Cathy Goessman Webboard User Reg: 12-03-2007
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My boy learned to settle as a small pup using a small work platform. If he screwed around he'd fall off but it still had plenty of room to relax. It's also high enough to limit access to chewing anything and they tend to not jump off when they're tiny. By the time they get bigger it's pretty throughly patterned that they don't get off without being released. We eventually moved the same command to a dog cot and at that point he was old enough that chewing was just corrected as it happened. You can just start out with a dog cot but the height of the work platform made it a lot easier.
Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007
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Some times a 10 minute time out in their crate if they get totally spun up.
A bully stick us a great way to keep they busy for a while. Takes young pups up to a week to get through one of the big ones. My 3 pups used to love quiet time at night with a bulky stick. They would run from the kitchen to their bed & wait for me to present their bully stick & settle right down & chomp away for an hour or more u til bed time. I'm talking 10-12 an & up old pups. That was learning to settle in the house on their place.
Anne, what did you mean in the sentence "I'm talking 10-12 an & up old pups?" Did you mean weeks or months?
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Weeks,Lori. They are all high drive working dogs with very high food drive & bully sticks are yummy. They also satisfy that chew craving that pups have...especially teething pups.
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Freezing the stuffed Kong lasts even longer. I used to give each of my dogs one on my way out the door to work every morning. Cream cheese works also.as stuffing.
Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007
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I went and got Lundy bully sticks yesterday afternoon - he LOVED it! Thank you Anne, for the suggestion. And Bob, we do put peanut butter in a Kong too!
What I found when I was raising a pup was that the wound up biting meant that he was tired. I'd have him out for a couple hours, he'd be perfect right up until he turned into a maniac at the end, I'd scoop him up and stick him in his crate and he's be out in about 2 min. He'd sleep for 45 min to an hour and when he woke up he be perfect again. Think toddler
He didn't chose to settle on his own until he was about 7 m/o. But if I facilitated it with a crate or chew, he's crash right away.
Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007
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Mara, I'm so glad you brought that up! I was telling my husband yesterday that it seems like it always happens the most when he's tired, and that maybe it was like how a baby gets when it's tired!
He can be somewhat mouthy at other times too though - grabbing hands and clothing. How did you choose to deal with those times when you knew he wasn't tired, but was biting?
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