Thanks for all your replies. It's hard to believe we've only had Aki (for that is his name) for 4 days. Our biggest worry is just that he isn't happy, but he's only been separated from his mum and brothers and sisters for such a short time so I suppose we can't expect too much now.
Thank you, the reason we're worried is because there's been lots of weedkiller sprayed over the woodchips over the years. Not for about 3 months, followed by lots of rain, but still a worry.
Absolutely agree, but currently we haven't found anything "of higher value"!
We were thinking of getting a playpen to keep her only on the lawn and away from gravel and woodchips, but he'd still be on the lawn with lots of grass to eat. Should we just let him do it and put up with the vomit...
The problem we're having when training is that we can't hold his attention in the garden with treats or toys because the garden is full of those, but much better, to his mind! A tuft is simultaneously tastier than treats and better for tugging than a human-manipulated tuggy toy!
We've had to...
We've got a 9-week-old puppy who loves our garden but keeps eating anything she finds, and chewing up grass. We haven't tried to stop her too much, but yesterday she vomited and now we feel we have to stop this, especially since she hasn't had all her vaccinations yet.
However, the only way to...
Hi everyone,
We've just got a 9-week-old fox red Labrador puppy and, although our families have had dogs, he's the first one we've had on our own.
Iain and Miyuki
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