 Picking up Puppy tomorrow...
#271730 - 04/05/2010 07:34 AM |
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I have been on this site for quite some time now (about three years I think) and I am finally getting my puppy after an extensive search and research effort.
I was wondering how I shouls act towards the puppy tomorrow when I pck her up? She is approx 14 weeks old. We also have to drive about 7-8 hours back home with her.
Is there anything special I should do, or act to begin my "Pack Structuring" immediately? I ahve watched the "Pack Structure" vide a bunch of times (and again tonight and during the drive tomorrow), but I want to be sure I start out right.
thanks for the help.
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Re: Picking up Puppy tomorrow...
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#271738 - 04/05/2010 09:19 AM |
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How to act towards the puppy? Simple I treat pups like they are the neatest thing since ice cream!
New dogs I will also hand feed quite a bit and pups I do happy ob for at least one meal of the day. I will lure them into position with the kibble.
For me the whole goal of puppy hood is to have a dog that is confident, happy, and well imprinted in all situations.
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#271739 - 04/05/2010 09:20 AM |
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Almost forgot, CONGRATS ON THE NEW PUP!!!
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#271741 - 04/05/2010 10:31 AM |
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How to act towards the puppy? Simple I treat pups like they are the neatest thing since ice cream!
For me the whole goal of puppy hood is to have a dog that is confident, happy, and well imprinted in all situations.
What great advice (from someone who would know)! 
Remember, you want to be THE most interesting, fun, engaging thing in your puppy's world, so lots of upbeat attention, and I love the suggestion of spreading out one meal a day into simple OB rewards...
If that's her in your sig pic, Adam, she's GORGEOUS!! Is she a Corso?
~Natalya
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#271742 - 04/05/2010 10:38 AM |
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I agree with the previous posts. When I went to pick up my pup I made sure I had a pocketful of treats (I asked that she not be fed before I picked her up) and a toy (A piece of leather).
We got to meet the parents and watch them work (GSD's) then they brought the pup out and showed us her beautiful drive, then I got to take her, do some simple luring and play with the new toy. Before we even left there she was following me around.
It was a 14 hour drive home, so we stopped every 2 hours and we played and did some marker training with treats. Six hours into the drive back, my friend got out and tried to call her away from me and she would not leave me.
Congratulations on your new pup, keep everything fun and interesting. She is absolutely beautiful!
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#271745 - 04/05/2010 10:56 AM |
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I missed the long drive home. Absolutely stop every hour or so. With pups especially try and stop at out of the way places that do not have a lot of dog traffic. Rest stop dog walk areas are the things I have nightmares about. LOL
Bring plenty of clean up stuff in case of accidents. A lot of pups do not travel well at first and even with the ones that do I find about 100 miles their limit as far as vomiting.
And I've found that if that is the case the car stopping often initiates it. I'm kind of jumping out of the car as it's rolling to a stop with a pup in hand. LOL
If it happens, don't sweat it, I've yet to see a dog that doesn't grow out of it.
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#271747 - 04/05/2010 11:05 AM |
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Last post, I promise.
A lot of people take socialization to mean people. And while being exposed to treat dispensers that are people too is important to a pup a lot of people forget or minimize the rest.
For me I want a pup walking over grates, preferably with running water under it. I want them to go through tunnels, up and down stairs, climb up a picnic table.
I want to walk by loud noises. New construction with all those power tool noises, dumpsters being emptied, things like that.
I want then to pick up anything I throw, bottles, keys, toys. I want them to look for it in tall grass.
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#271752 - 04/05/2010 11:39 AM |
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Yes, she is a Cane Corso.
Good idea about the not feeding her. I would have never thought of that.
Stopping every hour or so is good.
I have a driver to drive me all the way back so I can also use the fact that I am there with her as other things change around her? Would it be good to keep her in my lap on occasion, or to put her in the crate the whole time?
I am worried about the vehicle at this point. I want to make it an enjoyable experience becasue I take my dogs everywhere and I don't want to ahve any "issues" in the future from one mistake made upon first day.
Thanks for the info. Keep it coming if ya got it.
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#271758 - 04/05/2010 12:07 PM |
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Adam, relax. I really can think of nothing that you can do that would imprint so negatively on her first vehicle experience! She's still a pup so lift her in and out of the vehicle, I don't let my dogs jump in or out for quite some time.
Pups act differently, I've had some settle right down for their first ride and I have had others make their displeasure known vocally.
(Never take a litter of pups for their first vet visit in their first vehicle ride if you have a headache)
I would just kind of play it by ear, use common sense and have fun!
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#271761 - 04/05/2010 12:22 PM |
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I kept my pup (8 weeks) in the crate the whole time we were driving. For me it is a safety thing, if I were to get in an accident the best chance my pup has of not getting hurt is to be in the crate.
Here is the kicker, you can NOT open the crate if she is screaming, whining, flailing...whatever, you have got to let her get it out. If you let her out when she is throwing a fit, she will learn really fast that her best chance of getting out of the crate is to throw a fit. I brought a sheet to cover the crate and that really toned the initial fits down.
I did take the crate out at the breeders and did marker training having the dog chase treats into the crate, played in, on and around the crate.
We drove back 14 hours with short, frequent stops and for me it REALLY helped to keep the pup crated. By the time we got home, she knew crate time was quiet time, and now she will go in the crate in the vehicle and she knows that we are going somewhere. I think having the long drive actually helped her vehicle experience!
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