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by Debieky on 05 June 2017 - 20:06
Update right dropped completely :D
He looks cute but I am nervous lol , I found ear supporters for 7$ should I get it
He looks cute but I am nervous lol , I found ear supporters for 7$ should I get it
by kitkat3478 on 06 June 2017 - 00:06
I can't open the pics but reading everything posted, I have to agree with others, your pup is just not getting what it needs nutritionally.
I would give a good dry food as well as your raw. All my pups start out with a high fat/ high protein dry food plus raw beef, slightly cooked ground turkey and scrambled eggs and cheese daily.
I have never had a problem with ears going up, however, the bigger coated pups ears do tend to flip flop more than the others, but have always stayed up.
My pups are always given nice meaty soup bones also. All that chewing great for the ears plus unlike marrow bones , they usually eat the entire bone.( If the store don't have soup bones, beef spare ribs work great. Well worth the cost).
The only time any pups are their crap was when I fed Purina puppy chow. My vet said the food is garbage, you buying the brand, not the food. It was the undigested food passed thru the pups were after.
No more Purina, no more poop eaters.
And I would follow bee's advice for catching him in the act.
If you follow the advice already given, I have no doubt you will have a gorgeous healthy dog who you will be happy to get a kiss from, lol.
Best of luck to you
I would give a good dry food as well as your raw. All my pups start out with a high fat/ high protein dry food plus raw beef, slightly cooked ground turkey and scrambled eggs and cheese daily.
I have never had a problem with ears going up, however, the bigger coated pups ears do tend to flip flop more than the others, but have always stayed up.
My pups are always given nice meaty soup bones also. All that chewing great for the ears plus unlike marrow bones , they usually eat the entire bone.( If the store don't have soup bones, beef spare ribs work great. Well worth the cost).
The only time any pups are their crap was when I fed Purina puppy chow. My vet said the food is garbage, you buying the brand, not the food. It was the undigested food passed thru the pups were after.
No more Purina, no more poop eaters.
And I would follow bee's advice for catching him in the act.
If you follow the advice already given, I have no doubt you will have a gorgeous healthy dog who you will be happy to get a kiss from, lol.
Best of luck to you
by Hundmutter on 06 June 2017 - 06:06
Debieky - just so you don't think BeeTree is some lone voice crying in the wilderness; she is absolutely right !
This IS about you putting in the hard yards. It WILL eventually pay off, to be always supervising your pup's opportunities to toilet as she describes.
Other things you can do (in addition):
Make sure you keep that balcony clean and the old poop picked up REGULARLY; you can leave the latest lot down to give the puppy a clue next time he's taken out there, but don't leave the whole balcony unswept for days. Otherwise you are just presenting him with a smorgasboard every time, which won't help get the message across.
Pick a command word to indicate his excretion; when he finally DOES 'go' in the right place, because you are doing what Bee says and so will be there, you can start to associate a word with the deed. Be consistent: always use the same word, thereafter. Praise him when he gets it right, say nothing when he turns around and pulls you back indoors.
If you still want 'reasons' why he has developed this habit, as well as nutritional factors which other posters have covered with their feeding advice, consider these possibilities:
you got him off on the wrong foot, perhaps, by putting him outside on the balcony on his own and not paying enough attention to what he was or wasn't doing, with your "training" head on ?;
he's copying his mom (some bitches go on cleaning up after their litters once the pups are weaned, and may inadvertently be teaching their offspring to do the same);
he aquired the habit because he didn't have enough to do, to distract him from eating it ?
Veterinary oppinion seems to be that there are no clear reasons demonstrated by research; so you can take your pick about whether its nurture, or nutrition, or genetics,or habit. What matters really is getting it dealt with, before it grows, with the dog, into a huge problem.
This IS about you putting in the hard yards. It WILL eventually pay off, to be always supervising your pup's opportunities to toilet as she describes.
Other things you can do (in addition):
Make sure you keep that balcony clean and the old poop picked up REGULARLY; you can leave the latest lot down to give the puppy a clue next time he's taken out there, but don't leave the whole balcony unswept for days. Otherwise you are just presenting him with a smorgasboard every time, which won't help get the message across.
Pick a command word to indicate his excretion; when he finally DOES 'go' in the right place, because you are doing what Bee says and so will be there, you can start to associate a word with the deed. Be consistent: always use the same word, thereafter. Praise him when he gets it right, say nothing when he turns around and pulls you back indoors.
If you still want 'reasons' why he has developed this habit, as well as nutritional factors which other posters have covered with their feeding advice, consider these possibilities:
you got him off on the wrong foot, perhaps, by putting him outside on the balcony on his own and not paying enough attention to what he was or wasn't doing, with your "training" head on ?;
he's copying his mom (some bitches go on cleaning up after their litters once the pups are weaned, and may inadvertently be teaching their offspring to do the same);
he aquired the habit because he didn't have enough to do, to distract him from eating it ?
Veterinary oppinion seems to be that there are no clear reasons demonstrated by research; so you can take your pick about whether its nurture, or nutrition, or genetics,or habit. What matters really is getting it dealt with, before it grows, with the dog, into a huge problem.
by Debieky on 09 June 2017 - 18:06
Update : 3 days of success not outside though
Tomorrow I will take him for a full day out in garden and see what happens
Tomorrow I will take him for a full day out in garden and see what happens
by Western Rider on 09 June 2017 - 19:06
Great to hear. You being the most stubborn will pay off 
by beetree on 10 June 2017 - 19:06
Progress! Great job, keep it up!
by Debieky on 11 June 2017 - 19:06
Anyone experienced dandruff in dogs with serious scratching and biting , and seems to have a crust in the spots when it heals
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