It's been a busy few days here @ GMBD's. Lots of changes. Lexi is leaning toward weaning the pups and is spending considerably less time with them. It seems a bit early but they're in good hands and all is well. For about a week now, I've been rotating them in groups of 5 and 6 a few times a day to avoid the scrap. It seemed logical to me that they were burning as many calories just trying to "get in" as they were consuming and it didn't seem their determination, as a whole, would be very pleasant for Lex. As you can see in the slideshow below, they were started on their Puppy Pate this morning. They did a pretty good job of chowing down for the first go round. They also got pretty messy and did a fair job of trashing their new collars and the room but they seemed to enjoy themselves. I mixed up another batch this afternoon expecting them to be even more eager but they actually showed less interest. Like I said though, I think it's still a bit early. I'll keep offering it 2-3 times a day and within a few days they should be going for it like there's no tomorrow.
I've changed the puppy training pads within the ugodog a few times since adding it yesterday and it's definitely seeing lots of use. The bedding continues to get wet but mainly around the vicinity of the ugo. The pups have a particular area where they bed down and that area and the area around it remains essentially dry. I'm hopeful the pups will eventually use the ugo and only the ugo as the spot to relieve themselves. If they catch on to the idea it should make potty training them a breeze!
I found some of the pups out of the pool a couple days ago and on a few occasions since but it was always when Lexi was in the room. I figured they where first climbing on her back and then up and over the side. I wasn't able to witness them getting out until yesterday. Their motivation was food... climbed over to get some while Lex was wondering about the room. Throughout the day I walked in a few times to find all the pups out. Tomorrow I will be setting up at least one of the corrals and start to transition them out of the kiddie pool.
Hope all is well with each of you!
I've changed the puppy training pads within the ugodog a few times since adding it yesterday and it's definitely seeing lots of use. The bedding continues to get wet but mainly around the vicinity of the ugo. The pups have a particular area where they bed down and that area and the area around it remains essentially dry. I'm hopeful the pups will eventually use the ugo and only the ugo as the spot to relieve themselves. If they catch on to the idea it should make potty training them a breeze!
I found some of the pups out of the pool a couple days ago and on a few occasions since but it was always when Lexi was in the room. I figured they where first climbing on her back and then up and over the side. I wasn't able to witness them getting out until yesterday. Their motivation was food... climbed over to get some while Lex was wondering about the room. Throughout the day I walked in a few times to find all the pups out. Tomorrow I will be setting up at least one of the corrals and start to transition them out of the kiddie pool.
Hope all is well with each of you!
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