Puppy day

[Guest]

Bringing home our new family member this afternoon .
Any tips for helping him settle gratefully received !
We have a crate so will be crate training .
Pic to follow later ..

[mushumadness]

Our first new puppy came home nearly a month ago
And the second two weeks ago
Set straight rules like if they arnt gonna be allowed on the sofa don’t let them from day one
Take them outside to go look every half hour so they learn that’s where they go
Get a vet plan and insurance

[Guest]

Originally Posted by mushumadness

Our first new puppy came home nearly a month ago
And the second two weeks ago
Set straight rules like if they arnt gonna be allowed on the sofa don’t let them from day one
Take them outside to go look every half hour so they learn that’s where they go
Get a vet plan and insurance

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Great thank you .
Already have insurance set up and will be getting him the same vaccination package we have for our cats .
Any tips on nighttime ?

[Nicksgirl]

Originally Posted by FizzyWhip

Great thank you .
Already have insurance set up and will be getting him the same vaccination package we have for our cats .
Any tips on nighttime ?

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tips on nightime, for me it would be hold them close, they have come to a strange and lonely world... love is what they need. xxx

[scottishmum]

Diiferent routines work for different families.
We brought Riley home at 9 weeks,
For toilet training we took him out to same spot in garden to wee / poo .
When he was seeing I would say “be quick “ that was his cue , when he had done it would praise loads with a treat.
He still at 7.5 yes old weeks/ poos in the same place in garden.
Take the puppy out there after naps, after plays , after dinner, after , after and after lol, get used to doing their business outside .
I would take him out every half an hour, that resulted in a fast toilet trained dog that only had one poo accident in the house and that was week 1.

We used a crate but we did get up in the night to take him out , didn’t want him.To get used to seeing or pooing in crate.
We would put him in crate about 10pm after last wee .
We would get up about 2am take him out .
Resulted in dog that never wee or pooped in house .
By 6 months he was sleeping upstairs out the crate with us lol.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by scottishmum

Diiferent routines work for different families.
We brought Riley home at 9 weeks,
For toilet training we took him out to same spot in garden to see / poo.
When he was seeing I would say “be quick “ that was his cue , when he had done it would praise loads with a treat.
He still at 7.5 yes old weeks/ poos in the same place in garden.
Take the puppy out there after naps, after plays , after dinner, after , after and after lol, get used to doing their business outside .
I would take him out every half an hour, that resulted in a fast toilet trained dog that only had one poo accident in the house and that was week 1.

We used a crate but we did get up in the night to take him out , didn’t want him.To get used to seeing or pooing in crate.
We would put him in crate about 10pm after last wee .
We would get up about 2am take him out .
Resulted in dog that never wee or pooped in house .
By 6 months he was sleeping upstairs out the crate with us lol.

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Very helpful, thank you!
Can’t do pets in the bedroom as I’m a stupidly light sleeper ☹️

[Flower2603]

Originally Posted by scottishmum

Diiferent routines work for different families.
We brought Riley home at 9 weeks,
For toilet training we took him out to same spot in garden to wee / poo .
When he was seeing I would say “be quick “ that was his cue , when he had done it would praise loads with a treat.
He still at 7.5 yes old weeks/ poos in the same place in garden.
Take the puppy out there after naps, after plays , after dinner, after , after and after lol, get used to doing their business outside .
I would take him out every half an hour, that resulted in a fast toilet trained dog that only had one poo accident in the house and that was week 1.

We used a crate but we did get up in the night to take him out , didn’t want him.To get used to seeing or pooing in crate.
We would put him in crate about 10pm after last wee .
We would get up about 2am take him out .
Resulted in dog that never wee or pooped in house .
By 6 months he was sleeping upstairs out the crate with us lol.

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This sounds exactly like us!

We crate trained Amber from her arrival at 7 1/2 weeks. We put a small play pen around the crate so she could come out and drink have a small toy there. It had puppy pads down in the playpen area.

During the day we took her to the garden every hour and would say 'pee pee', loads of praise when she went. When she was out of the playpen/crate we'd watch her all the time and take her out if she began sniffing.

She housetrained so easily, using this method and now that she is 7 months, she sleeps in our room.


On her first night, we put a small scent blanket from her mum in with a cuddly toy we bought that had a hearbeat in. She cried a bit for the first night but we ignored her. Sounds harsh but by night 2, she did not cry at all. By night 3 or 4 I removed the scent blanket. She still has her cuddly toy but not with the heartbeat.

Good luck and enjoy!

[Gryff]

All of ours and there’s been a few taken out to the same spot in the garden still use it
Crate trained and still sleep in the crates or in the crate when we are out
The no go area in our house is the dinning room and kitchen areas even on our open plan granny annex they don’t come into that area
We did also take out during the night for the first week
Rarely had any accidents after the first week with them all even the frenchies

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Gryff

All of ours and there’s been a few taken out to the same spot in the garden still use it
Crate trained and still sleep in the crates or in the crate when we are out
The no go area in our house is the dinning room and kitchen areas even on our open plan granny annex they don’t come into that area
We did also take out during the night for the first week
Rarely had any accidents after the first week with them all even the frenchies

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Great ,thank you .
He’s a Frenchie and I’ve heard they can be a bit hard to toilet train so I expect a lot of up and down the stairs to take him out for a wee (town house) 😆

[4fromsuffolk]

I would tell you to be careful on the stairs! We added a puppy at the end of June to our older 2 dogs. I was rushing downstairs in the morning to feed them and let them out and slipped and broke my fibula. I’m 3 weeks in of 6 weeks in a plaster cast not being allowed to weight bear. Toilet training has not easy!

I would also say enjoy your puppy as they grow so quickly! You are going to have great fun with your new addition. We would never be without dogs.