new pup rocky!

Hey new to the forum!
Recently me and my partner brought our first puppy 6 days ago! He is all white with a liverspot nose!
11 weeks old had his first injections yesterday.

When we got him he was very nervous as he was with his parents at home. He shook a lot and didnt want to really move. As times gone by he opened up to me and is a really happy puppy. He has only just started to play wit toys so im hoping that he will play with them more as he settles in.

So I have a few questions!

He is still really nervous of my girlfriend, he has started to settle down around her but he still backs away and shakes now and then?

We feed him three times a day 100g but sometimes he isnt interested in his food and hardly touches it other times he eats the lot! Is that normal?

The big one now! Toilet training!! We have started him on pads and he is getting a lot better at doing it on them but sometimes he wees on them and poos on the carpet then the otherway round! How do we get him to start him in the garden! I take him outside after his dinner for ages and he doesnt want to go! When he does come inside he doesnt like going to the toilet in front of us he goes upstairs and does it in secret! Any ides please?!

Thanks for anyone who replies!

luke

Hi, welcome to the forum!

Well, remember he's still probably missing his old home & his mum, so it'll take a little while to settle fully. Be patient & consistent & he'll settle. Who's with him more? You or your girlfriend? And who feeds him? If it's you, maybe your girlfriend should take over for a while - there's nothing like food to settle a dog!

The toilet training is just going to take patience. Take him into the garden frequently (probably about every hour) especially after waking up, playing or eating. Just let him potter around & if he wees or poops give him praise. I wouldn't use pads myself, I think they just train a dog to go indoors! (Mind you, I put one down for my bully, and he damn near ate it!) When he goes to the toilet indoors, take him straight out (don't tell him off or even raise your voice) and when you come back in, clear up the accident without him being in the room, otherwise he might think of it as a fun game. Disinfect the area & spray a doggy deodoriser on the area so he isn't attracted back to the same spot. He'll get it eventually.

ok thanks for the advise!!!

P.S. Let's have some pics, he sounds gorgeous!

there you go!!

ps were decorating at the mo thats why the crappy wall!

Ah, what a great looking pup! And those eyes........it's enough to melt the hardest hearts!

i was thinking of the same thing i would only feed twice a day

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yeah hes a smashing dog, just one bit of advice to keep in mind with the white staffy, is their very prone to skin cancer if left in the sun too long just keep plenty of sunscreen on him when it comes to summer time. i was going to breed my Katies puppy's back to all white, but i was put off by the idea due to all white dogs been prone to skin cancer,

Are they prone to deafness as well? I know that's a problem in some other all-white dogs.

i dont know that caryll my Katie has no probs with her ears anyway, but sometimes i think their is you no what i mean. when she does the ignoring everybody thing

well ill have to keep an eye on him in the summer then! his hearing seems fine so far!

luke20037 wrote:i know!!!

Hi and welcome to the forum great looking dog u have there

shane wrote:i dont know that caryll my Katie has no probs with her ears anyway, but sometimes i think their is you no what i mean. when she does the ignoring everybody thing

Selective deafness...........it's a bully thing!

thats for sure caryll, its heredity in a bullies

hi and welcome to the forum

Rocky has been sick!

I brought some worming tablets(bob martin, the puupy ones) and decided to give them to him today. The box said to give puppies over 8kg all four tablets. As he weighs 9.6 kg I gave him all 4. About 5 hours later he was sick, then 20 mins sick again now for 30 mins its been just spit where he is wretching. He has really livened up since then but still not 100%.

Reading different books e.t.c I know realise that the vet is the best option for worming and this will be his future worming place.


So for now I want to know if he was sick 5 hours later, does he need worming again, also what shall I do to make him feel better?!

thanks

i think you should have giving him the 4 tablets at different intervals, the reason he was sick is you gave him all the tablets at once

oh ok thanks

ye i think shane could be right there it will of been the 4 tablets over the course of a month smaller pups you give half tablets over a month so you use two in a month

ok the instuctions didnt bloody say that! well im going to go to the vets from now on , he hasnt been sick i over 2 hours and perked up a bit so hoplefully getting better

to be honest the amount of the worming drug in the over the counter wormers is quite low there acctully bulked up with onion and garlic extract (which is actully not very good for your dog anyway)
the vet drugs for his weight will be 1 tablet ever 2 weeks usally just the two dosees and this will last for three months.but if your unsure of his worming record your vet might advise to do a two month course

just keep an eye on rocky he should be fine

he will be fine now ok after puking up all them tablets

Hi and welcome to the forum

Hiya yea defo go 2 the vets for worming its sooooo cheap anyway. When kaos was 12 weeks i payed summit like 3 quid to have him wormed at vets. My sister in laws jrt had pups a while back and they where soooo tiny when she took them to be wormed at vets the runt of the litter only cost 38 pence!! bless her.....they kept her and shes the biggest now!

awww hes a lovely lad and he looks like hes going to be a big boy when he grows up wow !!!!

blaze666 wrote:Hiya yea defo go 2 the vets for worming its sooooo cheap anyway. When kaos was 12 weeks i payed summit like 3 quid to have him wormed at vets. My sister in laws jrt had pups a while back and they where soooo tiny when she took them to be wormed at vets the runt of the litter only cost 38 pence!! bless her.....they kept her and shes the biggest now!

I always go to the vet for my wormers as I want to make sure that he's covered for lungworm. Dempsey has a real liking for slugs & snails & they are terrible carriers of it.

yeah dogs can pick up the lung worm worm from sniffing or licking slug and snail trails this causes the parasite to enter the dogs respiratory system and so begins the life cycle again.

well just to let you all know rocky has fully recovered and has eaten all his food every meal time!! thanks for all the advise!

luke20037 wrote:well just to let you all know rocky has fully recovered and has eaten all his food every meal time!! thanks for all the advise!

thats good news luke

rockys been doing well, just a little problem of him chewing the frame of the door of the room we left him in when we went out.He chewed it to the point of him being sick from swollowing some wood! We have toys, kongs etc sprayed the frame with the deterent spray but he has ignored that! aside me screwing metal or plastic to the frame any ideas?!

are you taking him for a walk before u go out?

no, because he's still waiting for his booster injections which are on thursday, but after them then yes he will be going for a walk before we go out

i think he maybe abit bored, when u giving daily walk i'm sure he be fine

I had a greyhound that chewed almost right through my door frame. He had separation anxiety. The only thing that worked was crating him

Luke, rocky looks great and nice koi tattoo i'm half way through getting a half sleeve koi

thanks about tattoo, got both arms sleeved now, i put the metal edges that connect carpet up the walls and hammered them to shape around the frame, worked really well now he cant chew! got rid of the door and put a metal baby gate up too. Only because we have just moved in we took door off etc.

another thing if anyone can help?

when we first got him he slept on the floor next to me in our room, we now have a bed for him put his blanket in the bed and he refuses to sleep in there. He will sleep on the floor, i tried to move his blanket a bit at a time but he just slept in the gap in the same place!

any ideas?