My puppy dog is scared of other dogs

Spoodle — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:07:35 +0000

A scared, shy or nervous dog is not a happy dog, especially if it’s a puppy. Without good corrective training and socialisation your puppy may grow into an adult which is quite fearful. This type of dog can be quite unpredictable and cause its owners a lot of stress.

The usual background to a scared / nervous dog is a series of events which put it into this state. For instance a common incident would be taking your dog for a walk and it sees another dog and either barks at it or stops and turns into a lead weight which you can’t move, often curling into a ball with its tail between its legs.

Common signs of a scared / nervous dog is barking, erratic behaviour, extreme wagging of the tail while moving around another dog, tail between the legs, growling, turning into a lead weight and not moving. Extreme cases your dog may even turn into a catatonic state, where its muscles get so ridged that it is virtually impossible to move it.

Toilet Training your Puppy

Spoodle — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:59:34 +0000

Puppies have small bladders and bowels and therefore they will go to the toilet more often. Naturally puppies don’t want to toilet near where they sleep and often they will toilet in the same spot. When you first bring your puppy home you will want to place some newspaper or towel on the ground and watch where they toilet as this will help to work out where to put your newspaper. Ideally you want to take your puppy outside to toilet however this is almost impossible to do all the time and expect accidents to happen.

Your puppy will be fairly good at telling you when it needs to go and you need to be aware what those signs are.
- The may walk around sniffing
- They could whin
- Walk around in circles
- They become restless
- First thing in the morning and just before bed time
- After it drinks water
- After Dinner or any feeding times

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My puppy dog is scared of other dogs

Toilet Training your Puppy