My new pup Storm

[Nannycuddles]

We went and viewed the pups at the farm at 31/2 weeks old. There was a litter of 8 Michael the farmer let them out of the cadge except 2 that had already been chosen. I kneel down on the floor the pups came over and then walked away apart from one, she climbed on my knee and laid down. I said this one is mine, Michael said that was quick, I said she’s picked me and that good enough for me.
we picked he up just under 8 weeks on the day of the lockdown. With the lockdown we was unable to get her vaccinated until she was 12 weeks, 2nd 1 at 16 weeks then another week before being able to go out.
with my bad back she only got very short walks along my road which lead to a main road. As soon as she saw the traffic she froze and slipped her harness, by luck it was fixed to her collar. This also happened again so we purchased different one that’s like a straight jacket, no way can she get out of this. The last 4 weeks I have been working on her and she have improved, but I had ran out of things to do, so we have booked a trainer for 1-1 sessions. It’s 2 90 minutes session for £100 which is well worth it to help get her sorted. We had the 1st session Yesterday and she have told me different things to do with Storm.
Need to get her a bit better as we are going to Cotswold on 21st August.

[Lizzie48]

She looks so cute!!! I hope the sessions go well.

[Grauntie Mag]

Lovely dogs NC. Good luck with the training!

[Gemini]

What a little cutie!
I'm sure the training sessions will be worth it NC.

[Daisy]

NC - she's still just a baby, but such a sweetie. For Eva I use a Perfect Fit harness with a D-ring on the chest part so you can attach the lead to both the back and the chest. (From a company called Dog Games) If I'm doing anything difficult with her I use a head collar and the lead attached to the head collar and the back of the harness. It's so scary when they slip them - what a good job you had Storm's lead attached to her collar as well.

I remember when we had the Yorkies as puppies the trainer used to give us homework every week, like take them past schools when the children are arriving or leaving, going to the train station, shopping centres, all sorts of things. It was a really helpful way to get nice calm dogs who weren't spooked by odd sights or sounds.

It was different with Eva being a rescue dog - she had her own agenda of what she wasn't prepared to do or trust us about.

By the way, there's a lovely FB group called "Canine Enrichment" with lots of ideas for things to do.

[Nanto2girls]

Hope the training sessions go well.

[Plantaholic]

Lovely dogs GC, puppy very cute.

[Glammanana]

Lovely alert looking puppy NC so so cute x

[Oma]

So scary when they slip the lead ,
storm has a harness that the lead attaches to both harness and collar , if he hasn't got his harness on he has a head haltie that also attached to his collar .

They look very happy with each others company

[Avo]

Such a pretty little pup! How lovely! Puppies are hard work aren’t they.... I’m leaning towards a rescue when our old girl passes. That will also be a challenge I’m sure......

[Daisy]

Avo - there are so many lovely dogs sitting forlornly in dogs' homes, waiting for a loving home. Eva is my third rescue dog, and I've never regretted any of them.

Still, I hope your girl has plenty more time with you. x

[Nannycuddles]

Avo - there are so many lovely dogs sitting forlornly in dogs' homes, waiting for a loving home. Eva is my third rescue dog, and I've never regretted any of them.

Still, I hope your girl has plenty more time with you. x

We have had 2 rescued dogs out of our 5 over the years. We got Shadow as a pup as we had a baby granddaughter at the time, so we wanted to make sure it was brought up with little ones, as the youngest two grandchildren are only 4 and 3 we decided to go for pup again, we also thought it would probably be better with Shadow, they have both been best of friends from day one.

[Daisy]

Nannycuddles - I wasn't in any way criticising choosing a puppy over an adult dog. The first dog we had when we had children was a puppy - for exactly the reasons you've chosen a pup. I think you've made a great choice with Storm - she's clearly a happy puppy with a lovely nature, and I'm sure Shadow is a brilliant role model.

How are the training sessions going - I hope your back's better so you can enjoy walks etc.

In fact it's very difficult to adopt a rescue dog if there are young children in the family. Our one and only stipulation when we were looking for our current rescue was that it had to be used to children. We didn't mind age, size, breed, sex, house trained, car friendly etc, etc, as long it it was used to being with young children. Our youngest GD was only 2 at the time, but they did have a dog of their own and both GDs were taught from day 1 to be considerate to the dog. Otherwise I don't think the rescue centre would have agreed to us having one of their dogs.