How to cope with Jack Russell puppy

 Update on Rosie at age 18wks. Rosie has been a bit of guess work on occasions.  Her toilet training outdoors. Rosie has her own area of the garden to go out to do her business.  This area is made up from using artificial grass and training pad. With a opaque box which she can go into on bad weather days. She can see me and I can observe her. It does not have a door it does have a small sheltered roof. This keeps her dry on really wet days. Rosie does not like bad weather  as does not lots of dogs, especially puppies. About a week ago she began refusing to go outside at all. She had mastered her business to be done outdoors. Then I observed her on many occasions, she was advoiding her sheltered box. Why? Yep..she had outgrown it. When she arched her back to pooh, her head touched the top. This she did not like, quickly a bigger box was put in place. Problem solved, for a short period of time. She had began to fill out too, therefore the area had become to small. This...

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Life with Rosie now she is 4mths. Rosie comes on leaps and bounds, literally.  She leaps from chair too sofa too zoom and bounce around the house. She gets a long walk every afternoon too our local beach. I do not encourage her to stop and dig. I keep her walking non stop for 3hours. She wears a muzzle to stop her eating stones and anything else she can see. This maybe an avoidance strategy, I can't afford to put her health at risk, if it means she must wear one each time she goes outside for a walk, then so be it. I tried numerous ways to stop this habit with no success.  Once she is walking she forgets she has it on and really enjoys her day out. I play with her, her favourite game, football. She plays goalie, she darts back and forth like one. She still use's her mouth to grab the ball, I am teaching her to nose it towards me. This she is doing slowly. She is kept busy with a daily routine of exercising, walks and meals. She is often outside doing her business than indoors ...

How Rosie's days and nights are going at 15wks. Morning...begins with hugs, which I feel may stop sometime soon. I noticed when she gets her hugs especially in mornings she is trying to suckle on my clothes. This tells me she still seeks comfort from her mother.  This is cruel to be kind stage coming up. Having to stop morning cuddles until she no longer seeks comfort of her mother.  Once her suckling begins to leave her , Rosie shall then no longer need nor seek her mother.  I have to do this for Rosie. After her hug she gets offered her breakfast if she is offered before a hug she doesn't show any interest in eating.  This is another reason her hugs shall stop in morning for a short while. I recognized she was doing this on a daily basis , therefore it brought it to my attention.  Those who allow their puppy in bed with you, please think what effects it has on your pet. Once I have made sure Rosie knows she shall not find her mother on me then I try again to o...

The first day I met my new puppy Rosie.  My first thoughts on looking at her, once I had decided it was Rosie I was taking home, I heard myself telling myself,  I  hope I never let her down. For I felt I was still missing my beautiful cocker spaniel Carrie.  I knew pets can sense our emotions..whenever I got her into my arms and we were alone. I whispered to Rosie how sad I was feeling and it was not her fault.  I told her about my loss of Carrie and how beautiful she was. I shared with her my sadness for my loss telling her, I am sure you shall make me feel better.  I told Rosie, I too would love her as much as I  did my beautiful cocker spaniel.  When I walked into my home with Rosie in my arms. I took her straight to my photographs of Carrie and held it up in front of her so she could see her..I pressed it against her little nose , instantly though she knew what to do, she licked the photograph, giving Carrie kisses.. Each day since I  tal...

Rosie, as puppy parents, we need to look into day care in more depth. Here is a link  https://www.curatedcanineconsulting.com/post/32-questions-to-help-you-choose-a-doggy-daycare Of what to ask when you go to visit day care. With lots of visits already  underway  , we as parents feel Rosie is not ready to be placed at day care. One to one supervision is what our puppy needs, as does most. This is when having no family or friends effects how important a supportive family or friend would be. In our case it is not a choice we have. I can wait until Rosie is car trained to stay safely inside her bed. Or hire a private one to one puppy sitter. I have not found any of those around.  This makes me aware of how much skill I  have in parenting a puppy. Each day I work with her on another training goal. Always covering the ones she already knows. She has so much to learn, things in which we take for granted when our older dogs already learnt. Example would be, how ma...