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So, not getting a male pup or a collie for my next dog was a *great* success!
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22-10-2014 8:42am#1Here is Un-named Puppy. Formerly going by Joey in his foster home, we're still trying to think of a name that suits this absolute nutcase.
Few questions, for all that I claim to know on here, I feel like a new parent again :P
First, he's three months old - how long should he be able to hold it? He went from 12 last night till 7.30 this morning (I did get up at 3am to take him out but he was *literally* out cold).
Second, any tips for better introducing himself and my foster girl, Lindy? She had seemed to be so good with other dogs, but for some odd reason she doesn't seem to like this lad much. Not gone to fighting yet, but she does growl in certain instances when he gets too close to her and has snapped twice when he ran past her. We've made sure to give Lindy space for peace and quiet from him but don't want her totally stressed out by him in her final weeks here
Lastly, how long can his walks be? 15 mins for 3 months, is that right? And can I do that twice a day or should it only be once?
We've been playing with Socks, Steve and Beans at the minute for names, but I'm sure more will come to us :pac:
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ahhhh he is just gorgeous! his adorable face just made my day brighter
5 mins for each month he is alive so yeah 15 mins should be ok for now.
Hes great to be able to hold it that long at 3 months, my sisters cocker was the same (luckily for her).
with regard to the two dogs getting along, give it time, pups can be very annoying for adult / older dogs. I know my cocker (who's 9.5) can only tolerate my sisters cocker (6 months) for a limited time, then we keep them apart, they are in the same room etc but we stop the puppy for jumping up on him etc... so try little meetings and often give them time to adjust to eachother.
Best of luck with your new beauty
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ahhhh he is just gorgeous! his adorable face just made my day brighter
5 mins for each month he is alive so yeah 15 mins should be ok for now.
Hes great to be able to hold it that long at 3 months, my sisters cocker was the same (luckily for her).
with regard to the two dogs getting along, give it time, pups can be very annoying for adult / older dogs. I know my cocker (who's 9.5) can only tolerate my sisters cocker (6 months) for a limited time, then we keep them apart, they are in the same room etc but we stop the puppy for jumping up on him etc... so try little meetings and often give them time to adjust to eachother.
Best of luck with your new beauty
When she told us he was housetrained, I was really skeptical but not one accident in 24 hours. Granted I am letting him out every 20 minutes while I'm awake just to be sure!
Yeah I don't think its an inherent dislike of him, because sometimes she will touch noses with him and there is tailwagging - we usually tell her she is good and pet her for this (firstly to distract her and secondly to reward her). Only seems to be when he startles her or gets too close when she is resting on the armchair
I'm so in love with him, and I was so worried that he would be too much like Shadow and I would regret it, but I've burst into tears a few times from utter joy 0 -
Bailey was the same with Lucy for a few weeks - wouldn't let her near him. Although she did try to get milk off him the first day which made matters worse lol!! When I was training her I'd treat him for sitting beside us so he got a bit more comfortable around her that way. One day she went behind the shed when he was distracted and once he realised she was missing he started looking for her, then got zoomies when she appeared again - after that they started to play together every day :pac: 0
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Bailey was the same with Lucy for a few weeks - wouldn't let her near him. Although she did try to get milk off him the first day which made matters worse lol!! When I was training her I'd treat him for sitting beside us so he got a bit more comfortable around her that way. One day she went behind the shed when he was distracted and once he realised she was missing he started looking for her, then got zoomies when she appeared again - after that they started to play together every day :pac:
Well he's learned to keep his distance funny enough - lying on the floor chewing a massive rawhide thing and Lindy is chilling on the armchair - tolerance is all I ask for
He's going to meet the in-laws family dog on Sunday (who absolutely ADORES other dogs) so I'm looking forward to that! 0 -
I was at a training thing just before we got Lucy and the trainer/behaviourist (Nicole Wilde) told us the best thing you can do for your pup is get it around an adult female - to teach it some manners. My friend has a 9 year female retriever and was delighted to have the pup in her house for play dates lol!! Poppy (the dog) was NOT impressed with this imposter running wild around the house lol!
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OMG he is just so gorgeous!! I LOVE collies & collie crosses... he looks so like my Buddy it brought years to my eyes to see him... Buddy is still alive by the way, I just love him to bits lol
He will be a bit mental for the first year or so but bear with him
wow that's brilliant that he goes tyre while night without any accidents!! I remember reading somewhere that toy sould expect them to hold it for 1 hour for each month approx. so that it really good!!
love him, you are so lucky (& so is he by the sounds of it!) 0 -
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It's been 11 years since I had to deal with a collie pup, amazing how I convinced myself that Shadow was never that much of a lunatic (neighbours once had to call to my mothers to tell us that Shadow was stuck halfway up the local grounds football goal, tangled in the net after he escaped to chase a cat, so I have no idea why I thought he was smart :pac: )
Currently doing laps of the house and back garden, seems to be getting a kick out of sliding across the kitchen floor with wet paws.
Whoever said that collies were smart dogs were obviously comparing their intelligence to a newt 0 -
ShaShaBear wrote: »It's been 11 years since I had to deal with a collie pup, amazing how I convinced myself that Shadow was never that much of a lunatic (neighbours once had to call to my mothers to tell us that Shadow was stuck halfway up the local grounds football goal, tangled in the net after he escaped to chase a cat, so I have no idea why I thought he was smart :pac: )
Currently doing laps of the house and back garden, seems to be getting a kick out of sliding across the kitchen floor with wet paws.
Whoever said that collies were smart dogs were obviously comparing their intelligence to a newt
Sha Sha, i'm in exactly the same boat as you, just a couple of months in front. Your pup is the spit of Elly. I have to say you are in for a fun, tough, crazy time ahead, if he is anything like Elly!
She is nuts, she sleeps from around 11.30 to 7am ish in her crate no problems. We are having huge problems toilet training her though, she was 4 months when we got her and I don't think she ever lived in a house before. so she wees and poos wherever she wants! this is improving but very very slowly.
This morning, in between letting her out to do her wees and me getting up to get their food ready before letting them in, she dug her way out of the fence, managed to shock herself on the wire for the cattle. I could hear her squeals from inside the house! I only left them for max 10 mins, and a perimeter check is done regularly!!
Good luck - you'll need it!! but when she cuddles up next to me on the couch and gives kisses - its worth all the trouble!0 -
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Sweet jehovah, would you look at the cuteness
I can see why you're in love with him shasha, he's a handsome chap!
No harm at all Lindy giving him the odd warning, he needs to experience these things in a not-too-threatening way, and to continue to do so regularly for the next few months. As you know, early exposure to other dogs of different shapes and sizes is really important, but people tend to underestimate the importance of continuing the socialising skills well beyond puppyhood, it's in the year after the vital foundations are laid down when dogs really get down to the nitty-gritty of learning how to communicate with other dogs
Also, noise. This will be easy in a home with a baby, but start to make sudden quiet crashes (lol... Quiet crashes indeed!), and gradually make them louder. Also traffic, fireworks, gunshot, make it all fun and lighthearted! There may be a bit of an inherited tendency in collies to develop noise sensitivity, but this can be offset now, whilst he's still a pup 0 -
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Tranceypoo wrote: »He is goooooorgeous!!!
Please call him Steve, I always think dogs should have proper names anyway and Steve really suits him (or Dave?)
Steve is deadly... or Murphy would be cool too 0 -
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He is so cute! Collie puppies are the cutest, boldest little things! I'm a first time collie crossbreed mammy so I don't have to much advice to give you're really lucky that he's so well house trained, Alli was 5 months old when we got her in January and it's only in the last two months that she's holding it in. She never pooed inside thank god!
She has so much energy! She goes for two hour long runs per day and she's still ready to go straight away when she gets home! I have to agree with what you said about collies not being the brightest, Alli currently has an on going barking and paw slapping "battle" with the Halloween pumpkin at the door, she manages to trip over at least 5 times a day, just now she was getting into her bed and tripped over the side into it :pac:
Also Steve is such a cool name! 0 -
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20 minute walk (given I walked slower with the buggy) and little Mister is all tuckered out!
Two main things I've learned today that we will need to address - how to combat food aggression with other dogs and how to stop him jumping on people when we are out for a walk? He's given Lindy a growl when she approached him while he was eating, even though she didn't touch his food. The girl who was fostering him said he had been around other dogs (I know her personally so I know the dogs in question) and she has no dogs of her own so I'm not sure where he's picked this up. The jumping I know is normal and I'm working on sit and lie down at the minute so reckoning when he has that fully we'll get somewhere 0 -
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Opie is just utterly gorgeous, Shashabear! And wow, you were so lucky with the housetraining. Our Nyssa came from dogs trust at 15 weeks, so had never been in a house til then. We had it all to do, but were lucky too, as she took to it very easily. She will still do the odd leak when meeting a new or fairly new person: we try to do that outside where possible, but of course it isn't quite always.
And as for smart, well collies are definitely among the very smartest, but they are also courageous and tenacious. Which means young ones often jumping into things before stopping to think, and coming off looking a little silly!
Our girl is a mixed breed, not sure entirely what, although the mother was a gsd cross, and she seems to have a fair measure of her temperament from there. As in she will generally take a while to sum up new situations before wading in. But she is looking more and more collie-like in her general physique as she grows, and definitely shows the collie tenacity once she feels a bit secure in a given situation! With typically hilarious results too.
I wasn't that tempted to get a dog like Lola again, well I was tempted, but it would have cost a fortune to get one I'd be comfortable about owning, after running the gauntlet of having a rescued Dobie for the last 8 years. It's fantastic for you that you were able to get another lovely border collie boy, and I'm thrilled you are so happy you did. I'm delighting in owning a mysterious and beautiful mixed breed too, and hope we both get many happy years with our new pals
And DBB, that is really interesting stuff about the pup litter feeding issue, I had no idea that was such an issue, but it makes perfect sense when you explain it. I'm guessing in Dogs Trust they know all about it, as Nyssa has never had an issue with anyone approaching her bowl, including my mother's saluki-cross, any of us, and also my mother-in-law's wee kitten, who is rather a brazen little chap :P
ETA: Oh and Opie is a lovely name, totally get the SOA ref, although we haven't watched the last couple of seasons! (Maybe cos Opie wasn't in them, I dunno ) 0 -
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