House Breaking
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:11 pm
Hello, We are the proud new parents of an 11 week old chow chow. We named him Deogie, pronounced D O G, we have had him about 36 hours now and love him more than we thought possible. He is already well trained but we are doing some fine tuning and corrections. Right now there are only a few issues we are having.
1) He is playfully biting when he meets new people. I have read the forum on how to fix this and we are going to give it a try.
2) He dosnt eat very much. The pet store had had him only a week before we adopted him. I bought the same food that they had been feeding him and they said they feed him 1 cup twice a day but once we got him home he has only eaten a little over a cup in the 36 hours. He only takes a bite here and there so we are having trouble gaging when he needs to poop. He isnt acting hungry or anything, he seems content. how do i get him to eat more in one sitting?
3) We dont want to deprive him of water so we leave it out for him to drink as much as he wants when he wants to. The problem is that he has to pee ever 15 minutes. Should we only allow water at certain times, or what? Or is this just a puppy thing that we will deal with untill his bladder grows? We take him out and he will go pee but when we dont get him out in time he only pee's on the puppy pads so we are not correcting him because its ok to use the pads. Any tips or tricks for potty training and house breaking would be GREAT!!
On a positive, bragging, note He only pees on his potty pads, and only once at night. He does not potty in his crate when left alond during the day. He already sits on command, and without it expecting a treat...lol. I have started working with him on "Get down" and "lay down" and he understands the difference. Althought he thinks that "get down" means "sit" cuz instead of just getting down he does the extra step to sitting, trust me im not complaining I have aso been working "stay and come" and he is starting to understand them. He is getting alot better walking on the leash and understands that I, mom or dad, is the alpha and goes first so we are doing good with setting ground rules.
From one Chow lover to another, thank you for this group, I will visit often!
Jake, Becki, Chow baby Deogie, and feline brothers Pouncer and Clutz.
1) He is playfully biting when he meets new people. I have read the forum on how to fix this and we are going to give it a try.
2) He dosnt eat very much. The pet store had had him only a week before we adopted him. I bought the same food that they had been feeding him and they said they feed him 1 cup twice a day but once we got him home he has only eaten a little over a cup in the 36 hours. He only takes a bite here and there so we are having trouble gaging when he needs to poop. He isnt acting hungry or anything, he seems content. how do i get him to eat more in one sitting?
3) We dont want to deprive him of water so we leave it out for him to drink as much as he wants when he wants to. The problem is that he has to pee ever 15 minutes. Should we only allow water at certain times, or what? Or is this just a puppy thing that we will deal with untill his bladder grows? We take him out and he will go pee but when we dont get him out in time he only pee's on the puppy pads so we are not correcting him because its ok to use the pads. Any tips or tricks for potty training and house breaking would be GREAT!!
On a positive, bragging, note He only pees on his potty pads, and only once at night. He does not potty in his crate when left alond during the day. He already sits on command, and without it expecting a treat...lol. I have started working with him on "Get down" and "lay down" and he understands the difference. Althought he thinks that "get down" means "sit" cuz instead of just getting down he does the extra step to sitting, trust me im not complaining I have aso been working "stay and come" and he is starting to understand them. He is getting alot better walking on the leash and understands that I, mom or dad, is the alpha and goes first so we are doing good with setting ground rules.
From one Chow lover to another, thank you for this group, I will visit often!
Jake, Becki, Chow baby Deogie, and feline brothers Pouncer and Clutz.