Great Dane Pup arrives weds! Advice

DeadlyByDesign

portgirl123 wrote: »

congrats on ur new pup. cant wait to see up to date pics. Will u be able to travel with the weather?

we will just have to take it very easy and be super careful

portgirl123

DeadlyByDesign wrote: »

we will just have to take it very easy and be super careful

Great. just be very careful, heard rds up north are very bad

luvdogs

Ahh he looks lovely but id have to agree that he looks like a black, blue pups dont really change colour... they always look blue!! either way im sure you dont mind, you have years of dane fun ahead of you...best of luck with your new baby

Queen-Mise

The largest dog in Ireland/GB died this week, a mixture of a Great Dane/Irish Wolfhound. It cost £70 sterling a month to feed him :eek::eek::eek:

My little westie cross - I buy good food and it cost me €35 every three months.

DeadlyByDesign

Hi all

Collected him last night, here are up to date pics.

Things I learned about Buddy last night;

1. Buddy HATES stairs-they are his mortal enemy-anyattempts to up said stairs will produce looks of despair and disbelief

2. Cats- "I like them.....am I one of them? Lets ask the friendly looking one.."BANG

3. Leashes are for wussies, I will bitch and complain when said leash is on..."oh wait I like this lets walk more!"

4. Cat toys are in fact my toys.

daenerysstormborn3

Those are completely normal puppy problems.

All i'd say is try and keep him off the stairs as much as possible as they're really not good for larger breeds and could damage him while he grows. Also, if the dog gets into the habit of being upstairs when he's older it will be hard to get him out of the habit especially if the dog ends up with any bone problems.

He will get used to the collar and lead, put it on him in the house for increasingly longer periods of time and when he behaves himself you should reward him with a treat. Do it in steps, try for 5 minutes and then increase to 10 etc, if he gets antsy at any stage go back to the previous step he was comfortable with. He'll learn to love it quickly because dogs love their walks.

daenerysstormborn3

Those are completely normal puppy problems.

All i'd say is try and keep him off the stairs as much as possible as they're really not good for larger breeds and could damage him while he grows. Also, if the dog gets into the habit of being upstairs when he's older it will be hard to get him out of the habit especially if the dog ends up with any bone problems.

He will get used to the collar and lead, put it on him in the house for increasingly longer periods of time and when he behaves himself you should reward him with a treat. Do it in steps, try for 5 minutes and then increase to 10 etc, if he gets antsy at any stage go back to the previous step he was comfortable with. He'll learn to love it quickly because dogs love their walks.

boxerly

O M G !!! too cute xxxxxxxx

lorebringer

He's very sweet! Am loving the GIANT paws!

DeadlyByDesign

Yeh could not get over the size of his paws! He is getting on fine, bit of an altercation when he got over friendly with one of the cats last night though. On the pus side he now knows his boundries.

hadook

It's good that he's learned respect for the cats