[abbie's mom]

Originally Posted by rubymoon2072

congrats hes a lil beauty. because he is so young you might want to consider seperating his shots and do one at a time. some babies dont do well with getting all at once (when and if he is scheduled to do more than one vaccination at a time). i would check with your vet about the correct amount of food to feed just to be sure he is getting all the nutrients he needs.

Originally Posted by gracielove

He is still way too young to have any control over where he pees. It's going to be a while so be patient. He needs to have as much water and food as he can get right now. Don't try to ration it. He is still an infant puppy and you are going to have to treat him like that. You will have to have pee pads where ever he goes for now.

When a puppy is 12 weeks old it starts to get the idea of where it should pee by your putting him in the right place but still has little control until it is about 16 weeks. Training a small breed dog can be trying and usually takes a little longer then a larger dog as they have smaller bladders. Right now he is pretty much a leaking faucet.

Originally Posted by dinkyweil

Just keep training him and training him and training him, and he will be trained. then when he backtracks, just start over and do it again. Stick with it, and he will be trained. I hope you are one of the fortunate whose pup will catch on quickly!

Hello and Welcome, Sott! Your baby is a beaut . I appreciate all the afore mentioned advice. Wish I'd had such good, kindly advice when I first brought my Abi home. Don't be afraid to speak up with questions to your vet about spreading out the shots. And, potty training = patience, patience, and more patience