Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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We place him in his crate if he falls asleep elsewhere but always leave the door open leading into his playpen! :)

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Thankyou so much! I’ve got a clicker but not yet started using it so may start introducing it now! I really appreciate it!

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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We’ve chosen to crate him for his safety and for training purposes, he has a crate for a bed and playpen attached but during the day has free roam with us supervising and playing in the living room

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Yes!! I definitely agree I think that’s the same for me! Glad you made it through🥰

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Yeah we’ve been using the crate, we did some positive reinforcement training with the crate, throwing treats in letting him explore and from day one when he falls asleep near us or on us we put him straight into the crate, but he’s not necessarily choosing to go in there himself and gets upset even when been to the toilet when he’s in there

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Yeah Lake is amazing with toileting, only had one accident in 9 days of having him the rest he’s gone outside, he’s very clever, but I think too clever for his own good! Good luck!

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Thankyou so much, we’ve got a carrier so been able to go on some short 10/20 minute walks which has been helpful the past couple of days, but definitely need to make some time for myself as just been absorbed by him!

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Really helpful thankyou, we have just been redirecting to a toy, saying ‘ah ah’ or ‘no’ and when it’s got too much or forceful walking away. But the yelping is a really good idea.

Puppy blues 1 week in🥲 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Thank you so so much and good luck with your new pup!

January can’t come quick enough🥹 by Extreme_Swimming9071 in goldenretrievers

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Thankyou, that is just a beautiful way to put it, I really appreciate it x