Pup Hates Her Kennel

[The one 8,524]

Good reply as i was thinking putting a bone in with her at night a radio or even a clock so she can here the ticking

[yellowdog 12]

Good reply as i was thinking putting a bone in with her at night a radio or even a clock so she can here the ticking

I shouldn't give a 9 week old puppy a bone personally, it will have no proper equipment to deal with it yet and anything it can get in its mouth unattended carries some fair degree of risk. I am sure you missed the fact of age and the fact that it will only recently been parted from it mum

[yellowdog 12]

 

Firstly its very young (9wks) how long has it been away from mum a week? Even with a kennel dog I should be giving it plenty time during daylight hours playing with the kids to help it socialise, carrying it about in the gamebag in the village round my chest for the same reasons. However every time it went to the kennel it would be for a good experience, as it should be being fed lots of small meals at this age the answer is right before you as to what that might be. That said I should also be bringing it indoors for periods to start house training (having kept kennel only dogs I assure you its a nightmare if you ever have to take them indoors if they are not ever house trained)

No dog likes leaving its owner to be left alone in a kennel, dogs are a social animal. However leave they must, so turn it into a treat not a bad thing. I am about to go out to my own but the routine will be out for exercise etc. then back to the kennel but just you try and get in the way of a dog belting towards its kennel when I say the word because that means breakfast. I can 100% guarantee problems if I fed first, so even during other periods the dog will get something all be it small. As they grow in years I often put their food in the kennel in front of them and call to heel, partly so resource guarding doesn't become an issue, partly so they know I control everything. I must say I get a few pleading looks to go back to the kennel and their business gets done double quick times if its a first in the morning thing.

young pups are not naturally left as singles in the den, they have the company of other pups etc. so try a few things like a radio tuned into a talk channel like radio 4 though not heavy rock, the noise helps many and as mentioned anything with you smell on it (years ago I had an old and very loyal lurcher bitch and even when in her final years she might pinch a smelly sock of mine and carry it gently to her bed to spend quality time with her) So it does work for some

Thanks very much for the reply.

She is getting a lot of 'socialising' through the day.

She would sit in the middle of my garage door all day if we didn't have to leave the house at all, mention 'bed', whoooosh!

 

Obviously a bright dog, try not saying it then? Not sure on your set up here with your mention of the garage door etc. This can have a big bearing on things, if you shut a dog in a garage attached to your house while people wander about and chatted etc. through the wall then I should expect trouble. An outside kennel were it can smell the smells and here and see the birds, insects and the world go by etc while having a cosy den under cover out of drafts were it might retire............

[Philluk 181]

I wouldn't take a 9 week pup out your exposing him to all sorts of nasties, yes some people will come forward and say I did but there are many issues apart from what's the point what will it achieve? I would spend the time in your garden bonding and playing then as soon as both jabs done then take him out.

[04fox8 168]

 

 

Firstly its very young (9wks) how long has it been away from mum a week? Even with a kennel dog I should be giving it plenty time during daylight hours playing with the kids to help it socialise, carrying it about in the gamebag in the village round my chest for the same reasons. However every time it went to the kennel it would be for a good experience, as it should be being fed lots of small meals at this age the answer is right before you as to what that might be. That said I should also be bringing it indoors for periods to start house training (having kept kennel only dogs I assure you its a nightmare if you ever have to take them indoors if they are not ever house trained)

No dog likes leaving its owner to be left alone in a kennel, dogs are a social animal. However leave they must, so turn it into a treat not a bad thing. I am about to go out to my own but the routine will be out for exercise etc. then back to the kennel but just you try and get in the way of a dog belting towards its kennel when I say the word because that means breakfast. I can 100% guarantee problems if I fed first, so even during other periods the dog will get something all be it small. As they grow in years I often put their food in the kennel in front of them and call to heel, partly so resource guarding doesn't become an issue, partly so they know I control everything. I must say I get a few pleading looks to go back to the kennel and their business gets done double quick times if its a first in the morning thing.

young pups are not naturally left as singles in the den, they have the company of other pups etc. so try a few things like a radio tuned into a talk channel like radio 4 though not heavy rock, the noise helps many and as mentioned anything with you smell on it (years ago I had an old and very loyal lurcher bitch and even when in her final years she might pinch a smelly sock of mine and carry it gently to her bed to spend quality time with her) So it does work for some

Thanks very much for the reply.

She is getting a lot of 'socialising' through the day.

She would sit in the middle of my garage door all day if we didn't have to leave the house at all, mention 'bed', whoooosh!

 

Obviously a bright dog, try not saying it then? Not sure on your set up here with your mention of the garage door etc. This can have a big bearing on things, if you shut a dog in a garage attached to your house while people wander about and chatted etc. through the wall then I should expect trouble. An outside kennel were it can smell the smells and here and see the birds, insects and the world go by etc while having a cosy den under cover out of drafts were it might retire............

 

We have a relatively large garden area, the garage is where I spend most of my waking Hrs.

The kennel is about 30 Yards away, with the open side of the run looking out to the action.

If I don't mention 'Bed', and just walk in that direction, she'll either head back to the garage door, and sit in there, or just park up where she is!

 

I know she's just little.

I'll get there I'm sure.

[yellowdog 12]

Believe in what you are doing go to the kennel at feeding times and feed it in their with the command "kennel" the dog if it is clever as you say should belt in there (at first do this without shutting the door and trapping it till it gains confidence ie let it come out again). After a few weeks or months the dog should run to its kennel when you say in an exited way "kennel" believe in it and it will happen only you will be able to shut the door and cut the feeds down to treats in its bowl as it moves towards less and larger feeds

[yellowdog 12]

I wouldn't take a 9 week pup out your exposing him to all sorts of nasties, yes some people will come forward and say I did but there are many issues apart from what's the point what will it achieve? I would spend the time in your garden bonding and playing then as soon as both jabs done then take him out.

 

You have a point but a dog has a golden window of socialisation from 8-13wks (after this period it becomes far less moldable). The dog stays in the gamebag and its not in contact with other dogs, the floor or lampposts. I accept the risk because it works a treat. Socialisation replaces what a dog is programed genetically to do in its early life off the bitch within a pack. At the end of the day a puppy could pick up nasties off your shoes that have walked the streets, so a few old dears and kids giving it a tickle in the game bag is no biggie in my opinion

[04fox8 168]

Believe in what you are doing go to the kennel at feeding times and feed it in their with the command "kennel" the dog if it is clever as you say should belt in there (at first do this without shutting the door and trapping it till it gains confidence ie let it come out again). After a few weeks or months the dog should run to its kennel when you say in an exited way "kennel" believe in it and it will happen only you will be able to shut the door and cut the feeds down to treats in its bowl as it moves towards less and larger feeds

Not sure if you would say 'clever', but she is certainly 'fly'!

 

Treats - Daughter had me looking at an array of s**te in Tescos the other day, and My mother appeared with some 'sweetie' things today that are "OK for puppies"..............

 

I was of the thinking that I should avoid these kinds of things..If no, what one/s would you reccomend are ok to give her, how much, and how often?

What about the likes of pigs ears? Yes / No, 1 a day / week?

 

Cheers.

[3175darren 1,102]

It's not the treats it's when they give them, give them at the wrong time and you reward bad behaviour, or bad state of mind, that truly is the wrong thing to do, I am also a believer that only one person should give them treats and that's the handler, the person who works/handles the dog,not every Ton dick or Harry, and I am sorry to say this but in the case of a working dog that shouldn't be anyone but you,

[yellowdog 12]

You need some hand on mentoring here, so I am leaving the subject after this post. I was I admit being a little sarcastic about the clever bit, I thought you might twig onto the point I am about to make. The trick to training all dogs is to out-think them, it really isn't hard to outthink a 9 week old puppy that is basically has yet to develop true independent thought. Don't buy the junk and remember chews are not for 9week olds. It should be on regular feeds - just use them! chopped boiled egg, puppy food etc

Kennel will them mean a nice feed and a good kip in a cosy warm bed with the archers and gardeners question time

[Philluk 181]

I wouldn't feed anything else but good quality puppy food, the stomach can only take so much food and if you fill it with crap like pigs ears which is high salt, the pup won't be eating the proper things it needs to develop. This is an important time and a strange time, it's important to you to make sure he is happy not scared shut away puppy. And strange because one min he was in a nice warm safe pack and the next min I'm taken away and left alone, what have I done to deserve this.

 

It's not rocket science there is no complicated out thinking just time, loads of it on a one to one basis.

 

Read back through some old posts on here there is a wealth of information

[paulus 26]

something as simple as a cuddly toy could prove useful

[Philluk 181]

something as simple as a cuddly toy could prove useful

 

Agreed but the wrong one could prove bad development, toys without stuffin no squeaks, burst them if they have one, no balls and nothing hard.