8 week old Pup

[salvochick]

Hi all,

Mu husband and I bought an 8 week old rotty puppy on the weekend. We have heard that we need to socialise and obedience train him as soon as possible for him to grow up to be loyal and obedient etc.

There are some restrictions here in Australia about the age you can obedience train our pup, being 17weeks after all of his vaccinations.

So, I thought I would ask you if you have any personal experiences or professional experiences with a couple of problems we are having.

1. Our Pup (Jaxon) chews our slippers, his blanket, his bed, the electrical leads in our bed basically anything he can get his teeth on. Lately we are having trouble stopping him from doing this, he really is holding on tight. We have sprayed everything with Lemon Juice as was suggested in a book we read and Jaxon sniffed it and then starts to lick it!! Any ideas? It is starting to drive us crazy!

2. Jaxon also pees all over the place we have tried to train him and we may be in early stages, but we put newspaper all over our bedroom where he sleeps and he pees on the floor.


3. The frist night we had Jaxon we succumbed to his crying and let him sleep at the end of our bed. Each night after that we have made him sleep in his bed. He sleeps throughout the day perfectly and then at night when it is our time to go to bed - he cries, jumps up - or tries to jump up, chews the electric leads etc and we dont get any sleep.

I am not sure if these problems are just because he is a puppy or not, but we want to try and nip them in the bud asap.

I would appreciate any help/advice anyone can give me.

Thank you
Salvo Chick

[damp]

Hi salvochick.

Congratulations with your new pup and welcome to the board.

The problems you have are normal puppy behaviour, but that doesn’t mean, they are acceptable and not should be dealt with.

You have to teach him manners, housetraining and last but not least, keep him safe.

I suggest you do a search here in the archives about chewing, puppy biting, housetraining, socialization and create training. You will find lots of information and answers to your questions. I haven’t read many books in English, but I am sure other here can recommend some good books.

Rome was not built in a day, and teaching a pup takes times, repetition, patience and consistency.

Good luck!!

[Leader]

Welcome to the club and forum,

I'd try a quick search on CRATE TRAINING (sorry damp:D ). The pup should not be allowed to roam around and eat or chew whatever it likes...too dangerous for him, too much of a hassel for you;). The crate is no punishment, the dog will learn to love it!

nice to have you with us,

Leader

[moondog]

Hi salvochick :)

Welcome to the forums! I agree with damp and Leader, it sounds like the first thing you need is a crate! It's just as important to keep your puppy safe as it is to keep your house from being chewed up!

Click on this link for a great article on housebreaking, written by one of your fellow countrymen (Mick Trainer), no less!:D

http://www.rottweiler.net/forums/sho...threadid=13884

Here are some books to get you started, and there are many, many more where these came from:

The Rottweiler Handbook by Joan Hustace Walker ... A very easy to read informative book.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rottweilers by Richard Beauchamp ... I don't personally have this one, but many people swear by it.

Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson ... An outstanding book on canine behavior, it will help you tremendously in learning how to understand and teach your dog.

The Complete Rottweiler by Muriel Freeman ... A Classic. Out of print, but you can find it on Ebay or at amazon.com in the used book section. A wonderful look at the Rottweiler as a breed.

Good luck with your puppy! :)

[IRIE'S MAMA]

Welcome to the wonderful worl of Rottweilers!! I must say CRATE TRAINING IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. Having a pup is like having a new born...constant supervision and lots of sleepless nights. Unless you want a 100lb. dog peeing on newspapers, you have to nip that in the bud. Take the pup out all of the time to the same place. Repetition is key...Say let's go outside and go potty. It is very important that you are consistent in your wording while trainig a new pup. Take your pup out after eating, drinking and playing. Always make sure they go, and if not wait five minutes and take the pup out again. Once they go, say "good potty" or something along those lines. You will laugh at yourself for how excited you get when the little one learns these things. My neighbors must think I am a freak when they hear "good poopie" LOL. The things we do for LOVE. Also, this is VERY important....Don't correct your pup for ANYTHING -UNLESS you catch them in the act. Otherwise, they don't know what they have done. You can't wake up to pee on the floor and correct them. Chances are they forgot that they did the deed. Sorry I am blabbing, anyway, welcome. Stick around It's fun here.:D

[ReneeRoberson]

I agree with most of the post here "Crate Training" oh it bring such wonderful memories back, I crate trained my 8 week Rotti that my mom purchased, I helped her out and I took him out at leat every 30 to 45 minutes until he was about 4 months and he knew then when to go to the back door he would go and press his face to it to let me know that he had to go, now that I have a 5 month old now she basically knows the routines but I still will put her in her crate for some time out time. One thing you will need and that is time a puppy that young is like a newborn baby. In the middle of the night you have to get up and let her/him out I know it sounds like a lot of work and let me be the first to tell you that it is a LOT of work but that what makes Rotties great companions. If you don't nip the chewing in the bud NOW your pup will think that it is ok. I used something called "Bitter Apple" pet stores sell it and my first Rotti hated it and learned pretty quickly with it. So congratulations, after all that hard work I went through with the first one I decided that if I ever get one to own on my own then it will be either a Rescue or an older pup 4 to 5 months so that they are at the age you can still instll things in them. Best wishes to you and your new addition to your family keep us informed so that we can help you. Chewing is a NO NO though so nip that as soon as possible. Also don't start nothing that you do not want your Rotti doing when he gets older like sleeping on your bed. And my guess is the reason that he is whining and jumping up and down at night is that fact that he is not getting enough exercise in the day Rotties are not couch pets I mean they are but they really need to exercise constantly at least 30 minutes to an hour a day and being as though you can't take him out until at least he has had all his puppy shots because of Parvo then you can play with him in the house with balls and things of that nature. Play with him constantly in the day and then he should sleep well at night and then again because this breed is so smart he is thinking that you will give into him again when he whines do a firm NO and do it consistively and he should get the point.

[salvoguy]

:) Thank you guys. This forum is extremely informal and it has made my beautiful wife (salvochick) and I very convident now that our Rotty is behaving like most young pups. We both love him to death and willing to do anything to bring him up in a loving and confortable home.