My puppy is now 14 weeks old and i'm just wondering where her training should be at now and in the future weeks? I know every puppy learns at a different pace so just after a general idea.
At the minute she can sit, wait and stay and will come back when called in the garden and house. All of these are a bit hit and miss but mostly good.
She is learning to bring back her toys and drop them for me. I am also teaching her loose lead walking.
I am buying a long line training lead to teach recall in the park. Is she too young to use this or would it be a good time to start?
Her toilet training is going well, she has a few wee's indoors a week but other than those she will go to the back door and sit waiting to be let out. On the occasions she does do it indoors it is usually when i am in the kitchen and she is with me and she doesn't seem to realise she needs to sit by the kitchen door so i will let her through to the living room where she back door is, she will just do a wee on the floor. I have started to pick her up mid wee but is there anything else i can do? Will this just stop as she gets older?
What age are dogs usually let off the lead for the first time? I was speaking to someone with a 6 month old puppy in the park today which was walking off lead and i was quite surprised, this seems quite early, is this normal?
1 thing i think could be a problem is she is always so excited to see people and other dogs. If walking on the lead she will pull to get to people and want attention from every single person. Some people want to make a fuss of her but some obviously don't and i get her to keep walking, following me not going after the person. Is this the right thing to do? If people bike past i get her to sit which she will do and watch them bike past.
At the minute she can sit, wait and stay and will come back when called in the garden and house. All of these are a bit hit and miss but mostly good.
She is learning to bring back her toys and drop them for me. I am also teaching her loose lead walking.
I am buying a long line training lead to teach recall in the park. Is she too young to use this or would it be a good time to start?
Her toilet training is going well, she has a few wee's indoors a week but other than those she will go to the back door and sit waiting to be let out. On the occasions she does do it indoors it is usually when i am in the kitchen and she is with me and she doesn't seem to realise she needs to sit by the kitchen door so i will let her through to the living room where she back door is, she will just do a wee on the floor. I have started to pick her up mid wee but is there anything else i can do? Will this just stop as she gets older?
What age are dogs usually let off the lead for the first time? I was speaking to someone with a 6 month old puppy in the park today which was walking off lead and i was quite surprised, this seems quite early, is this normal?
1 thing i think could be a problem is she is always so excited to see people and other dogs. If walking on the lead she will pull to get to people and want attention from every single person. Some people want to make a fuss of her but some obviously don't and i get her to keep walking, following me not going after the person. Is this the right thing to do? If people bike past i get her to sit which she will do and watch them bike past.