Abel
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Hey guys, my name is Ray, here's a little about myself. I live in NJ, I have owned dogs, such as a pitbull and doberman, but never anything like this. I got him through a backyard breeder, friend of a friend, couldn't handle it so I got one of the puppies for free. I live in a 2 family house, 2nd floor, fairly big 2 bedroom 5 room place that I live alone in. It has a fenced in backyard, there's a german shepard downstairs that he shares the yard with, but they haven't played with each other yet.
I got Abel at 6 weeks of age, he was born Apr 27 2013. I have read online that 6 weeks is way too young to take a pup out, but the guy didn't want to deal with it anymore so I kept him. He has actually been doing very good. He didn't cry the first 2-3 nights, went right to sleep in the crate. I started him on wee pads as he didn't have any shots. I called and made an appointment at my vets office, they got me in that week and got his first set of shots. They told me that Abel would be able to go out in our yard so I stopped the pads and started carrying him out side every 1-2 hrs. We've had a few accidents here and there, but for the most part he was going outside.
He is now 10.5 weeks, has had 3 sets of shots, He has had about 3 accidents in the house in the past 2 weeks, he walks down the stairs all by himself. He sometimes gets into nippy moods, I basically say 'no biting' or 'ow', and he'll stop for the most part, or sometimes he goes at my hand and barks. He's a lot worse with my girlfriend who is with him a lot also. I have my own business and have a lot of time to stay at home. I'm home basically all day everyday, except for a few hours where I have to run to the store or at the gym early in the morning. He's been getting better with the biting but he sometimes snaps. I have crate trained him, he won't potty in the crate. He has learned basic commands such as sit, down, come and kind of stay. We're starting puppy basic obedience class on the 7/16, about 5 days away. After this week, I won't have as much time at home. As of now he's been staying in the crate the few hours that I'm away. I wouldn't like to keep him in the crate for more than a few hours during the day. I will be able to come home every 3-4 hours to let him out and will be home early in the day. So I've been researching that people use play pens to keep their puppies in a more open but confined area. I found this to be a good solution, but wouldn't allowing him to potty in the house reverse the housebreaking? As most people say to put a bed, food and water, and a pee pad for accidents?
I will reply to this thread with pictures of him from 6.5-10.5 weeks
I got Abel at 6 weeks of age, he was born Apr 27 2013. I have read online that 6 weeks is way too young to take a pup out, but the guy didn't want to deal with it anymore so I kept him. He has actually been doing very good. He didn't cry the first 2-3 nights, went right to sleep in the crate. I started him on wee pads as he didn't have any shots. I called and made an appointment at my vets office, they got me in that week and got his first set of shots. They told me that Abel would be able to go out in our yard so I stopped the pads and started carrying him out side every 1-2 hrs. We've had a few accidents here and there, but for the most part he was going outside.
He is now 10.5 weeks, has had 3 sets of shots, He has had about 3 accidents in the house in the past 2 weeks, he walks down the stairs all by himself. He sometimes gets into nippy moods, I basically say 'no biting' or 'ow', and he'll stop for the most part, or sometimes he goes at my hand and barks. He's a lot worse with my girlfriend who is with him a lot also. I have my own business and have a lot of time to stay at home. I'm home basically all day everyday, except for a few hours where I have to run to the store or at the gym early in the morning. He's been getting better with the biting but he sometimes snaps. I have crate trained him, he won't potty in the crate. He has learned basic commands such as sit, down, come and kind of stay. We're starting puppy basic obedience class on the 7/16, about 5 days away. After this week, I won't have as much time at home. As of now he's been staying in the crate the few hours that I'm away. I wouldn't like to keep him in the crate for more than a few hours during the day. I will be able to come home every 3-4 hours to let him out and will be home early in the day. So I've been researching that people use play pens to keep their puppies in a more open but confined area. I found this to be a good solution, but wouldn't allowing him to potty in the house reverse the housebreaking? As most people say to put a bed, food and water, and a pee pad for accidents?
I will reply to this thread with pictures of him from 6.5-10.5 weeks