new pups

[turk88 6]

hi all got these two new pups from goldvale of here, many thanks they cracking dogs, but having problems with them listening to basic commands, althought they are only 9weeks old and i've old owned them a week i thought some sort of progres would start to be coming along,

 

they only listen when they want to, but when trying to get them to recall etc they just run off and fight each other? any pointers i know they only young but want them to start learning before it gets to late.

Edited April 11, 2009 by turk88

[Hannah4181 260]

Lovely pups!

 

I would suggest doing short, fun training sessions with them both seperately, use some good smelly treats, cooked chicken, liver or cheese. It's hard enough getting a 9 week old pup to concentrate on it's own, let alone when it has a playmate to wrestle with!

 

Good luck.

[turk88 6]

should have guess'd that really lol, only problem is 1 is more affectionate then the other, and the 1 that aint as affectionate keeps getting told of for going toilet in the house and chewing everything, i think keep telling him of cos he mis behaving is driving the bond further away.

[Hannah4181 260]

should have guess'd that really lol, only problem is 1 is more affectionate then the other, and the 1 that aint as affectionate keeps getting told of for going toilet in the house and chewing everything, i think keep telling him of cos he mis behaving is driving the bond further away.

 

 

The house training thing is easy to crack with a bit of patience! General rule of thumb is after feeding, drinking, playing, sleeping, roughly every 15 mins, take the pup outside and once he goes to the toilet . . . . . . lots and lots of praise and some treats. If you can do this, it will take no longer than a week to get them house trained.

 

Does the puppy have lots of toys/ things to chew? Best suggestion would be to move everything that is dangerous, small kids toys, chemicals, house plants. Puppies don't think ahead, if you give them enough toys and chews they will use the 1st thing they find on the floor to pick up. I always get a few multi packs of the little rawhide twists and cover the kitchen with them! It is a pain in the arse to start with but it works and means the pups never have a reason to chew anything other than what is intended. Raw butchers bones are also very good for teething.

 

Have you tried limiting the puppies access, if you have 1 room where they eat/sleep and are left, it becomes much easier to "puppy proof" and they pups will soon learn that the toys/chews are there fro their benefit. A puppy cage is also a good idea, if the fiesty 1 is getting too much, put him in the cage with toys/chews to contain him and calm him down.

 

In my opinion, puppies respond much much better to positive reward based training at this age, shouting and telling them off often causes confusion and they rarely relate the correction to the crime.

 

Playing with and training puppies is the best way to get them to bond with you, Take the "naughty" 1 away from his brother and play with him with a stuffed toy/ball whatever just on his own. Then do 5 mins of sit, recall work and lots and lots of cuddles and praise for good behaviour!

 

Best of luck, they are lovely. What are their names?

[spookster1 24]

Thats the problem getting litter mates they are bonded to each other and have more fun with each other so why will they listen to you?

9weeks old is very young and I think you are expecting far too much. They have no control over their toilieting not sure what you expect? Telling him off is not the way to go you need to house train your pups! Your words telling him off is 'driving the bond further away'. I never tell my pups off for toilieting, I take them where they are to go after they sleep, eat and play and praise them. Never had any trouble training a pup that way!

I would go with the advice above you need to interact with your pups seperately!

[miss lurcher bitch 319]

i have 2 litter sisters he and they are both diffrent but train them at diffrent times as they will think im playing thay are 4 1/2 mounths now and one of them still has the odd wee indoors but every time they wake i put them out also after a meal but really at 9wks is a bit early to exspekt a pup to just do wat you want its not long left the mother so if you shout you will drive the pup from bonding with you and thats [bANNED TEXT] the trouble will start be kind not cruel in any way you will get there in end mlb

[nasher1 258]

You have your work cut out with two pups from the same litter, when you train em make sure you keep them totally seperate from each other and better still do it on your own with no other people especially kids present, keep the training sessions short make it a game and always give the pup plenty of praise, I think at nine weeks you are expecting too much, personally I think if you are intending to work the dogs I would let one go and concentrate on one for now, if there just pets stick with it.

[sikastag_1 689]

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Edited August 29, 2019 by grant_c

[carlton chase 37]

wat x the pups and u should get more out if u seperate them

[shaun v 3]

they are still babys

[lofti 579]

your expecting a bit too much too soon mate,

take your time.

ive got 2 out of the same litter they are 8mnth now.

it can be hard work at times!

i would split them up for recall to start with.

all the best with your pups mate.

 

lofti.