newpuppyowner

thanks for all the replies! he knows his name, Oscar. he responds every time with his head moving over. i think i accidentally taught him that coming over is me ignoring him...and i feel terrible. he's a maltese/pekingnese/shitzu. by take back, i mean take it home, ie my home. the vet said it was ok to take it back to "my" home. at the breeders, he was also kept inside. he sleeps in his pen, on his bed, with a puppy pad next to it. i feed the puppy 4 times a day, mixture of royal canin + wet food, to wean him fully into just Dry food/biscuits/royal canin.

hey thanks for the reply i only ignored it for that time that day, and since then I've been trying to get it to come, which it occasionally does and i praise it a lot. before that, we only ignored it when it cried in it's pen, but never when he was outside. i read it online, and thought it was another technique of training the dog.

so i read online that you were supposed to ignore the puppy whining, even when in the room. i also walked away from it when it whined and ran towards me. this was 2 days ago. my puppy isn't responding to claps and running towards me very much anymore. sometimes it does, sometimes it just sits there and stares at me. it doesn't come for treats. ive had it for about a week, and its 7 weeks old. my vet said its ok to take back a puppy between 6-8 weeks. can anyone suggest some tips or help? could the puppy just be tired and cbf responding? or is he deliberately ignoring me, because i ignored him? =( thanks guys and yes maybe ill get some bashing. bash all you want =) but please also add some advice as to how i can reverse or re-establish that relationship with the puppy. I'm a new owner, and really wanting to have a healthy and happy puppy.