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Originally Posted by CaLi19GyRL  Hey everyone my name is Heather. I live in San Diego, CA and I have had Maxx for 1 week....he is now 9 weeks old!! I have so many questions!!! UUgghhh
Okay first off, his mom was 4lbs and he dad was 5 1/2. So the owner told me he would be between 4-5lbs.....well @ 8weeks I took him to the vert he weighed 2.6 lbs....according to formulas I looked up, he will be over 7lbs full grown, is this possible???? I am so confused!!!!
Also potty training.....we are using wee wee pads/crate training and he is just NOT getting it!!! Ha Ha I don't know what else to do. He is in his crate when I am not here, maybe 1-2 hours most a day, then he also goes in there to sleep. When he is out we have the pads, but he always goes on the carpet! I don't get it! Any ideas????
And chewing........yes I know puppies do it, but any tips on how to stop it before hubby has a heart attack? Ha Ha P.S. he has a TON of toys!!! |
8 weeks, they usually triple the weight to get a so so accurate reading..I use pee pads, consistency is what it takes..he will have to pee quite often..I always put my dogs noses down by it and then told them NO, you pee on your paper(you have to catch them doing it), then took them straight to the pee pad..Ginger caught on very fast, but at 7 1/2 mos. she is still a little booger when it comes to the pooping part..I just put a pee pad where she keeps going poop at(never on the carpet though)..buy him a baby kong, that should keep him occupied enough to keep him from chewing on things he shouldn't..you can also buy some oil of cloves and put that where he is chewing, it actually works better than bitter apple or anything else out there as far as I'm concerned..my dogs always loved the taste of the bitter apple. good luck with your new little guy and post pictures..