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General Rotors / Any tips on how to raise a puppy?
« on: September 28, 2009, 01:17:59 PM »
Anyone have any tips on how to raise a puppy? We just got a Pitbull puppy for free and she's really adorable. She's good for the most part but she tends to make potty in the house. (That's a given though till she's potty trained =P)
We're trying to teach her not to bite on people and not to bite on items except for her toys. She's really good though. I tell her 'no' to something she did bad and she just looks sad and doesn't do anything until she looks up at me for approval. She's a very, very friendly puppy though.
When she's big enough to not be held anymore, we're going to let her stay outside. We also have two cats, one of them I don't think cares about her but the other cat, Charlie might 'try' to show her who's boss. I don't think Charlie will hurt her but I still worry.
But yea, any tips on raising a puppy? Especially when we want to go to sleep at night. We try to put her in the bathroom with her little dog house blocking it so that way she can't get into all the wires and stuff. (like computer wires). However, the poor thing cried all night last night. She seems to sleep though when she's near one of us, but we don't want her on the bed with us since it's too high up and we might squish her since she's pretty small. Is there any way to remedy this?
Thanks guys!
We're trying to teach her not to bite on people and not to bite on items except for her toys. She's really good though. I tell her 'no' to something she did bad and she just looks sad and doesn't do anything until she looks up at me for approval. She's a very, very friendly puppy though.
When she's big enough to not be held anymore, we're going to let her stay outside. We also have two cats, one of them I don't think cares about her but the other cat, Charlie might 'try' to show her who's boss. I don't think Charlie will hurt her but I still worry.
But yea, any tips on raising a puppy? Especially when we want to go to sleep at night. We try to put her in the bathroom with her little dog house blocking it so that way she can't get into all the wires and stuff. (like computer wires). However, the poor thing cried all night last night. She seems to sleep though when she's near one of us, but we don't want her on the bed with us since it's too high up and we might squish her since she's pretty small. Is there any way to remedy this?
Thanks guys!