BBP
Well-Known Member
Hes here and hes perfect!...(so far!).
He arrived on Friday and fitted straight in. Hes a little super star. I thought he might need some quiet days to settle in but hes so beautifully socialised so far that he has already met at least 10 new people, plus been carried into pets at home and met a few there. He has been up to the yard a few times (to do a couple of very short car trips to somewhere nice and dog free) and sat quietly in his crate at the yard as I did my chores this morning. I can leave the room for a few minutes at a time without him crying. Hes going out every 2 hours in the day for toilet breaks which has avoided most accidents (first thing in the morning is the tricky one!). Hes a smarty pants and in 2 days has learned sit and down. He is learning to watch the cats quietly from his pen and gets rewarded for quiet behaviour and ignored for anything else. Im pretty much besotted already! (It will be tough to go back to work and hand over the lead to my other half!)
The only tricky bit is he had his first jabs at 10wks which means he cant really go out and socialise/do puppy classes with other dogs until he is about 15wks which seems very late given they say the critical socialisation window is up to 16wks? Im going to see if any of my friends have fully vaccinated puppy friendly sociable dogs that I could introduce him to before his second set of jabs.
Anyway, a few introductory photos:
He arrived on Friday and fitted straight in. Hes a little super star. I thought he might need some quiet days to settle in but hes so beautifully socialised so far that he has already met at least 10 new people, plus been carried into pets at home and met a few there. He has been up to the yard a few times (to do a couple of very short car trips to somewhere nice and dog free) and sat quietly in his crate at the yard as I did my chores this morning. I can leave the room for a few minutes at a time without him crying. Hes going out every 2 hours in the day for toilet breaks which has avoided most accidents (first thing in the morning is the tricky one!). Hes a smarty pants and in 2 days has learned sit and down. He is learning to watch the cats quietly from his pen and gets rewarded for quiet behaviour and ignored for anything else. Im pretty much besotted already! (It will be tough to go back to work and hand over the lead to my other half!)
The only tricky bit is he had his first jabs at 10wks which means he cant really go out and socialise/do puppy classes with other dogs until he is about 15wks which seems very late given they say the critical socialisation window is up to 16wks? Im going to see if any of my friends have fully vaccinated puppy friendly sociable dogs that I could introduce him to before his second set of jabs.
Anyway, a few introductory photos: