PickledRoo

Hi, Our 8 months old female pup barks at one of 3 things. 1. Anyone she can see walking past the house. 2. Motorbike's she hears going past the house. 3. Bird's she hears from inside the house, she will run outside and bark at them. Makes it hard on a nice day/weekend as have a lot of people walking past. She doesn't do this when we are going for a walk. I've tried being firm and saying 'NO', ignoring her, calling her back. None of the approaches seem to make much difference. Any ideas appreciated.

Ok, thanks PF. They have groomers where the puppy pre-school is I will speak to them.

Wow,Geez thank you all so very much. (Had to go and do some work for the day) I understand the whole grooming thing. Getting her used to it. What about brushes etc for simple coat maintenance, I will be going past a store this evening and want to have an idea before walking in. I will be printing all this out for the other half to read as well. Cheers

Thanking everyone for their advice. Puppy school has been booked BC, Got ya, I understand what you mean. Grooming advice was, she wouldn't need clipping until after winter. The crate training seems to be pretty popular/successful by most accounts. I'll look at some crates this evening. If we leave her inside during the day, i assume we are taking laundrey/puppy mats type of thing? Also, looking through other posts, we shouldn't be leaving water and food with her at night. Is that correct?

Helps to press the 'Attach file' button. We were advised the 2 feeds by the person we bought her. I'll see what we can do on this front. I am busy Googling ablout 'Crate Training' as I write this. Thanks

:DThanks for the welcome. I've attached a pic. She doesn't woof down all her food in the morning and there is normally a bit of food left in the bowl when we get home from work. I could get home a few days during the week for an extra feed if need be, but not every day. We have one of those 'Best Friend Pet Superstores' nearby who offer a puppy pre-school we are going to give that a go. Your post has reminded me to give them a call :D

Hi, First post. My partner and I have a 9 week old puppy, Cavoodle, been with us for just under a week. Current setup is, During the Day: Outside while we are at work, she does have cover and a kennel with warm bedding, I've watched her a few times after putting her out and she cries at the door for a minute or two then goes to her kennel or has a play with her toys. After we get home from work she is inside, plenty of playing,hugs and we take her out every 20-30min for potty. There has been a couple of little accidents inside but she has been going mostly outside. Nighttime: Inside the tiled laundry with bedding (same bedding during the day just moved), toys and a puppy toilet mat. We have been leaving water and uneaten dinner with her overnight as well. The first couple of nights there was barking and crying for about 20min, we haven't heard a peep for the last 3 nights. Feeding twice a day at 8.00am and 6.00pm. I just want to make sure we are doing the right thing or is there anything we could be doing better? My partner has had a puppy before (many years ago) but this is my first. Thanks