Derrickok
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Dec 13, 2001, 4:19 AM
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Re: [Pat] Help! Behavour change
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Hello Pat, Now that I have some particulars of your puppy, I may be able to offer some suggestions and reasons for her recent behavour. (A) It could be due to boredom that she is doing it; in which case some puppy toys may help. One of the best puppy toys I have ever invented was to find an old socks tie a knot on it and it will provide hours and hours of amusement to the puppy. Please do not substitute and use lady's nylon stockings as this is both dangerous and detrimental to the puppy if swallow. (B) The other possibility, could well be she is digging for a place to whelp. She could be going through phantom pregnancy/false pregnancy, taking into consideration that your puppy is 10 months old; and according to my calculations, she would have come into season around 7-8 months old and after 63 days, her 'puppies' are due. If your puppy has already been spayed, then such possibility could well be discarded. If she has not been tampered, then there is a strong possibility this may well be the case. It is absolutely pointless to punish a puppy after she had committed a 'crime'. Either you catch her red-handed or not to punish at all; because, she will never understand why and for what reason she is being punished for. In order to spare you the head-ache, I suggest that you have not much choice but to confine her in a cage or chain her up for the time being, until hopefully, she grows out of this bad habit or she becomes more mature. Besides, you can never expect a puppy of 10 months to jaga house for you. She will only be productive at perhaps 14-16 months. Regards. P.S. Your original posting you said that your dog has become very restless, this could also be a sign of motherhood.
(This post was edited by Khoobg on Dec 13, 2001, 3:32 PM)
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