[Kate..]

It's true, he must learn to eat his own food.
A lot more things are poisinous to dogs than people think,
Chocolate
bread
Oranges.
you have to be carefull with what you give them and you should make them work for their food if you're going to give them treats, teach him the basic comands, especially stay come and down.
xxxd

[001steven]

yeah but im not feeding him excessive eggs:

for scrammbled egg i gave him
1 Egg
and drop of milk

He wont even eat the dog food i brought and it is expensive lol.....i would rather him eat then not eat i know not to give him choclate as i know it poisons there blood....

I have OFFICAILY Named him Brooklyn

[Sam!]

Listen to Kate lol she has TWO dogs :P And their very sweet

[001steven]

I will listen BUT my Nan has fed her dog Normal food since he was a puppy... and he has never touched dog food...my mate goes to the Butchers everyday to get his dog meat....lol

I should be getting him weghied tuesday.. and Vet Checked

[Kate..]

I have one lol
the puppy is the same on as on the left
but i know they look SO different!!
but i do know what i'm talking about lol

but it's the first day, you have to give him a chance, his probably nervous and scared seeing as so much happened in one day, if you dont make a fuss about food, he wont either. My dog is really weird he doesn't gobble down food straight away. He just eats it when there's nothing else to do and he still gets through two bowls a day. Give your dog time.

[001steven]

ok thanks....

Pet Insurance from tesco starts from 4.20

[nicola001]

oh i was going to get a staff out of battersea dogs home called bouncer but when we got time in the room with him he got abit excited and was leaping all over the place lol and we found out he had kennel cough so we never got him .

[001steven]

Buy Privately.... i was going to get a Rottie a while back.... But they Check up on you every so often which i dont mind BUT they are basicly saying we dont trust you.... and that put me of........You can get a staffy for about 250 anyway i ave spent abou 300 on ine so far lol and i think that will RISE massively buy Summer lol

[Sunny_01]

Like others have said feeding him eggs and human food is not ideal. Dog food is designed to fulfill all your pets nutritional needs, they need different things to us.

If you need to soften his puppy food, or mix in a slight amount of your food for a short while to get him to eat it.

He will be unsettled, he has just left his mum and siblings, it will be a scary time for him and a few days off his food wont hurt him in the very short term.

I have one dog now, I lost my 14 year old dog 3 weeks ago and believe me I know the trials of being a dog owner.

Training and making sure this puppy knows you love it but are it's master from day one are very important.

[001steven]

I have he is peeing in different places and i raised my voice.... he is now doing it in the place i want him to..

[001steven]

What should i do....he keeps howling at night I ignnore him BUT when i wake in the morning he has dragged his bed into his bed so i have to clean him and wash him his Toys were ALL full of his mess and i was nearly sick what can i do to stope this from happening? will he grow out of it really annyonying me :c onf:

[001steven]

Someone Please help!!!!!! thanks

[Kate..]

Be patient with your dog, he is only a puppy.

It's good that you ignore him at night, dont ever let him sleep in your bed after howling, and you shouldn't let him sleep in your bed anyway so that's good.

You have had your dog for two days, of course he isn't going to be puppy trained yet, just every time you see him peeing inside or about to pick him up and put him outside, praising him when he does it..
These are the signs for about to go toilet
Sniffing around,
Circling where he is about to go

Also they normally go toilet after being asleep and eating so it's best to take him outside straight after this.

[001steven]

ok thanks alot .......what if i put his bed beside my mine AS my Room near kitchen i wont put him in my bed just down next to mine with his bed????

[Retroman]

Originally posted by SumminAboutKate
A lot more things are poisinous to dogs than people think,
Chocolate
bread
Oranges.
you have to be carefull with what you give them and you should make them

That's not to say bread/oranges/chocolates WILL be poisonous however...
So don't worry if you occasionally decide to give your dog a piece of your chocolate biscuit or something.

As for sleeping near your bed, that's fine.
My mum has both of our dogs sleep on small dog beds at either end of the bedroom, unless one of our dogs occasionally decides to sleep in my room.

Though im aware your dog is a puppy, which would usually be a bad idea in regards to sleeping in your room...but if you're near the kitchen then it sounds practical.

Make sure the puppy is tired out by night time, in order to make sure it goes to sleep...
Otherwise you might have problems >_< lol.

[001steven]

yeah he is so lively at night and howls i gonna put his bed beside mine as his toilet is next to it aswell... i want mine to sllep in my room when it older anyway

[001steven]

well he slep near my bed and his awas good...he didnt howl onece.......

but i made him his dinner just now he ate it and now he has peed on the carpet in the living room.. iknow it aint his fault BUT i did have a go at him if he keeps doing it and i keep telling him off will he learn to NOT pee on the carpet?????

[bananarama]

Originally posted by 001steven
well he slep near my bed and his awas good...he didnt howl onece.......

but i made him his dinner just now he ate it and now he has peed on the carpet in the living room.. iknow it aint his fault BUT i did have a go at him if he keeps doing it and i keep telling him off will he learn to NOT pee on the carpet?????

Folow SumminAboutKate advice above. Don't train your dog to pee or whatever in the house at all. He should not have a toilet area in the home at all. Allow that now and you will regret it later.

As soon as he starts to toilet in the house pick him up and take him outside. Even if you are aware of it happening in the middle of the night.

You say you prepared his meal if that means you are still giving him human food then please don't.

Although the odd bit of chocolate or bread may do no harm to use either as feeding could harm him or worse.....Advice from a vet. Dark chocolate is the worst never give him that.

Have you registered him with a vet. If not you neeed to do so and at the same time ask for advice from them about feeding. They will also probably supply you with diet linformation litrature.

I know you are excited with your new pet but settle down and find out the proper things to do as of the moment you are doing all that you should not do....

1.Do not allow him anywhere in the house to toilet. You may have a place at night where you don't mind as much but never give him the impression it is ok to mess in the house.

2.Do not feed him any human food. prepared human food may have high salt content. Not good

3.Put him outside to wee etc frequently and reward him after toileting outside.

4.Register him with a vet right away and obtain his advice

5. Cheap insurance=cheap cover and probably high excess fees to pay. For a staff at least Ł8 a month.....

6.Look for puppy foods and stick to them

7.Treats are the equivalent of junk food so don't let him make a meal of them......Use treats to train him

8. Being a staff which are potentially deadly dogs it is important he is socialised with other dogs.

9. Phone you local authority dog warden and ask where your local dog training is held. getting him to remain friendly with other animals is imperative.

[001steven]

he is now well hopefully eating his dog food i took him vet today as he needed worming and he is having his injections on the 21st on THIS MONTH so i can Hope fully in 5 weeks take him out he mixed with other dogs today so that was good and my mate gonna bring his dog in a few weeks so they can play......im dreading his wroms coming out they are so ugly lol

[bananarama]

Try this forum.....


http://www.seefido.com/dog-discussion-forum/index.php

[001steven]

thanks FOR ALL your help people

[Sunny_01]

Originally posted by 001steven
he is now well hopefully eating his dog food i took him vet today as he needed worming and he is having his injections on the 21st on THIS MONTH so i can Hope fully in 5 weeks take him out he mixed with other dogs today so that was good and my mate going to bring his dog in a few weeks so they can play......Im dreading his wroms coming out they are so ugly lol

You cant really take him out until he has had his second set of injections and really you shouldnt be mixing him with other dogs just yet.

I would really read through what Bananrama has said and take note.

Try picking him up every half hour and popping him outside to see if he needs to wee, he surely will some of the time and then you get to lavish praise on him and get him to see the benefits of going outside.

Shouting at a puppy is a complete waste of time, they dont know why you are doing it, you need to reward good behaviour and be patient, he is a very young dog who will need to be shown the right thing to do many, many times before he will get it right.

[001steven]

yeah but i cant put him in garden...... he hasnt had injections.... and im not taking him out till sfter his second injection anyway lol.....

[001steven]

HELP He got wormed today and Now a worm is hanging out of his bum lol what should i do????? Will it come out on its own??? or will he feel it and poo it out ????? HELP PLEASE

[bananarama]

Originally posted by 001steven
yeah but i cant put him in garden...... he hasnt had injections.... and Im not taking him out till sfter his second injection anyway lol.....

Should be safe to put him in the garden as long as no other dogs are there or have been there recently.


Although he needs to socialise with other dogs don't allow your friends dog near him until it is safe to do so after injections.

Socializing with a friends dog may not be enough by a long shot. Find your local dog training centre when he is allowed the freedom to mix.

I live in an area where staffs have become more poular seems to be some sort of status sympbol with some. However most of them are a menace and danger as they are hostile to other animals in fact deadly to other animals.

I cannot stress hard enough. Socialise him. Train him. Control him or other dog walkers will walk there dogs in fear.....I have even seen a staff still a puppy attack another dog which took two passers by to get him to take his bite off the victim. Then it went on to persue the owner who esacped into a local office building.

In the wrong hands Staffs are deadly in a similar way to pitt bulls.......They fight to the death.....Note... Never leave it alone with a child.....