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11wks
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And up to 13wks
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Meeting BBP
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I know all puppies are cute and that I’m massively biased but I do think he is one of the cutest puppies I’ve met. And so utterly charming, he is meeting loads of new people and loves all of them, makes everyone feel like they are his best friend (he was charming pretty much everyone who saw him as I carried him round the garden centre yesterday).
 
He's so beautiful! Is he quite a quiet one? I could never get pictures of mine when she was so young as she wouldn't stay still unless she was asleep.
 
Now look here bbp, you really have to stop posting pictures of this puppy.... I couldn't help myself looking this time.

'can't have a bc, can't have a bc'
 
Haha that’s what I kept telling myself and yet I seem to now have a BC! I’ll post again when he reaches the lanky awkward rebellious teenage phase, maybe he won’t be so cute then?

Yes he is pretty quiet for a BC, vs the ones I’ve known anyway. If he isn’t sure what to do he will just sit and have a think, so I can occasionally get pictures. (Right now he is hurtling around with a plant pot on his head)
 
He has decided orchid pots are pretty amazing, you can stick your whole head in, grab the nobbly bit at the bottom and can still see whilst you charge around...plus it makes you look like an astronaut or deep sea diver!
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BBP said:
Haha that’s what I kept telling myself and yet I seem to now have a BC! I’ll post again when he reaches the lanky awkward rebellious teenage phase, maybe he won’t be so cute then?

Yes he is pretty quiet for a BC, vs the ones I’ve known anyway. If he isn’t sure what to do he will just sit and have a think, so I can occasionally get pictures. (Right now he is hurtling around with a plant pot on his head)
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OK, no more until he's really naughty... Promise? :p
 
I will try my best!

Poor chap had a bad experience today, my other half took him into work with him for the first time and said that pup was on lead as he was unlocking office door when out of nowhere another older puppy belonging to a colleague came racing over. My puppy panicked as he felt trapped and started to snap and then they started fighting as my partner tried to seperate them. Colleague didn’t do anything to stop his dog. Hoping it hasn’t scared him too much and won’t affect his attitude to other dogs badly, he has only met a couple of dogs so far as jabs are only just complete.
 
Oh no, how frustrating!

I'm sure he'll be fine. My teeny tiny dog's best friend when she was a puppy was a great dane :eek3: he was forever squishing her. Youngsters are pretty resilient
 
Poor little chap. Maybe get him to meet other pup again, but in a less stressful way? Do they have an exercise area they could just sort of 'bumble' into each other.
If it makes you feel better Tawny totally lost her temper with the pup this morning and gave her a bit of a hiding. They are now playing.
 
I don’t mind so much an older dog disciplining a young pup if he is being OTT, but a fight with the first puppy he’s met because it scared him isn’t ideal.

Ive suggested trying again with either both on leads or both loose and rewards when they are calm. I don’t know what the owner of this other dog is like. Apparently my OH shut my pup in his office once he had separated them and this other pup kept leaping at the doors and windows to get to mine with his owner doing nothing to rein him in. It’s in their interests to get the dogs used to each other, and a puppy pal would be a good thing, so I’m hoping the humans do the right thing.

Puppy did also meet an older dog, another collie, who is beautifully trained, doesn’t get over excited or bark or bite, and tolerated mine quietly. Apparently mine was following him around like a shadow, so hopefully that is one positive influence in his life whilst ‘at work’.
 
Mmm... other puppy sounds like a nightmare, and owner an idiot! I'm sure this is Grandmother and eggs but the other pup's opwner needs to leanrn to both correct and instill calmness in his pup. At the moment I would just keep them well apart, such a nuisance.
What breed is other pup?
 
It’s a boxer I think, not sure how old but older than mine. I’ll have to get OH to have serious words (not grumpy words but a serious chat) with the other owner to either keep his dog contained/on lead or do a proper introduction as it could be a disaster otherwise. I’m not sure if this other puppy is allowed to run loose round the building normally, or if it was an escape mission, but I’m a bit concerned (trying to give advice without being the controlling girlfriend about it).
 
BBP said:
It’s a boxer I think, not sure how old but older than mine. I’ll have to get OH to have serious words (not grumpy words but a serious chat) with the other owner to either keep his dog contained/on lead or do a proper introduction as it could be a disaster otherwise. I’m not sure if this other puppy is allowed to run loose round the building normally, or if it was an escape mission, but I’m a bit concerned (trying to give advice without being the controlling girlfriend about it).
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LOL! The happy tightrope. Boxers (in my experience) are not aggressive but are rough, pig headed, over excitable and untrainable.
 
Sorry to hear your pup had an unpleasant encounter with this other unruly pup. The owner sounds like he needs a slap! Totally unfair to allow this to happen and also he is only setting his own dog up to fail in the long run too. I would try to engineer a few meetings with sensible pups of a similar age, or older dogs and stay away from the boxer for the time being. As Clodagh has said, it is also my experience that the breed tends to be over exhuberant, excitable and rough in play. Are you going to be attending any training classes?
 
Yes he will be starting classes this weekend. I will note that about boxers playing rough and suggest he might not be the best playmate. It’s frustrating, I’m a control freak and want to go have a word with the boxer owner, make sure it does t happen again but it’s not my workplace and OH is in charge now. At least OH will be more aware of the potential for it to occur now. We will keep him hanging out with the collie as he is a wonderful dog.
 
Little update. He has re-met the boxer and they have been causing merry havoc together, much more social even though boxer is exactly as described as above, rough and drooley and rowdy. Pup is now so shattered he has gone to sleep in a cupboard!

Puppy training class starts Sunday. Sounds like a good one, all training takes place outside in an enclosed paddock rather than a village hall, and she had sent me loads of reading and watching material already, which from a brief initial glance seems to be good stuff.
 
Just a heads up - if the Boxer is older, make sure he doesn't get the opportunity to run your boy off his feet. I would only let them have a lmimited time together, then seperate and calm/rest/sleep. Pen is just over a year and Smut 4 months, we can only let them play for about 10-15 minutes or Pen gets too rough and then Smut yelps or loses her temper.
 
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