Puppy problems

ITgirl73

We have 12 week old puppy for one week now. She is very clingy and teething mad chewing everything. She is also picking up stones,leaves everything she can find in garden. My mum lives with me & this was her first day with puppy & has told me she can't cope & I can't bear to part with puppy now. Today was a bad day as I couldn't get home from work but will able to get home rest of week. I have bought a pile of chew toys but still avails of dangerous items. She can't go out walking until another 2 weeks. I bought a toy to distract her out in the garden but she will drop it for a foreign object. This is out 3rd dog but never had this problem before. What can I do to resolve this as I adore her & don't want to give her up.

alroley

This sounds like normal puppy behaviour? At least this is how mine acted. Are you playing with her? Little games of fetch would tire her out. My dog loved playing with the cardboard from toilet paper even more than playing with his toys!

BrookieD

that sounds like my fella last september - they learn to not take the stones and slugs. Toys and playing wore out my CKCS but its work and persistance, is going to take a while

Bushmanpm

We found some tuff toys were less destructable than others but one of the very best, especially when you're not there, was a Kong. Its a super tough rubber bell shape and even better is the hollow centre. Stuff this hollow with a sandwich/crab/meat paste and freeze it overnight. When you give it to the puppy the next day, the paste is frozen but the dog can smell it and will lick it for ages as it slowly thaws and its still a very robust chew tow once the paste has all gone.

BrookieD

might get a Kong - Charlie has a knack for out right killing rope toys etc, love a hard plastic ball though...

Bells21

ITgirl73 wrote:

We have 12 week old puppy for one week now. She is very clingy and teething mad chewing everything. She is also picking up stones,leaves everything she can find in garden. My mum lives with me & this was her first day with puppy & has told me she can't cope & I can't bear to part with puppy now. Today was a bad day as I couldn't get home from work but will able to get home rest of week. I have bought a pile of chew toys but still avails of dangerous items. She can't go out walking until another 2 weeks. I bought a toy to distract her out in the garden but she will drop it for a foreign object. This is out 3rd dog but never had this problem before. What can I do to resolve this as I adore her & don't want to give her up.

Puppies need to be shown what appropriate to play with and what's not. Distracting them from objects they shouldn't be playing with or chewing on can be done by presenting them with a more interesting/rewarding object. Giving a rope etc is a good idea but you will need to make it more interesting/valuable by playing with it with the pup. You could also start training a leave it/drop it command now, turn it into a game with lots of rewards when the pup does leave it/drop it. Puppies can also become over excited when playing a may mouth at your hands so teaching that this isn't a desired behaviour is also a good idea at this age. For example if playing with a rope and the puppy starts to mouth at your hand drop the rope and turn away. Start playing again after a short while a repeat if they mouth again. Toys like kongs etc which can be stuffed with food may be an idea to keep them occupied (if they are food motivated) and give them an appropriate object to chew on but would recommend giving these under supervision.