From: 275s@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Wendy Bortnick)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: HELP, NEW PUPPY PROBLEMS
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:37:48 GMT
Reply-To: 275s@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Wendy Bortnick)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

Hi everyone,

I would just like some advice you netters may have on a few minor problems.
I have had our new puppy for 3 weeks now and she is a Bedlington Terrier
that is 11 weeks old.  We already have a Bedlington that is 14 years
old and has been quite nice to her.  I am attempting to crate train
and I do work.  We have the crate in our bedroom and during the day
she is also in there crated.  I work 10 minutes from home and I come
home at lunch and spend 35 minutes with her.  She frequently wets the
towel I leave in the crate during the day when I am gone, but at night
she is dry for 5 hours until we take her out.  My neighbor said she
cries for about 2 hours after I leave at lunch each day.  On Friday
and Monday my son  is home all day and on weekends we are there, so
she is not crated all week long.  I am wondering if I should consider
using a baby gate and blocking off half the kitchen area and just leaving
a piece of newspaper down.  I leave at 5:00 a.m. in the morning and
my husband doesn't leave until 7:30 or 8:00 a.m.  After I take her out
and attempt to get her to eat, which is the second problem, I let her
go into bed with my husband.  She usually goes back to sleep for him
after jumping on his head a few times.  I do not notice where she loves
her crate like other netters have said their dogs do.  At night she
wimpers for a few seconds and is good, but sleeps very lightly.  If
one of us gets up to use the bathroom, she wakes up right away and wants
out.  My second problem is she is a poor eater so far.  I have tried
Iams, Nutro Pro, and Ecunuba dried food and now mix a tablespoon of
Iams canned in the dried.  She always wants to eat my other dogs prescription
canned food for kidney disease, so I can't let her eat that.  If I put
just straight canned dog food on a plate for her she also isn't interested
unless she thinks it's Tiffanys food.  I will now try to put just her
food down and make Tiffany wait to eat if she eats first.  She will come
back and eat about half her food two times a day, but we are talking a
couple handfuls of food and that is it.  She gained a little over a
pound in 2 weeks.  The Vet said she appears to be very healthy and she
is playful and basically listens well. When I have her in bed with my
husband, twice she has jumped off the bed and run down and peed on the
piece on paper in front of the door.  She was going on the rug there,
so I just started putting newspaper on top of it because I got tired
of washing the rug.  Sometimes she goes 1/2 hour after she just went
outside, but usually she holds it for a few hours.  She has been eating
a Pig Ear and a Booda bone most every day.  Could this be inhibiting
her appetite.  I even gave her a little piece of raw carrot and celery
and she didn't know what to do with it.  She weighs about 9 1/2 pounds
and her full grown weight is suppose to be about 22 pounds.  She feels
heavy and has a fat belly like most puppies.  She is a little active
for our other dog by biting her legs and jumping on Tiffany's head,
but they are not together during the day since she is crated.  At this
stage I don't think Tiffany could take Chelsea beating her up.  They
both go crazy over these pig ears.  I notice the puppy seems to urinate
more frequently when they are eating them, I assume it is excitement.
Any suggestions will be most appreciated.  I feel like I Had a baby
in mid-life since my husband and I are almost 50 years old.  She walks
really well on a leash and sits and doesn't jump up on anyone.  She
is a little timid with people at first.  Hope to hear from you guys
soon! She doesn't always finish a Pig Ear and a Booda bone in one day.

Wendy
275s@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Wendy Bortnick)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs