Yes thank you to all your good wishes has helped her sail through, well almost!
Alex the vet, (who is superb) x rayed her lungs, Liver, kidneys and Bladder, she scanned her, did an endoscopy and thoroughly checked her all over and NO OTHER TUMORS present, hooray.
Her water work problems is probably just an old age thing so will sort that after her recovery from the mastectomy. She is tired and sore but quite bright all the same. I am so relieved she is home and fine, stitches out in 11 days.
The others are being so gentle with her and for the first time her daughters are washing her for change!
A couple things to say before Lea Lou and I have an early night, all new owners I no it is an overwhelming thing having a Monster pup (sorry Munster pup!!!! ;-) ) but you are all doing very well, Elspeth did a tremendous job with Ceilidh yesterday, her first Munster, her first Champ show, in fact any show and Ceilidh behaved beautifully I was very proud of them both.
Please remember they are all individuals ( I know you know this but just want to help you all)
and there is no manual, read books but only use as a rough guide and don't worry if none of it applies to your puppy, Munsterlanders are very different to most breeds in lots of way. The odd dogs I have had back are often from people who have read a book and tried to use it as a manual and then panic when it doesn't work the way the book says it should. Common sense and they are more like a very fast, very quick to mentally mature human child, they will try it on, they will push the boundaries and play one of you off against the other, BUT their whole world
revolves around Mum and Dad and they will love you so much.
Dogs need to be dominated and hate it if you let them become top dog it is too stressful for them.
Putting them onto their back and making them stay there until they relax is a great, kind way to teach them you are boss, you can even tickle their tummy so it's a nice thing so long as they relax, don't give up even if it takes 10 mins, (it wont honest) you must win if they battle but most just say oh OK I will roll over! As for the teething, (see earlier post) they do grow out of it and once the teething is over it stops.
They have come from a house with 8 siblings and 5 adults to a home on their own and they want to play with you. YOU need to tell them and show them what is acceptable in play and what is not, they will be full of energy so get them outside and play to wear them out everyday they will need more and more as their energy levels increase.
Watch how long you feed puppy food for if they end up very hyper cut it back to adult food as soon as you can, by 12 weeks old most of mine are on adult food and if yours are getting too hyper once their walks start try a small bag of junior and then onto Adult, lets just say a Munsterlander on high protein is like a child on coca cola and sweets and then shut in a small room with nothing to do - Murder.
Any help and advice you can post on the blog OR e mail me privately anytime.
Good Luck and enjoy your baby he will be a big boy soon enough!
x x x x from Leah to you all, she is the puppies Great Great Granny, My Truly litter's and Summers litter, Stella Great Granny, Mum to Duchess Diva, Zeta, Logi, Granny to Prima, Keisha, Duke, Summer, and sister to Zeb and Dylan, hope I haven't missed anyone if so tell me and I'm sorry very very tired now and off to bed to cuddle Leah!
I hope this rambling is coherent, I know what I am trying to say anyway! as I said sooooo tired.
Showing posts with label training advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label training advice. Show all posts
Friday, 9 May 2008
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Teething problems
I know that until their teething stops puppies can be a nightmare, not all go through it but if they do it's a pain literally.
My advice would be to explain to your son, (not sure how old he is) that if the puppy comes running after him he must stand still, as the first instinct to your child is to naturally run away, this then makes it a game to your puppy, like a human tug of war. The frozen kong is a great idea and if he starts to mouth or bite put something in his mouth, teach him to carry something then he quite simply can't nip. The shaking of the scruff is another good thing to do but where children are involved it's difficult because the person he is biting should do it, still do it yourself and put him in timeout but it is hard as you can't be there all the time.
Karen is right he is full of energy and needs tiring out, get him out and about wear him out so he sleeps and when he wakes and looks to play, play structured games with him.
A bored Munsterlander is a destructive Munsterlander.
Play games such as Hide and seek. You can play this in the house or garden. Start by leaving your dog in one room and hiding his favourite toy in another room. The first few times you may need to help him find his toy, but Munster’s catch on very quickly it wont be long before they know exactly what’s on and you will have to find harder hiding places.
If you play outside drag the toy over the ground to leave a scent for him to follow, Munsterlanders use their noses all the time! You can also play this out on a walk, one of you walks with the dog whilst another member hides in the woods, and then send them to find Mum or whoever is hiding, they love it! Lots of praise when they find it!
Avoid games that can:
Get your dog overexcited to the point of being out of control
Involves using you as a toy
Involves encouraging your dog to put his teeth on your body or clothes.
Involves wrestling or allowing your dog to pit his wits against you and even win.
Encourage your dog to exhibit behaviour that might be acceptable as a puppy but could get your dog into trouble when he is no longer a puppy.
Any corrections must be:
a:) Timed correctly to occur at the actual time of the offence.
b:) Effective enough for your puppy to learn from it.
C:) Designed to correct not punish
The Correction must be immediately followed by praise, because when you have released your puppy from shaking him, she will no longer be doing what she was doing a moment before. She will be thinking of you and whenever she concentrates on you she must be praised for it. She will quickly learn to associate paying you attention with praise from you. Your praise must be lavish to be effective, and leave your puppy in no doubt that you are pleased with her. Everyone in the family must use the same method of training and commands.
I always show all my puppy owners how to roll the puppy onto his back and hold him there, the reason for this is to become dominant over your puppy without having to have a huge battle. If he struggles or argues to get up stick with it, you must only let him up once he has looked you in the eye and relaxed, if you do this every day he will learn who boss is very quickly, once he has do it weekly and then a little less often unless you need to of course.
Let us know how you get on wont you.
My advice would be to explain to your son, (not sure how old he is) that if the puppy comes running after him he must stand still, as the first instinct to your child is to naturally run away, this then makes it a game to your puppy, like a human tug of war. The frozen kong is a great idea and if he starts to mouth or bite put something in his mouth, teach him to carry something then he quite simply can't nip. The shaking of the scruff is another good thing to do but where children are involved it's difficult because the person he is biting should do it, still do it yourself and put him in timeout but it is hard as you can't be there all the time.
Karen is right he is full of energy and needs tiring out, get him out and about wear him out so he sleeps and when he wakes and looks to play, play structured games with him.
A bored Munsterlander is a destructive Munsterlander.
Play games such as Hide and seek. You can play this in the house or garden. Start by leaving your dog in one room and hiding his favourite toy in another room. The first few times you may need to help him find his toy, but Munster’s catch on very quickly it wont be long before they know exactly what’s on and you will have to find harder hiding places.
If you play outside drag the toy over the ground to leave a scent for him to follow, Munsterlanders use their noses all the time! You can also play this out on a walk, one of you walks with the dog whilst another member hides in the woods, and then send them to find Mum or whoever is hiding, they love it! Lots of praise when they find it!
Avoid games that can:
Get your dog overexcited to the point of being out of control
Involves using you as a toy
Involves encouraging your dog to put his teeth on your body or clothes.
Involves wrestling or allowing your dog to pit his wits against you and even win.
Encourage your dog to exhibit behaviour that might be acceptable as a puppy but could get your dog into trouble when he is no longer a puppy.
Any corrections must be:
a:) Timed correctly to occur at the actual time of the offence.
b:) Effective enough for your puppy to learn from it.
C:) Designed to correct not punish
The Correction must be immediately followed by praise, because when you have released your puppy from shaking him, she will no longer be doing what she was doing a moment before. She will be thinking of you and whenever she concentrates on you she must be praised for it. She will quickly learn to associate paying you attention with praise from you. Your praise must be lavish to be effective, and leave your puppy in no doubt that you are pleased with her. Everyone in the family must use the same method of training and commands.
I always show all my puppy owners how to roll the puppy onto his back and hold him there, the reason for this is to become dominant over your puppy without having to have a huge battle. If he struggles or argues to get up stick with it, you must only let him up once he has looked you in the eye and relaxed, if you do this every day he will learn who boss is very quickly, once he has do it weekly and then a little less often unless you need to of course.
Let us know how you get on wont you.
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