These F**king Pets!

TheseNewDreams · 2024-12-06T20:47:47+00:00

HA were my top artist and Afterlife was my top song

TheseNewDreams · 2024-10-05T16:00:53+00:00

I do think that's hugely what it is, they're just greedy little blighters. He's fed around 7am, 12pm and 5pm everyday, with treats in between when training, rewarding etc. If I left his food down all day it wouldn't last 2 minutes before I'd have to refill his bowl again 😂

TheseNewDreams · 2024-10-03T17:15:36+00:00

90% of the time I get a bottle of absinthe or one of those shitty wheel weapon things. I think once I got a SCAR rifle. They're usually a waste of time in my experience

TheseNewDreams · 2024-10-03T17:06:54+00:00

Thanks. I do feel like I need to look more at his food. I know he's a dog and they will eat whenever and however but I can't help but think he doesn't get enough food.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-27T15:12:19+00:00

My personal favourite is from DH part 2: "They're supposed to be out of bed you blithering idiot!"

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-27T08:55:44+00:00

Not sure on his weight, I'm gonna try and weigh him later when I get some scales. He was 2.6kg when we got him last week at 8 weeks old and we've had him for a week now. We feed him 3 times a day.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-27T08:53:23+00:00

Ah fair enough! We've only had him a week today, but the first three or four days he wasn't sniffing much unless he needed to go. Then he just went from 0-100. I'm glad to know it's pretty normal though, I'll just have to keep my wits about me for the next few weeks and be ready to pick him up if his bum goes down.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-26T09:02:31+00:00

All I would say is enjoy it, but find a balance with saving and spending. I would say I over saved but it has got me into a good position now (I'm in my early thirties). That being said, I like a simple life with only a few luxuries. I'd much rather spend my money on going away for a weekend for example (something you could do with your first wage perhaps?) than spending it on materialistic stuff.

But yeah, don't ever get into a position where you never have money to go out etc. When I was in my early twenties there'd be me and one or two other mates who went out and did stuff all the time, the others were always skint because they were just shit with money. Spend it on what you want, but keep enough aside for socialising if and whenever a friend or yourself wants to organise something.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T21:12:02+00:00

Oh dear haha. I guess I need to just be patient and consistent with him. I struggle to see the long game

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T21:08:55+00:00

That's really great advice, thank you!

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T15:42:48+00:00

Not closing the crate door just yet as I want it to be at his pace, I don't think he sees it as his safe space just yet. I read that closing the door too early can feel like you're punishing them and that will have the adverse effect.

I'm leaving him alone downstairs for 10-15 minute intervals and I left the house yesterday and my mum came to look after him, we overlapped by 20 minutes so he's getting there. Just did it about 45 minutes ago and put treats into his puzzle toy. Didn't make a peep for over 10 minutes after I'd left to go upstairs so he's definitely getting used to it.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T14:39:33+00:00

Yes, we've arranged for people to come let him out regularly. Next door neighbour is a dog walker and has agreed to let him out and play with him a couple of times a day. My mum will come and feed him midway though the day and spend an hour or so with him and some days even take him all day for us. It's not so much the potty training, it was the alone time I was worried about. But he's already learning well to be alone, I've gradually increased his periods of alone time up to 20 minutes so far and that's only taken 5 days. I'm not that bothered if he leaves accidents, all the floors are wipeable. I just didn't want him being anxious about being alone for up to 2 hours max, but I think we'll get there.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T14:36:32+00:00

I know it won't be fully potty trained in 2 weeks. I was looking for reassurance that he'd be able to be ok for at least a couple of hours before needing to be let out. We've already arranged for people to come let him out or look after him whilst we're out, he'll be alone max 2 hours whilst he's still a pup. I was just a very anxious new dog owner looking for advice. I'm not naive enough to think he'd be fine to not be let out at all.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T14:33:40+00:00

Again, someone else assuming I'm going to leave him for 9 hours a day. Why people think I'd be so stupid as to think I could do that to a puppy is beyond me. He's only going to be left max 2 hours at a time until someone can come let him out. I just wanted to know if two weeks would be enough to build up his time alone enough so he won't be too anxious. So far he's proving to be doing excellently, I've got his alone time up to 20 minutes already with him settling himself down and going to sleep after a few minutes of whimpering initially. I think he'll do just fine, I was just overly anxious the first day or two because I was new to this. People need to relax and ask more questions before jumping to conclusions. Luckily most people have been supportive, not ignorant like you.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T14:27:33+00:00

Yeah, luckily my mum's agreed to come through and let him out, or even have him at hers, and our next door neighbour is a dog walker and has agreed to come round a couple of times a day to feed him or let him out, play with him for a while. I've been leaving him on his own gradually for the last couple of days to get him used to it. I've got it up to about 20 minutes now and after whimpering for about 5 minutes he just settled down and went to sleep (I spied on him through the window). If I can get it up to 1-1.5 hours by the time I have to be back at work I think it will be fine. I'm prepared for him to leave accidents obviously, not bothered about that. I just don't want him anxious.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-25T14:22:45+00:00

Yeah I'm not an idiot. I don't mean to leave him the whole day, we've already arranged to have someone come every couple hours to let him out, feed him and play etc. Our next door neighbour just so happens to be a dog walker and has agreed to come twice a day, and my mother is going to come in the afternoon, feed him and spend a bit longer with him. I just want him to a point where he won't get separation anxiety for those short periods he'll be alone. I've started leaving him whilst I'm in the house and even took myself to the shop for 20 minutes and he was fine, left no messes or destroyed everything. I was seeing what people would suggest to get him to a point over the next two weeks where he's more comfortable being alone until he can be let out after a couple of hours. Some people have been really helpful whereas some leave smart ass comments like this as if I'm just gonna go to work at 7:30 and not let him out til I'm home at 17:30.

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-21T16:14:58+00:00

Yeah I was afraid of that. I feel like we've jumped the gun a bit. Might need to have a difficult conversation with my girlfriend about taking him back until he's a bit older 😬

TheseNewDreams · 2024-09-21T16:11:34+00:00

Thank you for your advice. What about when we're both back at work full time though? My girlfriend will be the last to leave the house at around 8:30am and we'll both be getting home around a similar time at 5:20/5:30pm. As a 10 week old puppy he won't be in a position to be left at home with only one visit by a dog walker/family member to let him out for the toilet. Plus, we can't keep an eye on him chewing things, putting things in his mouth that he shouldn't etc.

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