On The Way Up

After ‘Day One’, things only got better. Camplight did his first wees outside on Tuesday, and he did a poo outside on Wednesday. On Tuesday, he met his first dog that he was not related to. It went rather well, other than for the fact that he thought this dog was his mother, and followed her around trying to suckle from her. We had a good laugh at this, and her confused barking, which finished with them chasing eachother, and me, around our garden. That evening, on of us slept downstairs with him.

Note: If you are going to sleep in the same room as your dog, do not let them onto the same sleeping space as you. If you do, they will expect to be closer to you, and then separation will become harder for them. This will result in whining and howling. Furthermore, if your dog is upset, do not go to them unless they have stopped whining otherwise they will think that them whining has attracted your attention. They might misconstrue this as them being rewarded for misbehaving. If you go to them when they are quiet, they will eventually link themselves being quiet to being rewarded.

On Wednesday, toilet training went very well. Also, we taught him to lay down, stay, and roll over as a bonus to his sit training on Monday.

Note: To teach your dog to lay down, make them sit, and then draw the treat down towards their feet. If their head follows, drag it out and away. After a few attempts, your puppy will may down. When he does this, use the reward method, I explained in ‘Day 1’. To teach them to roll over, make them lie down, and then draw the treat from their nose towards their ear. To begin with they may need nudging but eventually they will not.

That night we remained downstairs, but he woke up less and seemed more comfortable. However, he preferred the cat bed to the crate. We have got a soft one which we are now training him to use.
By Friday night, he was weeing and pooing outside. On Monday he did not have a lot of attention because none of us were really able to give him any. His toilet training slipped a little.
On Tuesday, he want to the doggy daycare company for the first time which he seemed to really enjoy. He met a lot of other dogs.

Note: Puppy daycare companies are excellent to socialise your dog with others. If you are busy on some days during the week, it is a good way to keep your puppy busy, and happy.