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jprechel · 04-14-2006, 11:39 AM

Thanks for the advice. THe litter box training was doen by the breeder. She said it was helpful when the pup was younger and it does help if the puppy wakes up in the middle of the night so you don't have to take him outside. I think I may stop incouraging the litter box though as we have started training him to ring a little bell by the back door when he needs to go out. I'm sure he must wonder which method he should use.

We do have many toys for him. And the nyla bones are helpful. He goes through the edible nyla bones very fast. He is very possesive with the toys. He has a small duck that squeaks that he will play with a lot. When we pick it up to play with him he plays with us for a second then takes the duck (or any toy or bone for that matter) and lays down with it several feet away often turning his back to us. And he does put up a fight if you try to take a toy from him when it is in his mouth. I know this is a dominant tendency. I usually just distract him wiht another toy and he will drop the first one.

The breeder did say that he was larger than the other puppies in the litter. at 8 weeks he weighed almost 9 lbs were as the others were 8 lbs. She also said that he would wait for you to go to him rather than come to you.

I also can't get over how much he sleeps. He probably sleeps 15-18 hrs a day!

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jprechel Senior Member Dog Profile Status: Offline Posts: 306 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Texas	04-14-2006, 11:39 AM Thanks for the advice. THe litter box training was doen by the breeder. She said it was helpful when the pup was younger and it does help if the puppy wakes up in the middle of the night so you don't have to take him outside. I think I may stop incouraging the litter box though as we have started training him to ring a little bell by the back door when he needs to go out. I'm sure he must wonder which method he should use. We do have many toys for him. And the nyla bones are helpful. He goes through the edible nyla bones very fast. He is very possesive with the toys. He has a small duck that squeaks that he will play with a lot. When we pick it up to play with him he plays with us for a second then takes the duck (or any toy or bone for that matter) and lays down with it several feet away often turning his back to us. And he does put up a fight if you try to take a toy from him when it is in his mouth. I know this is a dominant tendency. I usually just distract him wiht another toy and he will drop the first one. The breeder did say that he was larger than the other puppies in the litter. at 8 weeks he weighed almost 9 lbs were as the others were 8 lbs. She also said that he would wait for you to go to him rather than come to you. I also can't get over how much he sleeps. He probably sleeps 15-18 hrs a day!