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I has a new puppy! If me and my girlfriend break up it'll be her dog, but we're calling it "our dog". And I'm having her this week
She's so frickin cute. She shits and pees in the house though, and she bites all the time. I am reading up on how to teach her to be nice, but I'm wondering when I should start training her. She's still just a puppy. Potty training I've already started. I'm just paying attention and bringing her out whenever she starts sniffing around, or whenever I suspect she might want to pee soon. Like after having slept for a few hours, 30-60 minutes after drinking lots, etc. Anyone else with a dog got any insight on when it's appropriate to get them to stop chewing on shit? I guess it's because her gums itch from the teeth growing. I so didn't prepare before agreeing to take care of this puppy.
I has a new puppy! If me and my girlfriend break up it'll be her dog, but we're calling it "our dog". And I'm having her this week She's so frickin cute. She shits and pees in the house though, and she bites all the time. I am reading up on how to teach her to be nice, but I'm wondering when I should start training her. She's still just a puppy. Potty training I've already started. I'm just paying attention and bringing her out whenever she starts sniffing around, or whenever I suspect she might want to pee soon. Like after having slept for a few hours, 30-60 minutes after drinking lots, etc. Anyone else with a dog got any insight on when it's appropriate to get them to stop chewing on shit? I guess it's because her gums itch from the teeth growing. I so didn't prepare before agreeing to take care of this puppy.
She's so frickin cute. She shits and pees in the house though, and she bites all the time. I am reading up on how to teach her to be nice, but I'm wondering when I should start training her. She's still just a puppy. Potty training I've already started. I'm just paying attention and bringing her out whenever she starts sniffing around, or whenever I suspect she might want to pee soon. Like after having slept for a few hours, 30-60 minutes after drinking lots, etc. Anyone else with a dog got any insight on when it's appropriate to get them to stop chewing on shit? I guess it's because her gums itch from the teeth growing. I so didn't prepare before agreeing to take care of this puppy.
Ive trained a few dogs over the years and you need to start training them right from the beginning... there should be none of that 'oh shes just a puppy' stuff (unless its just normal puppy behaviour like chewing stuff) At about 11 weeks is when it gets worse but dies down after.
You need to give her loads of chewing toys and whenever she looks like she might chew your furniture or something encourage her with the toy instead and give her loads of praise when she takes it. Try crate training her too which is really good, especially in the long run. Lots of people think its cruel but its totally natural for them to have a 'den' just dont use it as a punishment.
Also never use negative reinforcement like rubbing her face in pee if she goes in the house. Most puppies will have no idea what they did wrong. You just need to make a big fuss everytime she does something right
The main thing you need to establish is routine, take her our as soon as you wake up, then right after breakfast. Take her to the same spot you want to to use as a bathroom and say a phrase like 'take a dump' or 'go potty' over and over then when she goes give her treat RIGHT AFTER, not when you get back inside. Also take her for a walk/play after too so she gets some reward.
Dont giver her water right before bedtime as she'll probably pee in the house. A rule of thumb is a puppy can hold their bladder for 1 hour for every month. So an 8 week old puppy can hold it for 2 hours. They tend to digest their food alot faster than older dogs.
If you need any specific tips let me know
Nah... I am most probably older than you, and I still go to clubs now and then. Depends on the club. The clubs I go to are mainly 25-30 year olds. A few under, a few older. Most of the people I know when I go out are a couple of years older than me. The bars and clubs I usually frequent are owned by people I know, and the clientèle 25-30 because they are around that age.
Where I drink usually these days (Windsor) they are specific clubs for the teenagers, and specific clubs for the older people. Usually the place with cheap drinks is full of youngsters, and the place where you have to dress a bit better, and pay a lot more for drinks, is where the older people go.
In the City of London (Central London) most people will be 30+. It's a lot more expensive cost of living, so most people are bankers, and most people are a lot older.
Where I drink usually these days (Windsor) they are specific clubs for the teenagers, and specific clubs for the older people. Usually the place with cheap drinks is full of youngsters, and the place where you have to dress a bit better, and pay a lot more for drinks, is where the older people go.
In the City of London (Central London) most people will be 30+. It's a lot more expensive cost of living, so most people are bankers, and most people are a lot older.
haha must be Jeremy.
Well, what Pittsey said is true and I agree. There's places whose crowds are generally a bit older. Also, casinos are a great place to dance without running into young people. I don't know if they have casinos where you're from.
But I mean, do you really go to clubs JUST to dance? If so, go to salsa night once a week or something. Every club has a salsa night, usually a night like a Monday or Wednesday. Take tango lessons or something. If you just want to dance, do you have to dance to rap music and grind? I usually tend to call bullshit on girls who go out to clubs every weekend and claim they do just to dance by themselves. I know if the right guy comes along they'll dance with him and hook up, whatever.
I definitely don't ascribe to the whole idea of what is socially acceptable and what is not. Who gives a fuck what I think about you going to clubs, right? But as long as we keep it real and say why we really go.
Well, what Pittsey said is true and I agree. There's places whose crowds are generally a bit older. Also, casinos are a great place to dance without running into young people. I don't know if they have casinos where you're from.
But I mean, do you really go to clubs JUST to dance? If so, go to salsa night once a week or something. Every club has a salsa night, usually a night like a Monday or Wednesday. Take tango lessons or something. If you just want to dance, do you have to dance to rap music and grind? I usually tend to call bullshit on girls who go out to clubs every weekend and claim they do just to dance by themselves. I know if the right guy comes along they'll dance with him and hook up, whatever.
I definitely don't ascribe to the whole idea of what is socially acceptable and what is not. Who gives a fuck what I think about you going to clubs, right? But as long as we keep it real and say why we really go.
We have a salsa club but they play the music SOOO loud and its so fvcking hot and sweaty in there bc the dance floor is tiny. I don't have a problem with mature clubs except the drinks cost 10x more. I do go JUST to dance. If we go somewhere and there's no one on the dance floor... we leave. I have a group of about 10 friends and we just dance against each other. As lame as that may sound. They are good dancers though.
Im not changing my ways...was just curious.
Im not changing my ways...was just curious.
keed
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