Hello all,
I'm new to this board but have been scouring it for the past two weeks that i've had my new little baby. Her name is Buttons and i'm in love, her mother is a 9.5 lb. yorkie bichon mix and her father is a 5 lb. pure bred yorkie. She's currently 2.7 lbs at 10 weeks and 5 days. Well first things first what do you think she looks more bichon or yorkie? Since she's mixed I know there's really no telling but, is the whole 12 weeks double the weight still fairly accurate with mixed breeds? I'm just pretty much an overall new dog owner and need opinions on the things i'm doing. If i'm doing something wrong let me know because I want my little Buttons to have the best and healthiest life possible. My mother and I first got Buttons at 8 weeks and I think she's pretty adjusted, i'm not sure if she thinks she runs the house but, she's already spoiled. She likes to bite when playing (how do I get her out of this?), she also gets her daily zoomies which is hilarious, and it sounds like she's fighting a demon under our couch
.She doesn't have all her shots yet and we're still weighing our options between banfield hospital, a private vet, or the spca's vaccine clinic. What's your opinion, I need to convince my mother that a private vet is best
. She's healthy overall besides constant ear itching from ear mites
. I believe she's losing hair behind the ears but the banfield vet says it may just be the oil on our hands. For treatment the vet at the spca gave us revolution and the vet at banfield recommended that we do her treatments every 2 weeks, has anyone else been told this and used revolution with successful results? She eats 5/8 cups of food per day I started her out with nutro naturals and quickly changed her diet because I read that the brand was killing yorkies at a point. I didn't know about the gradual switching of food but her poops were still firm. Now she's currently eating Innova puppy food, I personally hate it because she won't really eat until the end of the day
, and we have to use a dicer because the kibbles are to big. She enjoys the wellness puppy snacks so I plan to gradually switch her to wellness puppy toy breed, because of the kibble size and she basically picks out the wellness pieces that we're gradually adding to the Innova. She knows how to sit on command, sometimes she comes sometimes she ignores me, but if I tell her to stop she listens, she almost has fetching and giving the ball back down because before she would bite me if I went near her ball. I'm not sure if she has allergies just yet so I didn't see the need in getting the wellness puppy grain free, plus the kibbles are just as big as innova
do they make wellness grain free toy breed for puppies? We're exercise pen training her because we'll be gone longer than 4 hours since the semester is starting and my mother works 8 hours. I thought she was potty trained but sometimes she just goes on the floor. We use pee pads since she doesn't have all her shots and can't go out, should we only leave pee pads in her play pen and not on the floor so she can learn to never pee on our carpet? When she's older we plan on keeping the pads when we're not home and having her go outside as well, has anyone had success with both methods? Last but not least, because I know i've already typed a lot. How do you deal with tangles on legs she won't let me brush her legs AT ALL? We didn't realize how tangled her fur was near the skin on her legs before we gave her a bath since the fur on her head and neck is more straight like a yorkie. Any recommendations for shampoos and conditioners? LASTLY, tear stains is it normal since she's a pup? We switched started her out with purified bottle water and had to use tap when we ran out that's when the stains started, so she's back on purified is that fine? I also just wipe her eyes everyday with warm water and Martha Stewart's tear stain remover, is this safe? If you read all this and feel like replying i'd be so grateful thanks SOOOO MUCH.