Abot a week ago we got our first dog, 7 week old golden cocker spaniel called Max.

He seems fairly happy going in and out of his crate and toilet training going well. But don't want to jinx it !!

Couple of questions

1) He's a bit of pain with biting - we've tried to make sure we always have his toys around to distract him, but he still seems to prefer feet, trousers, hands (and also very painfully a nip on the back). Is this a phase they grow out of ? I'm also a bit worried my two kids (10 and 7) will get afraid of him or try and swat him (when I'm not looking)

my pup still tries to mouth me and my partner when we play but he will get there.

2) Feeding - hes on a pets at home dry mix - we feed him first thing in the morning and then about 4.30 - 5ish, amounts as per the instructions. Should we be giving him a midday feed as well ?

i was told with my pup to go from 3 feeds which i was doing to go to 4 feeds a day for the first few months but now he just decides when he wants to eat on his own.

3) Collar - would you advise putting a collar on him ?


i put a puppy collar on Bobby when we got him so he got used to it i left it on him as he really didn't like it (grabbing the end trying to pull it off)


Any help much appreciated..

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