vanessa0305

Oh my god George is just so cute. Got to love the Cavaliers. Our outside area is more of a run then a backyard. We built it specially for Bailey. its 8mx3.5m completely fenced area for him to be outside. Bailey isn't out of our site very often as we are a house hold of 6 and I work at home. The area outside is completely visable from anywhere in our livingrooms and kitchen. What I mean is if Bailey decideds to go outside to do his business, Should I quickly follow him to give him his comand? our home is on ground level so the outside run is really an extension of our living room area. I have just noticed that Bailey will go outside and pee before I have had a chance to get to him. should I be blocking off his access to the outside run so that I am in control of when he goes outside to do his business?

I wonder if anything happened to him while your weren't with him. I don't know if you spend time away from him or if he is in the care of others. But it sounds like stress or trauma. Maybe he has given himself a scare and needs to get over it? I am glad that he is doing much better poor baby!

Thanks for the advice everyone... One more question Bailey likes to bark when he is playing, to me it shows he is really having a good time. Should I be discouraging this? Will it make him a barky dog? Or is it something he will only do at play? Thanks again

How long does that stay warm? I am after some kind of heat pad too. When pup goes out during the night to go potty when we come back we are both frozen. Its ok for me cause hubby has kept the bed warm but poor Bailey goes back to his crate cold. TIA Vanessa

Hi I Picked up our Cavalier pup on Thursday from the breeder. He was born on the 8 of June. The Breeder was also breeding Paillion and Mini Foxies. He was wormed, vaxed and flea treated but required worming again with in a few days. I was surprised to find that all the dogs were on the same food. Chum caned and adult biscuits. Even the puppies. They were also on milk and had pasta and eggs occasionally. So I bough Bailey home to find that his first poo at home was very very runny. Poor Bailey has the trots. I figured it was his diet and the stress of going to a new home. We starting toilet training from the moment he got home and has been doing very well with only one wake up a night to go out and a clean crate each morning and only one accident since he came home inside. I took Bailey to the Vet the day after I got him for a quick check over and to be wormed. They recommended I change is diet straight away to Euk puppy small breed since he already had an upset tummy. We did that night. Then we took him again on Monday as he was still having soft stools and they gave him some meds to help but felt it was still his raw tummy that was causing the trouble from is previous poor diet and the meds have helped. Today, his stools are much harder and more like puppy poo. Questions.... Is Euk the best thing to have Bailey on. Its what our vet recommended but I don't know enough about it. We live in country Qld so finding good food is harder. When should I introduce chicken necks or wings? especially with his sore tummy and does it replace a meal or is it in addition to a meal. I am crate training him, Is this the best thing to do with a small dog? or should I just have him free in a small room? Is it ok to let him free access to go outside while trying to toilet train him or should I be taking him out every half our and keep him without the access to the yard? Bailey will often go out by himself now but if he does I am not there to give him the command. I do use a command word when I do take him out during the night and the day when its too cool to open the big doors to our outside run. thanks for your advice Vanessa