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Getting ready for puppy

My family and i are looking into getting a bullmastiff pup soon. They seem a good fit for us. Just wondering if anyone has any useful tips about training., things to buy for pup etc. The house training is probably my biggest concern atm. As we have mostly carpet at home. Thinking maybe using a crate in kitchen at night or something. Again any advise is most welcome.

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DDSK

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image.jpgWelcome and congrats on your choice.
Small list of what you will need.
Crate, natures miracle, training treats, water and food bowls, dog bed, more natures miracle, chew toys, teething toys, swiffers wet sweepers, leash, collar, puppy shampoo, Benadryl, alcoholic beverages of your choice, band aids, Neosporan (puppies have sharp teeth) 5 hour energy or monster energy drink, coffee, did I mention natures miracle? More chew toys other than the couch, food preferably large breed grain free, more chew toys, more natures miracle, might want to buy it in gallon bottles, more alcohol, very durable balls.
Most of all lots of love, discipline and affection.
 

dpenning

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A crate in the kitchen is how we started. We are at 4.5 months now with Emma and she is pretty good, haven't had an accident in a while. She outgrew her puppy crate so has moved into her big girl crate in the laundry room, it is too big for the kitchen. Keep the crate sized appropriately for the pup and have tons of patience. Once they get the potty training it is awesome!

Congrats on the pup, post lots of pics!
 

tmricciuto

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I agree. I have 2 pups, I know...we are Crazy...and we still have them in the crate as we are working on getting them to signal when they need to go out. They are almost 5 1/2 months. One is very good as she will go sit at the back door and if you don't open it she will come look at you with a "look" and then walk back toward the door. The other not so much. She will sit at the door but if you don't notice she will start a sniffing. We actually went 22 days without an accident, but I watch them and we have a pretty good routine down. The only reason we had an accident is because she was sniffing and I didn't notice the intent, it's a bit different then smelling stuff sniffing.

Also, remember that the pup doesn't even really have control of his/her bladder until they are 12 weeks or more old, so you have to be diligent in watching and creating a schedule to go out.

We bought the biggest crates we could and just section them out to be smaller. As they grow we increase the size of the crate.
 

JamieHalverson

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Potty training has been the most difficult part of having a puppy for us. Ours will be 16 weeks old this Wed. and she is just now going a few days at a time without accidents. She had a UTI, that really slowed us down, but she's getting it now. What DDSK said about Nature's Miracle is NOT an exaggeration.

My Lillie at times would go potty outside, walk 10 feet from the driveway to the house and pee again inside the front door before I even got her collar off... She gave VERY little warning or signs she was about to go, she'd literally hold the toy she was playing with in her mouth and pee right where she had been playing, no wandering around sniffing for a spot or anything.

You can't get too worried about your carpet, you'll just stress yourself out, watch your puppy like a hawk, have lots of outside pee parties and use your crate.
 

DennasMom

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Crates are life savers. We always have one for our puppies, but they are in the bedroom with us. If...scratch that... I mean WHEN the puppy needs to go in the middle of the night, they need to be close enough to you for you to hear them whimper to get let out. Otherwise, you'll have messes in the crate first thing in the morning to deal with. No fun.
The puppy will also be more comfortable and more likely to sleep quietly if you are close by.

When picking up the puppy, take a small baby blanket with you, and rub it all over his/her canine parents and siblings (or as much as you can)... so you can take something that smells of his old home with him to his new home. This makes the transition a LOT easier on the puppy. We put the baby blanket in the crate, along with a pillow from our bed (with lots of smells of hew new people) for our puppy to curl up on. She never complained about being in her crate, and slept very well - only whining when she needed out to potty.

For carpet - "Simple Solution" or "Nature's Miracle" worked well for us.