me some advice and I was told she was a full staff my brother got her home and she did not look like my other staff in anyway so I look on the net to see if I could see what she is she look a bit like a staffy cross with pit bull so I took her to the vets and they said she is defo not a pitbull so that made my mum happy but they said she could be a grey hound or something but it is to early to tell what she is so I look on grey house and she don't look like one to me but he can run around like a little looney and I don't no if it could be what she is eating she is on bakers dry food can some one please advice me thanks

At that age they don't have full control of their bladder so she is likely whinning to be taken out. How much exercise and training does she get? I also think the dry food might be making her extra hyper.

Here is a link to some good dry foods

http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/dry_food

Also remember she is a pup so has lots of energy and as a breed they like to be around people. I also moved your topic to an area it will get more views.

She goes out in the garden every hr durying the day from 7.30am to 10pm and she gose twice a day for a bout 10 mins a time

So can you recommend a food that I could give her please thanks

As a general rule they should b walked 2-3 times per day for 5 minutes per month of age. So 25 minutes at a time for her 2 or 3 times per day. They are a very high energy breed and if not exercised right they tend to misbehave out of frustration. A poor food with numerous additives will also cause them to misbehave. It's like giving a ten year old child a ton of sugar and expecting him to sit still.

Here is a link to some quality foods.

http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/dry_food

If you change her diet do it gradually over a 5-7 day period to avoid upsetting her stomach

Who anyone be able to tell me what breed she is if I put a pic up please really would need to no

Why do you really need to know what breed she is? It's virtually impossible to tell what breed a staffy cross is mixed with as they tend to keep the staffy features in most situations with slight variations in height or facial features but generally they do look "staffy".

As for her behaviour, she's a puppy and she's excitable, it's normal behaviour and even now my 2 year old will charge about like a loon occasionally, we call it "zoomies" and it's part of their character.

Puppies will snap and run and get into all sorts of mischief at some point, enjoy it as they don't stay pups forever, it's part of their charm At 5 months you could take her to dog training classes which will help you control her but I think she probably needs more walks to get rid of her unused energy which will make things easier for you.

Bakers is not a very good quality food at all, kibble is OK but try to go for a better quality one, Rocky has Barking Heads Fat Dog Slim which is on the list of recommended foods and he is much calmer since being on it. James Welbeloved is also a good quality food which is easily available.

If you do decide to change foods do so over the course of a week - 10 days.

Bakers is awful, like giving ur pup 3 meals of smarties a day, my boy is 5 months old, deffo need to put the training in, he used to snap and mouth doesn't mouthe anymore, but he only snaps at me when he thinks I'm playing,

Not all staffies look the same, both lokis parents are staffies but loki is all gangly also looks completely different to how he did a month ago, they grow in lots of weird and wonderful ways