New Toffee Thread

[SteffiS]

That's good that you have found it helpful @snowbunny and @HAH - OH kept saying he could build one cheaper but as he hasn't done it, and he's not here today, I decided to get one anyway.

We've had a lovely day, just been to the vets to get weighed - 9.4kg at 12 weeks, and then to the park to look at the ducks - very scary apparently. Met lots of lovely people as well. Now Toffee is tired out and I'm having a cup of tea before OH gets back and I have to take Ripple out (then I've got an exercise class tonight ).

 

[Charlie]

Maybe you don't need the exercise class!! xx

 

[SteffiS]

Maybe you don't need the exercise class!! xx

But it has a meditation section at the end and I definitely need that .

 

[SteffiS]

We have reached the jumping up on the settee and racing to and fro stage . Then loads of growling when you try and get him off , chairs on the settee now, that will be comfortable .

 

[SteffiS]

We've only had our outdoor pen up 24 hours and it seems to have made a difference already - no digging holes or eating mud. Toffee goes in the pen, wees when asked to , then out of the pen for a play in the garden . in the pen as well.

 

[Lab_adore]

Yay!!

 

[Boogie]

 

[Leanne]

Brilliant news! The only other thing I would suggest is putting him on the lead for when you are taking him out for a wee and taking him to the same spot every time..: that worked for Mas... the downside is that now he pees in the same spot every time and that part of the garden is ruined ?

 

[SteffiS]

The only other thing I would suggest is putting him on the lead for when you are taking him out for a wee and taking him to the same spot every time

That's basically what we're doing with the pen. Although today I have been doing paperwork upstairs, and when I came down for coffee OH said that Toffee kept weeing on the floor, I asked him if he'd taken him out to the pen and he said that Toffee hadn't asked to go . Moral of the story - first train your OH

 

[HAH]

That's basically what we're doing with the pen

Do you have a 'do a wee' word? When we got Kipper, his breeder had been saying 'puddles' every time he did a wee (not first choice of word, but hey) and we plugged on with it for months, saying 'puddles' in a nice upbeat tone every time he wee'd outside, feeling like eejits and thinking this is never going to work... Actually after 2/3 months we noticed we could say the word and he'd generally do a wee. We only did this once in a while, but it was so useful for when it was raining hard, late at night etc. Since then it's been handy for car journeys if we want a quick stop, or just before we go to training etc. - not 100% at all, but quite useful as a quick prompt.

 

[Boogie]

We use ‘busy busy’ for the pups (all GDs and pups use the same).

For Tatze I use ‘hurry up’.

To get them 100% you say it as they wee for weeks, then just before for weeks. It works. Of course, GDs must be clean and dry for every walk, except free runs.

 

[SteffiS]

Do you have a 'do a wee' word?

Yes, very imaginative, we just say wee wees, seems to work. And gobees for as in 'go be quick' - not quite sure how that came about.

 

[Lab_adore]

The neighbours must think I'm mad because I skip along down the path to the wee patch with Maxx (hopefully) padding behind going 'weeeeeeeeeeeee weeeeeeeeeeee weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!' at the top of my voice when I want him to have his last wee before bed . It seems to work so I'm sticking with it!

 

[SteffiS]

Is this what I signed up for

 

[Beanwood]

Oh Toffeeeeee you are gorgeous! Look at that puppy tummy!

 

[SwampDonkey]

He's growing so quickly, sweet pup xxx

 

[snowbunny]

Is this what I signed up for

Yep! And you were pre-warned!!

 

[HAH]

I love that wink!

 

[SteffiS]

He was laying there, trying to catch a bit of sun, all squinty eyed - not looking anything like my previous cute puppy photos

 

[Jacqui-S]

He is growing like a weed!