where to start...

[Sunnypup]

Stormy is just about 9 weeks old (I need to find her paperwork to figure out exactly how old she is to the day), and is really smart. I forget what Sunny was like at this age besides smaller then her by half and cute (which he still is ) . I want her to learn but I don't want to overwhelm her. She knows sit and look after just a few minutes of practice. She follows me like a shadow on my heels so come is really easy to work on, and she has begun to house train herself already. Should I work on down and paw and all of that now or give it a few weeks? I think she could learn but then too, I don't want her to forget it all in a few days and be back at square one. I think Sunny is beginning to teach her. Sigh, it was only a year ago I was doing this with him but somehow I don't remember what to do. any ideas?

 

[Gallien Jacks]

just take things at her pace, and make training fun, I use clicker training with my babys and its great, make sure she knows a comand well before giving more to learn, and once she knows sit then dont forget this and just teach a new one keep up with the old command, keep it short and fun and I am sure you will do well together, also what about puppy classes?

 

[Sunnypup]

see, I went through advanced traning with Sunny and I know pretty much everything I want to teach her. I have books on clicker training and it worked well with Sunny so I'm not sure I want to pay for puppy classes if I can socialize her other ways and train her myself. Is there a spacific time when training should or shouldn't start? She's pretty bright and my guess is she could learn about everything if I gave her a month, and would keep it as long as I kept up the training. any thoughts?

 

[Gallien Jacks]

training should start as soon as she comes home, stop worring you sound like you have everything thaught about, puppy classes are good bacause they get a pup used to be handled by strangers, which is something you cant always do on your own

 

[Gempress]

You can train your puppy as much as you want! I think that youngsters can learn just as fast as adults. My husky/rott mix knew how to sit and down at 8 weeks, and could stay by 10 weeks.

With young puppies, just remember that they have very short attention spans, and be sure to keep it all-positive. You want them to love training, and to associate it with all things good.

 

[bubbatd]

I thought you said you were going to get " how to raise a puppy etc ??? ""

 

[Sunnypup]

I thought you said you were going to get " how to raise a puppy etc ??? ""

I don't think I did...though I should. I did pretty okay with Sunnyboy if I do say so myself I am just a nervous mamma I guess. She's such a doll. I was just wondering if there was a set age mostly that training would "Stick". I know once upon a time someone told me it was cruel to train Sunny as young as I did (8 weeks). We did have some issues with him and food but they have long since been worked out and we are being very proactive to make sure this isn't going to be the case with Stormy. So on that note, what sort of treats should I use for her? Sunny likes cheese...is that going to be rough on her tummy?

 

[Gempress]

The treats to use depends on the puppy. My golden was fine with treats while young, but my last pup had a sensitive tummy.

For my sensitive pup, I just gave him plain chicken breast. I just popped some chicken breast in the microwave until done, or boiled it. Then I let it cool and cut it into itty-bitty pieces.