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It depends on what time I go to bed, I usually let her out at about 9.30pm. Some (most) nights she does hold on, like last night. I get up about 6-6.30am. I am going to try to be more consistent.

I have a 20 week old puppy. She sometimes sleeps outside in the garage but sometimes I have her inside in the laundry to sleep. In winter I would like to have her sleep inside as it will be too cold outside. The problem I have is that when she is inside she is sometimes going to the toilet on her bedding. I have put newspaper all over the remainder of the floor and sometimes she goes on that but she went on her bed and then continued to sleep on the newspaper. I don't want to be washing the bedding every night, not to mention the smell. How can I train her to use the newspaper and not the bedding. If I put her in the crate, she pees in there too even if the door is open.

Thank you... I will try Once I get a good photo, I will post it

Thanks for your responses. She isn't a mini, she's a standard and I am under the impression that the standards can be shown in puppy coat. I am just unsure what I am supposed to do with her head. The breeder said tidy up. Perhaps I will call them and ask them exactly. The breeder is 3.5 hour drive away.. I wish I could go and get help all the time but I just don't have the time to spend driving up there. I am off to watch at a show on Sunday, this will be the first one since I have bought the puppy so it will more eye opening than the last one I went to. It's funny how that when I was younger and tagged along with my mother to obedience trials... I never took any notice Edited to say: Oh, I'm in NSW, south of Sydney

Hi, I'm new to this forum and showing dogs so if I sound like I don't know anything... it's probably because I don't!! My question is... My puppy is 9 weeks old and I would like to take her to her first show in March. What do I need to do to present her coat wise. The breeder suggested that I only tidy her head? Is this correct? If so, how should I approach this? Stip or cut? or is there something else I should do? Thank you

Have you tried Gary Barnesly (sp?) near Bringelly? He does chiro, acupuncture, laser. Absolutely brilliant, works wonders! The number is 4774 8491. Hope this helps