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Thanks for all your replies. Last night I put him in his crate without letting him out into the garden as usual. Within 2 minutes of going into his crate he started whining which is very unusual as he usually settles straight away. I took him out into the garden after this and he had a wee, came...

Our Shih-Poo is 6 months old. He sleeps all night and goes in his crate at around 10.45pm. We always let him out into the garden for his last toilet just before we go to bed but this means waking him up and coaxing him out into the garden. It just seems so cruel although he always has a wee. So...

Our Shih-poo is 5 months old and we have been worming him regularly. Today we caught him in the garden and he had possibly eaten a snail. Should we be concerned about this for lungworm or are we being overly cautious? He’s currently wormed with Drontal oral suspension. I’ve been researching...

Maybe “Telling off” was the wrong choice of phrase in my opening post. I had read online that if the puppy has a poo inside after house training is going so well, you express disappointment in a firm way and then immediately take them to the garden and tell him that is where he goes to the toilet.

Yeah it has been pretty miserable

Shih poo puppy is 14 weeks old now. House training is going well and he has been sitting next to the back door and whining when he needs to go out for a poo. He has had a few wees on the carpet over the last few weeks and so yesterday I cleaned the lounge with an enzymatic cleaner in the Vax...

...just had a light brown poop but formed.....the dog obviously....not me I’d just like to point that out

....he hasn’t had a poo this morning yet so I’m keeping my fingers crossed when he does.

Sounds very sensible thanks. Is it normal for puppies or grown dogs to have diarrhoea from time to time? Is the boiled rice ok to keep giving him?

I just posted the day before yesterday asking about dry vs wet food and then our pup has diarrhoea. I’m not sure it’s to do with the food as he has had no drastic changes in his diet. His poo became softer and then yesterday became yellow and diarrhoea like. We read to keep him on a bland diet...

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply in such detail.

So in basic terms meals should be 3-4 times per day and by 6 months of age it should be twice a day. I will look at the other dry foods suggested thanks. With regards to over feeding the vet told us not to worry about this and if he clears his bowl give him more which is want we have been...

Our 12 week old Shih-Poo seems to be doing really well. He is our first ever dog and the choice in dog food is mind blowing. Presently we give him Butchers Puppy Perfect (he was weaned on this) and this scores 90% on allaboutdogfood.co.uk. We tend to feed him this as his main early evening...

Well spotted. It was advocate. The vet recommended it last week when we took him to get his immunisations. I feel a bit ridiculous here...I’ve been a Paramedic for 15 years and am used to having people’s lives in my hands but I feel a bit lost looking after this little fella at the minute.

OK thanks. So the schedule is clear now but all this choice of products is a little overwhelming as a first time dog owner. Am I best sticking with Advantage to cover everything as a broad spectrum or using a liquid/tablet wormer and a separate spot treatment for fleas and ticks?? If I do this...

Our puppy is 10 weeks old and has just been to the vets for his second vaccination. We saw the nurse and I was asking advice about flea and worm treatments. She said once he reaches 8 weeks he needs worming every 4 weeks and not 2. However I've read that it should still be every 2 weeks until he...

Yeah I have done most of that except the radio but left the TV on and the kitchen door open.

OK that’s great thanks and makes total sense. I feel awful now leaving him. I have been trying to leave him and pop out to the garage or the garden etc for a few minutes but maybe I need to structure this a bit better.

As a new first time dog owner this is it first question and I’m sure people can help. Toby is a 9 week old Shih-Poo. We have had him for a week now. On the odd occasion he has had to be left home alone for short periods of 20-30 minutes. Sometimes I’ve left him in the crate with the door closed...

Great thanks. I’ll look at this.