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Yes, she's in the crate when we leave. She always has a cuddly toy and her chewy Kong bone and a soft towel in there with her. She seems to be ok when left on her own if we don't leave the house. We've left her for a couple of hours on multiple days this week now and she was alright, but I'm...

We took the Friday and Monday off work and had a long weekend, so yes: We have been home more than usual, but I didn't expect this to have such an effect. Especially one that doesn't seem to go away again. She goes to doggie daycare Tuesday mornings and is shattered afterwards. According to the...

Hi again, It's been a while since I posted here. This is mainly because my now  5 month old Border Terrier puppy has been developing great. Stopped almost all the annoying things it initially did. Yay  :) However, she's been having some digestion system issues recently and had quite loose...

We're planning to get a harness for her once she's closer to her final size. Just now we're not trying to dictate where she goes by restricting her reach, but we rather try to make being close to use interesting. This isn't working too well yet, but hopefully we'll get there.

Yeah, we're trying to socialise her as best as we can. Had lots of visitors, went to meet another dog (a huge golden retriever), met the vacuum cleaner :) and met neighbours and their children (very briefly outside). That all went well, so fingers crossed that she'll get enough socialisation...

Just had another interesting situation with her :D I let her out of the crate after a nap and because she was taking her time, I lay down on my back on the floor. As soon as I did that, she came out of her crate and started sniffing me and then started to growl and bark. Does she think I'm...

Thanks for the responses. My gf is actually as diligent as I am and her timing seems good to me as well. We also take turns being at home and working, so she spends whole days with our puppy as well. It would be great if the rise in biting is just an extinction burst, because it's quite...

Hello again, I'm happy to say that some of the things she's been doing resolved themselves. She's better with the stones outside, she's better on the lead and collar and she even sleeps through the night (8 hours with 3 months!). She also ignores her reflections now. So thanks a lot for the...

Just noticed I posted this in the wrong thread :D whoops! Sorry about that.

Another day, another issue :D She now decided that jumping on the sofa is the best thing in the world. She can't reach the top yet, but will be able to soon. So far she only stretches and puts her front paws on the top.. As I've read, I just lure her down, say "off" and treat/praise. Been...

The reflection in our floor to ceiling windows really bothers her in the evening. She'll growl and bark at it and won't be distracted with toys. She'll just take the toy to the edge of the carpet closest to the windows, then sit down and start a staring contest with occasional growling, barking...

Thanks gypsysmum2! I'm just too worried about so many things. You read everywhere that you should make sure to do this and that in the first weeks. It seems impossible to take care of everything. And then there's no real way to know if you're doing it right either. She is making progress...

No, I didn't know these videos before, I'll have a look when she's asleep. Some final questions: 1. How do I know when she's learned a command? I.e. we're learning sit just now; when can I try sit without luring her with food? Also we say "get busy" when she poops/pees, but when can we use it...

Ok, I'll continue doing that then. One more thing: We're wondering if the scratching/biting is caused by her not being exercised enough. We spend a good amount of time playing with her and giving her things to play with on her own and we also go explore new things. The first two days she got...

I've read about very different approaches regarding the collar. Some say to just leave it on the dog, she'll get used to it eventually, whereas others say to put it on her for a few minutes while distracting with a toy, then take it off when she's not scratching, repeat with longer intervals...

Hi JoanneF, We're feeding Royal Canin Mini. She got that from her breeder as well and what we're feeding her just now is still from the breeder. Taking her outside would require collar and lead though and she's still not used to her collar (unless I take her out in her crate which she isn't to...

Oh, she also bites/licks her hind legs a lot. Is that normal? Vet didn't seem to think she had flees, but gave us a treatment anyway.

Thanks for your reply. She is undergoing vaccination now, so we haven't been able to take her outside much except the back garden. She'll finish vaccination with 11/12 weeks, so not quite sure how to get her socialised under these circumstances :/ What's a good strategy for making her calm down...

Hello, My partner and I got a Border Terrier puppy on Saturday(she's 9.5 weeks old now) after months of research and reading up on dog training and puppies. I had read before that getting a puppy is never what you expect it will be and that's certainly true here. I'm writing to get some...