My pup sounds like an ewok or like Chewy from starwars when she whimpers. Is that normal, I have never heard a dog sound like that. It is like she is trying to whimper but at the same time like someone is shaking the snot out of her. BTW how can I get her to keep quite at night when she is in her crate/kennel.
She has also started reliving herself in the kennel which I figured she wouldn't do since she slept there. Does anyone have any good ideas for housebreaking her?
When can I start training her for birds? She is six weeks and a few days.
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My pup does the famous "oorrrwhoooo" that setters are famous for. It's quite funny.
As to pup relieving itself inside the kennel, wake-up every three hours and let her out in the yard. Be consistant. That's the price you pay for having a puppy. Also, feed her less water a night. Remember, don't leave a young pup in the kennel more than three hours. If you need to leave them alone, put the pup in the garage with the door open but with a baby gate or laudry room.
Let the puppy cry at night. After a few days, it will start to settle down. Your puppy should settle down after a half hour or so each night initially. I would just ignore it. The more you come to the pup the more it thinks it can get you to come by whining. Play a radio quietly or a clock that ticks nearby.
And don't worry about introducing them to birds right now. She will tell you when she's ready.
yea my puppy did the same thing. We had to stop ourselves from laughing so she would stop. She normally would give up crying in like 10-15minutes. just remember that you can't really give much attention to them when they do cry unless you know they need to go out. How big is the kennel? Do you know that you are only suppose to give them enough room to turn around and lay back down? If you give her too much room, she will relieve herself in one corner and sleep in the other. My pup relived herself in the crate a more than a few times. We were using the cheap travel crate from target though (BIG MISTAKE). We bought her a metal one and she was fine from there on out. Every hour or so I would take my lab pup out. I would get up at like 2 am and 4am. Slowly but surely, she will learn to go outside. When she does go outside, praise her like its the greatest thing in the world.
Bird work, I would get some dead birds and get her interested in them. I started my pup on doves and she has done ok. Likes to bring it half back and then stop and start to eat it. Oh well she is only 4 months and has a lot of work to do. Good luck!
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Well I took her food/water out of the crate yesterday at lunch and moved it into the kitchen area. I also started taking her out every couple hours. I was wondering if it was ok to cut them off food and water after a certain time at night or no. She didn't mess in the crate at all lastnight and was very ready to go out this morning, I think she is starting to catch that going outside means goodgirl and praise time. When I let her out of the kennel this morning she ran to the door tail going 90-to-nothing. BTW her kennel is os one of the wire indoor type 70.00 at Wal-Mart
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Try putting some plywood through the wire to make the pup's area smaller. Your pup should only need enough room to stand up and turn around freely. If you give too much space they have enough room to relieve theirself and move to the other side of the crate to get away from it. After I tried this technique, my pup advanced very quickly in training. Once you are confident that he/she knows not to go in their crate, you can remove the plywood and let them have all the space.
The crate I got her has a built in divider for it I am going to try it tonight she kept me up all dang night I think she has figured out whimpering and scratching at the door gets me outside wether or not she has to go.
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Yesterday I took out my mallard trainer (fake dead duck with limp neck) and through it out the front door she was right behind it grabbed the neck turned and brought it about 1/4 of the way back stopped and looked at me like well come and get this thing if you want it...
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I dont know how much that you have done in the house, DO NOT CHASE THE DOG!! Turn and walk the oppisiteway, the dog will try and catch up, watch out of te corner of your eye, and spin and drop to your knee the dog has not got time to escape. PET AND PRAISE, see how it does on th edrop, I will tell ya a trick for that to, let the dog hold for as long as it wants, the dog is wanting to show it off!! In house, hallway, shut off all escape routes, 1 way there 1 way back, restrain the pup for little bit, dont sit or nothing , just hold back for a sec. as soon as the dog gets the bumper, woo hoo, big job for the dog, call it here, .........PET AND PRAISE, then after a little bit, maybe one more, same repition always, dogs are creature of habit, you want here to be the best place for the dog to be, so make it inviting. You follow?? thanks Jonesy
Another thing you can do is when the dog is on its way back to you (with the bumper in his mouth of course), you start walking backwards away from the dog while calling the dog to you and he will do like jonesy said catch up with you and just when he gets up to you, you take a step toward the dog and then praise like he just did the best thing in world. Just something i have learned over time and it seems to work for me. Thanks Mike
Pup sounds funny...
