Advice for new puppy :)
hi everyone i got a puppy yesterday, hes a staff and irish pitbull, he is 9 weeks and going for his 1st injection with the vet today im wondering do you know if i can walk him tonight after he has had it not a long walk just round the field park for a bit.
Also any other advice that will help for the upcoming months will be greatly appreciated, his name is charlie btw
hes so cute aswel but he is very hyper jumps everywhere.
im also feeding him 3 times a day Bakers Complete 'Puppy' is that enough times a day?
Also any other advice that will help for the upcoming months will be greatly appreciated, his name is charlie btw
hes so cute aswel but he is very hyper jumps everywhere.im also feeding him 3 times a day Bakers Complete 'Puppy' is that enough times a day?
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Ok, but training and injections aren't really the same thing.
Maybe you would get some better answers on the "Pets" forum ?
And - HEY ! - We want plenty of pictures of your little one !
PeaseBlossom is correct you need to wait until he has had his second set of injections before he goes for a walk.
General puppy advice
1) Start as you mean to go on, if he is not allowed in certain areas do not let him at all etc. It's nigh on impossible to reverse things later.
2) Invest in some puppy pads, you will need them!
3) Get some chew toys, and keep everything you don't want to be chewed well out of his way. A puppy will chew literally anything he can get in his mouth.
4) Walking needs to be built up gradually, ask your vet about your particular dog because I don't know if it varies by breed or size.
5) As for feeding follow the advice on the particular food you have, again check with your vet if he is unsure.
6) Ask your vet about micro-chipping.
7) Look in the pet you forum for this thread later as that is where it will probably get moved by the mods.
HTH
Please do not walk your dog around it will not be able to cope with such lengthly walks as yet and needs all its injections firstly to be safe from picking up all kinds of nasty stuff. You can however get him out there mixing and seeing the word by carrying him all kinds of places, that would be really good early on. Also take him into your garden very often to get him into the routine of toileting and such.
What food was the breeder feeding the pup? You should have had a sample to come home with. The food you are feeding now is not the best, so in time look into a better brand food with natural prodacts in it. But do this gradually as not to upset his tummy. At the moment your puppy would benefit from puppy food and you should follow the instructions on the back.
Using when you are out and at night will mean you don't come down/back to puddles and piles on the floor. Dogs will not soil their beds
Puppies come with instructions on the back! Wow that's clever.
Seriously though, I thought it was American Pit Bulls that were banned, are Irish ones too?
Having said that, you're gonna have a loooong time with your dog so it's probably best to be patient and wait until it's had the injections.
Beyond that, face the fact that a lot of the stuff you have lying around IS going to get chewed in the next 6 months.
If you have any mega-expensive furniture then it (seriously) might be worth putting it in storage for the next few months to keep it safe.
All 'types' of Pit bull terriers are banned according to here
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/InYourHome/AnimalsAndPets/DG_180098
I think it is all to do with how a dog is brought up and nothing to do with 'breed' personally. Just thought I'd point it out to the OP in case he is unaware.
Either way, don't feed it on Bakers Complete - it's like feeding your kids Mcdonalds everyday, full of additives and colours that aren't good for your dog. Try James Wellbeloved.
Me either, just obviously going by what the OP said the pup was. I am sure the OP will love and bring the dog up wonderfully, just saying in the best interests of the dog I wouldnt go talking to just anyone about it being that particular breed/type as they are taken away so very easily these days.
How did the Vets go?
A lot of unscrupulous breeders are still breeding pit bulls and calling them Irish Staffs.
An interesting thread on Dogpages at the moment which is covering something similar:
http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=233757
..........and the website for Deed not Breed for any other queries.
http://www.deednotbreed.org.uk/
Exercise should be limited to 5 mins/per month per walk a couple of times a day. So a 3 month pup should get 15 mins walk twice a day etc.
There are lots of good brands of food out there that are a better quality than Bakers, ie JWB, Burns, Orijen, Skinners, BARF. If you do decide to change pups food, then do it gradually over the course of a week or so. Puppies can get suffer from sickness and diarrohoea if there is a sudden change of food.
To be honest I wouldn't be saying your dog is crossed with anything if asked as it will just raise more questions and sadly that is the last thing you want.
Good luck with your boy.
Please don't take him for proper walks until he's 4 months old at least - his bones aren't fully developed and you'll be doing him a real disservice because he will suffer in later life.
It is HUGELY important to keep them in until they've been vaccinated. Distemper in particular is rife at the moment (as people are less able to afford vaccinations at the moment) and I've spent the last 3 days at uni studying the effects, spread etc of it - it is most likely to hit dogs under 1, so these first injections are sooo important, although I agree that once the inital injections have been given its less important to keep them in, as long as you keep them away from other dogs 'poo'
If it wasn't for people keeping these idiots in business dogs would be far better off.
I don't have the benefit of 3 days studying this but 20 years living in a community where there are an awful lot of working dogs has given me a slightly different attitude.
I'm still surprised to hear that many local owners don't get their dogs vaccinated at all but it never seems to cause any problems, even when the owners have entire packs of dogs for farm work, hunting or shooting.
Having said that, I DO think that it's smart to be safe and abide by the formal rules about this stuff but if you want to take a puppy out for a walk (on a lead) then there's very little risk as long as you don't let it near other dogs or let it go near any dog eggs etc.
thats a bit harsh, I was simply commenting on the fact that I'd just done a whole load of work on disease and vaccination; I didn't have a go at you or your experience.
in fact I even agreed with you at one point.
I have no I dea why people feel the need to get personal on forums.