Comments on: The First Days At Home With A New Puppy

By: Olivia

Olivia — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:30:15 +0000

In reply to Jill. We are also bringing home a fox red retriever tomorrow! We are so excited for her and want to make sure she is so well trained and a loving companion!

By: Pippa Mattinson

Pippa Mattinson — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 05:21:42 +0000

In reply to Jill. How exciting! Good luck with your puppy, lots of names inspiration here :)

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:25:58 +0000

Thanks very much. I'm enjoying your newsletter. We have our puppy coming home the end of September. He's a Red Fox Retriever. Trying to get a perfect name right now. We're in Alberta

By: Pippa Mattinson

Pippa Mattinson — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:29:55 +0000

In reply to Sarah hood.

Hi Sarah, I think you’ll find this page helpful: https://www.thelabradorsite.com/dog-recall/. You might also find it helpful to join the forum It’s also a good idea to do lots of training games, especially ‘focus’ games with each puppy separately so that they become bonded with you, rather than being very into each other

By: Sarah hood

Sarah hood — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:03:00 +0000

Hi Pippa
I am trying to have plenty of recall times with my pups aged 12 weeks. They do respond and come to me. I will try to do this separately and together as we are together alot of the time. I know it is controversial to have 2 littermates but we did. My concern is that when I do have them off the lead they seem to be happy to be away from me and less of the magnet pull that is recognized in the first four months. How can I support recall training safely so they don’t run off??

By: Halee

Halee — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 23:09:32 +0000

I just got a 6 week old Labrador mix should we start training? And if so what she is also biting a lot how do you stop this habit so she won’t do it as a full grown dog. She is going to be an outdoor dog. How big should her pen be and should she sleep out side or inside the first week. We have a lot a neighbor dogs should we keep them away from her or have them meet each other? Thank you for your time!

By: Lucy Easton

Lucy Easton — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:31:14 +0000

In reply to Sai.

Hi Sai, Your puppy is too young to have been taken from his mother. He needs to be returned to the breeder until he is 8 weeks old. You can find more information here: https://www.thelabradorsite.com/when-can-puppies-leave-their-mother/

By: Sai

Sai — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:00:37 +0000

I bought a labrador age 37 days and the first night he slept well for some time at mid night like 2 am he started to bark and cry so we left him to cry and around 15 to 20 min he is back to sleep so is the dog normal or what any suggestions

By: Leviticus Bennett

Leviticus Bennett — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:30:51 +0000

Thanks for the tips about taking care of a puppy. My sister wants to get her dog potty trained as soon as possible but she doesn’t know how. I will suggest that she reads up on training while her dog is napping in the daytime. It’s also a good idea to take your puppy to the vet for the first checkup.

By: Mohinihi

Mohinihi — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:19:58 +0000

Hello . I have a question when you bring your puppy home and you had not bring any food for him and I think that the vet will tell me what to feed him but wait ? Isn’t he hungry but I will have to ask the vet oh…. I am so confused please help me ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????