raising a pup

[dakota]

How is the best way to crate train your pup?

is it necesary to take some days-weeks off to learn good crate training?

[Carina]

Yes, you need to stay at home, for how long I don´t know.
But think about feeding times, take the dog out to do their "toilet", learn to be left alone...
I learn from my "pupbuyers" that it seems more difficult to leave an AST alone at the house, they are so "leaderfriendly", but to learn when they are young is good.
I work at home, I never leave pups by my self, but thats what I heard.
Carina
Good good luck!

[Carla]

How old is your pup?

How long are you away from home each day?

Carla

[dakota]

My husband and I work.

He takes of am 06.00

he comes back pm 17.00 or when he comes by train (misses the train) 18.00


i go to work am 8.10 , come back 12.30 , i go working again 13.20 and come back 17.00

[dakota]

o yes in the weekend we don't work, my husband has many days off and I don't work friday afternoons.

[unklala]

My 11 week old, male doesn't like to go for walks. Is this normal?

[Cheyenne Indians AST]

Hi ,

Yes some pups dont really like walking out , especially on a leash.
What i always do is taking a toy with me and while walking i show the toy alot and also play in between alot.
That way the pup will understand and think that going out for a walk is fun and they like fun things.

Good luck

[Erin]

Hi Kim,

In answer of your question on leaving a pup alone i can give you onley an positive experience of my own..
We have Dino now for two weeks and I must say I'm staying home but I'm also learning him to stay alone for sometime..I started with leaving him for a few minutes and left a topwindow open so he coudn't see and lisend how he was doing..i think that it will be diferend from pup to pup but Dino learn't pretty fast to spend some time alone he stay's then in his bench whit the door loked..
When I go out now I can easely leave him up to 4 ours and he even doesn't do anything in his bench..but i don't like to leave him that long At night we turn to bed mostly at ten and then he stays alone in the livingroom in his bench till 7:30 in the morning whitout any complaning or doing something in his bench..I do walk him everytime he's coming out of the bench and take a toy with us to play with as a kind of price he earn't that way..

I think that you have to learn it them when there still pup a little bit at a time an that when there older working in the way you do must be no problem..

hope my experience till now helps you a little bit..
and mabye there are others whit a great advice..I could use some too.. maybe I'm doing it the wrong way whitout even knowing it

All the best...Erin..x

[serge]

Hi every one i just got a 2 month old american pitbull terrier and i was wondering how to raise it since it is my first dog.

[ocean]

Hallo,

We just have our Amstaff since two weeks (is now 9 weeks old) and we noticed is growling if touched while eating ( if not touched no problem)
Is it normal ? should we try to correct him and if how ? javascript:adds("")


Thanks


PS

[dakota]

yes, I find you should correct it , the pup should know you are his leader and you can touch anything. What you can do is, when you give food in his bowl you can add some pieces by putting your hand in the bowl and put a piece in, you can start with an empty bowl or with a bowl with little food in it. So after a while you pup notice you are not taking his food but that it is just very nice when you come and put your hand in the bowl because that means he is getting some extra.

Hope this helps

Dakota

[yggdrasil]

Hi : that is not a desirable behaviour, you must correct it!!!. Never take off your hand when he growls!!!
I would try putting my hand in the food bowl, if growls, a big "no" and take of the food, until he stops doing it. when he stops, move the hand and touch him, if growls repeat taking off the food. if this dòesn`t work, please let me know, that is a behaviour that must be corrected as soon as possible. I hope you understand my post, i have a really bad english!!!