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It's a made up name for a cross breed, Pug X Jack Russel. Little Stewie is a cutie pie. I'm not very familiar with the breed but he does seem to have a dash of something equally as cute in there. He has very expressive eyes Stewie resembles my old dog a little...especially the side view. Maybe mix a little chihuahua or papillon? How does chihuahua x pomeranian look like? I've seen ads for chi x pom, but I have no idea how they will look like when grown up.

Boz looks like he had a ball! Some big pups there at pre-school! Yes, there was a huge mastiff and a lab a week older than boz but bigger. The one that really came out his shell is the little 'puggle' (had not heard of that breed before) who was the smallest --- what a cutie ! Little border pup was small also for his breed. It's just a joy watching them - couple more pics if you'll indulge me !!! Looks like the pups really enjoy it. The vet I go to do pre-schools too and they have given us some brochures. Maybe I should consider it too...

Just saw this post before I replied your PM. It's ok. I do know that he might not be pure since he's not from registered breeder.

Yes he is. My husband adores him, especially so when Stewie loves him more than me.

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Unfortunately, considering your pup is from an unethical, unregistered breeder, there is actually an increased risk of health issues. Registered, ethical breeders perform specific health testing on their breeding dogs to minimise the risk of any genetic health issues cropping up. This won't have happened with the person who produced your pup. In addition, registered, ethical breeders will provide ongoing support if anything does happen. Again, you will miss out on this. Sigh. Well...now we already have him, we just have to make sure to send him straight to the vet when we find something unusual with him. Definitely going to renew his Wellness Plan next year for the free consultations for a peace of mind that I can bring him in anytime I want for consultations.

Thanks for sharing the experience and the picture! I showed my husband all the posts and he commented that everyone is so helpful and had so much information to share we us. And he said we will make things work for Stewie, no problems! He also sent me some pictures he had on facebook. Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

I have some pictures but they are on my laptop. Will upload one when I get home. He's cute and fluffy but I've had feedback that he's probably not purebreed. I didn't buy from a breeder but found him on the Quokka. Hadn't had luck with breeders in WA. Sent emails to 3 of them (found from Canine Association WA online), none replied. When my husband called, he could only get through to one of them and was told that she hadn't had a pup for a while (the last one was 5 months ago) and not expecting one till maybe after April. My old dog was probably not a purebreed either but purebreed or not doesn't matter as much as a healthy dog to me.

It is up to YOU what Stewie will be like if you feed him bones and meat and processed food, or whatever he is on.... in his bowl, at a certain time... then, that is that,where and when he eats ! or he goes hungry til next meal time Hopefully his breeder gave you good dietary advice Don't spoil him! little dogs are very good at training their owners ! LOL That is what I have done after reading the threads prior to Stewie coming to our home. I have fed him at fixed time and once he refused to eat further, I take it away from him. He has been eating decently last night and this morning when I fed him. I made sure I got him to sit and say "food" to him few times before allowing him the food. My old dog used to get all sorts of food. My mum will wrap sweet and sour pork/fried chicken, etc from our dinner (usually 1 piece as a treat) to bring home for our old dog when we dine out. It didn't do him any good when he reached old age as he had lots of health issues. So my husband and I have stamped our foot on trying not to feed him non-dog food. Vet has suggested rice and boiled chicken (no skin) if Stewie's stools too wet. But we haven't had to resort to that yet.

Thanks! I appreciate everyone's suggestions. Both me and my husband feel like first time parents to a new born. And this morning both me and my husband were at our wits end and we had to come work (I'm an accountant and I have the auditors coming in soon, so I can't take leave). My husband was going to try to take time off work to go buy the crate and go home check on Stewie as we are worried about him. I loved my old dog and was so sad that he passed away in singapore last yr of old age. I hadn't seen him for 3 yrs and he left before I could see him again. However, I don't wish Stewie to be as spoilt a brat as my old dog. I remember for the first few yrs we had my old dog, he won't even eat unless we mash his dog biscuits and feel him through our hands. Stewie will have to be better than that.

It *shouldn't* be a problem. All my puppies start off sleeping with me until they can sleep through the night without toileting and are more confident to be able to sleep independently without crying. A 7wo old pup should really be sleeping with you, they are too young to be away from Mum and litter mates at this age Thanks. It's comforting to know that it's possible to sleep him elsewhere should we want to in future. I've spoken to my husband and he's in for the crating and setting him in our bedroom for the time being. Also, his parents will be coming soon for a visit and it will be good to have someone help look after Stewie and toileting him during the day.

Thanks for your kind advise. I will do as suggested and perserve with his toileting. I have only brought him out once for about 10-15 mins and will definitely not do so until I check with vet on his next vaccination on when it's appropriate to do so for Stewie.

I am in Australia but I am not Australian. I'm Singaporean but Australian Pr living here for more than 5 yrs.

Thanks for the information. We have brought him to a vet on Sat to give him his first check up to make sure everything was ok and got him set up on a Wellness Plan with the vet and got all his 12 flea treatments and worming covered, as well as free consultations. I will definitely bring him in to a vet if he's unwell.

My old dog was a long hair chiwawa (though he looks more like a papillon) and I wanted a toy companion breed. My husband was very concerned about him jumping over the barriers too once realised he is attempting to do so the whole night. I will give everything a think through and consider trying some of the suggestions like a crate.

He has had his 6 weeks vaccination. We have the vet card and the next vaccination date on it as well.

Thanks for all valuable suggestions. I will definitely consider a crate and perhaps pick one up before the shop closes after work today and do more reading on crating the dog.

DO NOT take your 7 week old puppy out on walks! As it is, he was too young to have left his mother. What injections has he had? If he had his 6 week one then it takes up to 2 weeks before the immunity is there. You are exposing your puppy to parvo, kennel cough etc. Please find MissyMoo's thread in Health or Show Ring to find out what happens if a puppy gets parvo. Read up about crate training. Not confining such a small pup at such a young age in a small area is IMO pitiful. My 5 month old 35kg dane gets put into his crate without any problems - it is their secure space. If he is crying - take him out, do the toilet routine and otherwise ignore him. When he is finished - straight back into the crate. Just out of interest - was he a spur of the moment purchase or a planned, researched one? Oh dear, I didn't know that would be a problem. Thanks for the reminder! We had been planning to buy the puppy since we moved into our new home last April. But apparently we didn't do a good job at our planning. Getting information bits here and there seems to have confused us. Bed or crate. Ignore or let it in our room. We chose to ignore and set the rules but we have probably underestimated how tough it would be to raise a puppy. I didn't have this much problem with my old dog when he was a puppy, but that was probably because we gave him whatever he wanted and he would still pee and poo in the apartment wherever he likes till the day he died.

I will speak to my husband about the crate since majority are in favour of a crate. We thought we have exhausted him on his walk yesterday. But his energy just seems to last forever and the whinning never stopped.

So before 14 weeks old, she was still whining? Does your puppy cry all night with no stops? I don't mind if he cries, but not all night long please. How long before he will stop the non-stop crying? I think me and my husband are going to start crying all night long if he doesn't improve.

Would we be able to get him to sleep elsewhere later on? How long would he need to sleep in the bedroom before he can be moved elsewhere? My colleague asked her vet for some advise...and their advise is IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE. But it's too loud to ignore.

We do play with him during the day (we are able to do during weekends but weekdays both my husband and I are away at work though and we do not have kids at the moment to play with Stewie) and we bring him for walks in the park. We tried to get him to toilet but he doesn't seem to want to pee/poo. Only poo once yesterday (while we weren't looking and preparing dinner) and didn't pee at all during the day. Also, he seems scared of poles which has been marked by other dogs when we take him for his walk (was hoping he would pee since he didn't do so for the whole day)...he refused to go near the pole and would wimp when we tried to get him close. He has our old clothes though he prefered my husband's clothes comared to mine. We are trying to "ignore him" during the night. How do we know if he is wanting to pee? We do not want to go out when he is wimping/crying as we are afraid he might be only seeking attention and just wanting to stick to us. Can we go to him at all during the night if we choose to keep him where he is now for bedtime (maybe smaller the area)? When is it appropriate to go to him? I don't want to go out and pacify him to sleep everytime he wimps/cries as I think if I do so, he won't stop this behaviour. I'll try the ticking clock tonight. Hope it works.

Putting him in a crate in our room had come to my mind before, but we do not want him in our bedroom in the long run. Would it be a problem if we put him outside later on? We are just afraid it'll be habitual to sleep in our room and it'll be harder later on to put him where we would like him to be.

We hadn't thought that a big area would make matters worst. On Saturday, he was sleeping in the kitchen area as my husband hasn't completed his screen and that area was smaller to screen, but my husband prefered to give him the games area which overlooks our backyard so he has "some scenery" instead of the dishwasher and drawers to look at and chew on. So maybe we should make his "area" smaller? Also, I just realised one of my colleague have a pomeranian and he told me pomeranians are good jumpers and his can jump up to a cabinet which is about near waist height. Is that true? In this case, my husband's screen would be useless to keep him zoned anyway...

My husband thinks it's very pitiful to confine him to a small area which is why he has put up a barricade in our games room (which is open area to our kitchen, dining and living area, so the area is big and the games area alone is a theatre room size about 4x4). I must admit we have not bought everything we need for Stewie as we want to see what he need, then buy instead of blindly buying everything. He has some toys and a couple of our old clothes and an old pillow to sleep on which he has pee on in the night before. I am thinking of buying him a bed which my colleague suggested (I wasn't sure if a crate or a bed would be better, hence we haven't bought him one...it also didn't help when most shops weren't open in Perth yesterday to do some shopping). Now, I'm not sure about bed or crate... My old dog used to hate his crate and would chew through the crate wiring which is why I had second thoughts on crate previously. But seems many suggested crating...I should probably give it more tot.