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Andybtsn

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Zico said:
You've made a good choice.

We've got a litter of 9 at the moment that are a few weeks younger and they are great dogs.
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Cheers. Trying to dedicate time each day (between work and kids) in trying to train her the basic commands. I'm having a big of a nightmare with her potty training, seems 1 step forward, 2 back at times! She's pretty good with the pads and going in the garden. Although I will be out in the garden for an hour waiting for her to poo, I'll eventually give up and she will go inside and poo on the pad! I guess at least its on the pad..

She also wailed on a night when she's in the kitchen but that has improved. She's besotted with me, doesn't seem to care about the wife and three kids.

She can't go out until she has her second injection, so a 3 week wait :( - Can you recommend any pup/adult food? She doesn't seem keen on the one we were recommended but that is why I bought a very small bag.
 

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We had some initial problems getting our cockapoo to go in the garden after she spent so long going on the puppy pads. Sometimes it can be very frustrating but we tried to never show those frustrations. In the end it just clicked and she got it that outside was for potty and no longer in doors. We now have a bell on some rope from the back door handle which we taught her to ring when she needed to go, she now let's us know without fail and gets a little treat each time. Not once has she had an accident in the house since the last which was about 5 months old. They are incredibly intelligent breeds we are finding. We just treated her like crazy and gave her so much vocal praise when she did it right and behaved good that it all just clicked into place. I also spent hours in the garden waiting at first, I just took an ipad or some things in the garden to keep me occupied whilst she figured it out, i didn't put pressure on her to do anything, was just ready with treats when she finally did her business.

Regarding food. We gave ours Iams Vitality puppy food, then started to introduce her to Lilly's wet puppy food mixed in with the kibble. Shes now 1 year old, we give her half a bowl of lillys dry and half wet for proteins, things like greens beans, chicken, fish, eggs and small amounts of fruit (banana, blueberries etc)
 
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Andybtsn said:
I'm having a big of a nightmare with her potty training, seems 1 step forward, 2 back at times! She's pretty good with the pads and going in the garden. Although I will be out in the garden for an hour waiting for her to poo, I'll eventually give up and she will go inside and poo on the pad! I guess at least its on the pad..
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We had a nightmare getting Burt toilet trained. It seemed that I could stand outside with him for ages and he wouldn't go, bring him back inside and he'd pee and crap all over the place straight away. It drove us mad! However, one day, it just clicked and he's never done it again since.
 

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Andybtsn said:
Cheers. Trying to dedicate time each day (between work and kids) in trying to train her the basic commands. I'm having a big of a nightmare with her potty training, seems 1 step forward, 2 back at times! She's pretty good with the pads and going in the garden. Although I will be out in the garden for an hour waiting for her to poo, I'll eventually give up and she will go inside and poo on the pad! I guess at least its on the pad..

She also wailed on a night when she's in the kitchen but that has improved. She's besotted with me, doesn't seem to care about the wife and three kids.

She can't go out until she has her second injection, so a 3 week wait :( - Can you recommend any pup/adult food? She doesn't seem keen on the one we were recommended but that is why I bought a very small bag.
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With pup's you really want to take them out to the toilet not long after you have fed them as, at there age, it's already on the way out not that long after. You could try taking out the pads if you've been using them (perhaps keep a used pad in an airtight tub as it's the smell that would entice them when they are outside).

If she's crying at night, have you got something with the smell of her mum/dad on it that you could place with her? Until they are a bit older they will obviously miss being with their siblings or parents and the scent should hopefully calm them down a little.

Other than that, what others have suggested will help but they are intelligent enough that will pick things up eventually.
 

Andybtsn

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We've had our Cockerpoo 2 months tomorrow. She is now 24 weeks old (5 and a half months). She is a lot of hard work but is amazing!
She still has the odd accident on the carpet but for the main part does her business outside throughout the day, and on her pads through the night. She is literally a 4th child though for us though, she needs constantly watching to see what she is up to, what she is thieving from the kids etc etc. I started puppy classes with her on Friday, her annoying habit is barking at everyone and everything, I'm hoping we can stamp that out the more she socialises with other dogs/people.
 
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