MrToby

He luvs it too.. At least he doesn't have to wait till one of us are in the big pool now..Only issue is keeping him out of it some days, he goes balistic after a swim and now he can go when ever he wants.. So he will come tearing into the house ( which is tiled throughout) and he has been given the name of "DP" when he does this.. "DRIFT PUPPY" as he slides all over the place, but he looks like he is having a ball when he does it too..

New video of Mr Toby. His training is going great, and he has no issues at all with heading outside now when he needs to go to the bathroom. We are trying to teach him to stop barking when we say it is ok now. If he hears something, he will go off and until i take him for a wander around he doesn't stop. It's like the little tuffy has to have me walk him around to make sure, then he is all good again.. Very funny little guy, he has been helping me with the Harley lately, and is is amusing when he just sits beside me without a worry while i am grinding or doing other things. He is just happy to be near someone, like most Chi's.. Has his own little pool now as well, so he can go for a swim whenever he wants to now. Which he seems to be really enjoying too..

We let him play with his collar for a little while, and put it back on him... Has been scratching at it a little bit, but he is getting used to it now.

We put it back on him tonight. Thought we would give him a little break after his shots and nose drops..But he seems a little better with it now, have left it on him and he is in bed now ( 10pm) See how he is in the morning but it will be staying on him..

Put his collar on tonight before his dinner. He sat and did not move for about 30 minutes, then we went straight for his cuddle teddy and sooked there. Took the collar off after an hour, he stayed still for about 5 minutes, then straight for his dinner, and is moving around fine now.. We made sure he could see his dinner get put down and all.. Will keep this going for this coming week and hopefully he may progress.. The hardest bit is training ourselves to not give in to his little sooky look...He is good at that already..

Maybe 30 minutes at this stage.. His collar and harness is crazy small, and would weigh a few grams at best..

It is as light as we could find. In fact in would fit the Guinea Pig without a drama it is that small..We have tried the ignore bit as well, he just continues to sit on the one spot. Might try the before dinner idea tonight thank you...

Hey everyone, hope all is well... We have started to put Toby's collar and harness on him, trying to get him used to them so we are able to go for little walks... Have been putting it on him for the last 2 weeks i guess, and each time we put either the collar or the harness on him he freezes. He will just sit and not move at all, not even coaxing him with treats or toys moves him. He has walked a few steps with his harness on, but even then it was like he was off balance with his tiny rear legs.. Anyone have any suggestions, or knowledge of the above ?

Thanks again everyone,.. The bones are something we want to try with him soon... He has his little back teeth coming through right now, so he is munching on anything he can get his tiny paws on. The pool training is a must for us, as we are big pool people. He wanders around it everyday, does not go near the edge at all. He is more interested in the leaves he finds out there to play with.. He is a great little swimmer as you can see here. But he does have a little issue with getting out from the step. We have placed him in the pool, facing away from that step and he swims straight for it. So that was stage one done, he knows now where he can stand up, and be safe. A little escape ramp is coming next week for him... We also have the standard aluminum pool fence, and short of not putting in a full glass fence, he simple ducks in between the fence poles now. We really would have to redo the entire pool fence to keep such a little guy out of that area... And i prefer he know what to do in water for when we go camping as well, as we always end up near a creek.. I will try and get a new swimming video of him today ( it is hot enough already) he has progressed well in his pool adventures..Visions of little tiny floaties did cross my mind though..

Got these ones of him tonight...

Thanks for his comments everyone. He is going very well, just had his shots on Wed and he was not too happy about that.. Connie has requested i take him for his next lot, as for some reason he is calmer and quieter with me. He knows his bed time now, and drags his Shelby ted in front of you around 9.30 each night. We know it is his bed time then, and off he goes. ;) His house training is going very well too He has started going to his bathroom spot on his own now. Although he still gets treats when we see him do it... His training with Connie is powering along and he stays for 5 - 10 seconds staring at his treat before he is told to take it, which he does. Shaking hands is funny as when he is so small, but he is getting there with that one.. :laugh: Connie is going to start him on his tiny harness this weekend as well. He has a collar too, but the harness is a better idea we think. Everything is in a matching brown color, with a puppy theme too of course. :rofl: I will have to get some more pics of him tomorrow, i have just had a bit on this week.. ;)

I completely understand why she has the contracts, and to be honest, i would do the same too..What i do not agree with though is when someone is not up front about that. In the 2 or so hours spent on the phone when first inquiring about her pups, to the hour we stood and decided which one we wanted..Not one word was spoken about any contract. Only after we had decided on Toby, and agreed to the price was this elusive contract mentioned. That, to me is being deceitful. Getting him done is not something that concerns us as we have no plans to breed him anyway, nor did we when we first started looking for a puppy.The way she hid the contract till the last moment is what i had an issue with.

Hey everyone, sorry for my lack of reply but been a little busy this week.. We are going to wait now until he is older. I called the breeder about this and explained our reasoning for it. I was really put off after we heard that one of the last ones she took in was not even ready to be done yet. So for some reason or other she is getting them done VERY early. But all good there, she knows what is going on now.. His house training is going great too. He is now at the stage of going to his puppy bathroom on his own. After reading about time frames toward bladder sizes, we have not had a mishap since. He has a big play and a treat when he goes to his bathroom, so he knows he always gets a reward for doing it. Seems to be really paying off with him too. :D But his other training is going well too, so he is quite a switched on little guy. ;)

Just grabbed one of our little sleepy head Toby... Only with the phone...

He looks awesome. Luv his coloring, and sounds like he has chosen you too...

Maybe he is just hot like the rest of us atm. I know i do not feel like running around after a ball right now. Try playing with him inside, in the cool and see if he sparks up a little.

Just showed all the replies here to Connie as well. Think we are going to wait for a while now.

Thanks for his comments everyone. We are having great fun with the little guy, and his personality is growing each day...He does remind me a little of Gizmo out of the Gremlin's movie. I have discovered one way to make him kind of melt away.. Just rubbing one of his ears makes him go off to la la land every time... Little video of the boy.. He seems to sit before we ask him to now, so we try and get him to stand instead now. You will see his little lounge at the end...

Yes well, the lady from where we got Mr Toby from pulled out the "Only sold as pets" contract only after we had agreed on which puppy we wanted. Did not mind too much as we are not interested in breeding him anyway. But this one thinks that she can come here and uplift him if we do not provide her with a cert of de sexing within a certain time frame... I simply do not trust her one bit after seeing how deceptive she can be. She called last week to ask if we wanted to drop him off at her place as she had 2 others going in that next day. Not a hope in hell i was leaving Toby with her for any reason. I will sit and wait all day for him if i have to , before i would let her have control of him again. On one of the boys she took in last week, one was not done as his little bundles had not even dropped down yet. That is hoe soon she is taking them in now. I would luv to see her try, and it would have to be a video moment for sure. He was always going to get done at any rate, but when someone tries to force me to do something..Well, good luck with that is all i can say.

Just the boy and his bear.

He only has a bath once a week atm. He has jumped into the pool while the kids were in it, went under , came up and swam straight to the step he knows he can stand on. I do want to get him one of the pool escape ramps for him though just to be sure. He wanders around the pool area most days, but does not go near the edge unless someone is in it. His training is going well..I have been secretly teaching him how to shake hands, which we had to show off about tonight. Sits, shakes hands, lays down now very well. Of course we have to make the treats super small, otherwise he loses interest very quickly as he gets full.. He does look a little funny when he sits. He kind of "lounges" And now he is all played out...

Queen Mary falls are flowing well atm..

Well we have decided to wait until he is at least 1kg. His house training is going great, and we have had very few accidents since we started a routine with him.

He is our little baby... Spoilt rotten , but he is loads of fun too...Hhe is around the 900 gram mark now..Look out, he will be huge soon... Few more of the little man... With his first pig's ear. He gets stuck right into these now.. Where he manages to plonk himself when i am lying on the floor.... :laugh:

Our little guy seems to be acquiring a taste for our Silver beet. Not just the leaves, but the stems as well. And he seems to enjoy it as there is none left when he decides to pick some for himself. Might have to raise the pots i think....