proud parents of a cocker puppy.

[the copleys]

Hello, myself and my husband have just aquired a 15 week old cocker puppy , he was given to us by a friend who has a new born baby and couldn't cope with him.
He is 'paper trained' and we are in the process of trying to encourage him to 'do the do' outside! Although it is alot more tricky than we thought! :?  Any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated. Also how many times should we be taking him out?

Julie Copley.                    

[shonajoy]

Hello, myself and my husband have just aquired a 15 week old cocker puppy , he was given to us by a friend who has a new born baby and couldn't cope with him.
He is 'paper trained' and we are in the process of trying to encourage him to 'do the do' outside! Although it is alot more tricky than we thought! :?  Any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated. Also how many times should we be taking him out?

Julie Copley.

Congratulations! What colour is he, and what have you called him? We have an 11 week orange roan boy, Indie, and we take him out every 2 hours or so. I read somewhere by 3 months they should be able to go 3 hours or so, but like anything I'm sure it depends on the pup. It's certainly hard work, like having a new baby.

Welcome to the board, I'm quite new here too, everyone is really friendly and helpful

Shona x                    

[Magic Star]

Welcome Julie

I am mum to a blue roan girl "Indie" she is coming up 8 months now :shock: How time flies!

Hope you get as much fun and laughter from your pup as we have!  

Emma and Indie                    

[the copleys]

Thanks for the replies! His name is Jarvis ( sorry! but we couldn't resist that one!) and he is blue roan and tan. He is lovely and is my shadow already. He is quite good at night as he stays downstairs. I don't think he has mastered the art of climbing the stairs yet! We have the paper near the back door now but he will go into the garden for a run around and a sniff but then he walks back in and pees on the blooming paper!! AAAHHHH!!  But he does 'sit' to command and is getting the knack of 'fetching' also!
Would anyone recommend those 'extendable leads' for cockers?
Bye for now!
Julie x                    

[KellyP]

Hi Julie,

welcome to COL!
Tris and I are the 'parents' to Millie; a blue roan girlie who's now 13months - and boy oh boy I agree with Emma that time does fly by!!

We've got a good FAQ section on the boards, and it covers basic puppy training, check it out here ....

http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/forum/viewf...wforum.php?f=47

Also, as far (pardon the pun!  :twisted: ) as extendable leads go - I'd steer clear. Cockers can't be quite strong willed little tikes, and ideally it's best to 'remain in control' and teach him to walk to heel; also practice your recall and that way you can let him off in the park / nearby fields and give him a good run when he's older and has the hang of recall  

Have a word with your vet and see if they can recommend any local training classes you could take Jarvis too - not only will this help you 'learn' how to train him effectively, but it will also help socialise him with other dogs so that he doesn't harbour any fear of them when he's older.

HTH - enjoy your pup  

ps - Jarvis... cool    :wink:                    

[*Jay*]

Welcome to the forum  Have a look at our toilet training FAQ - it will give you some useful advice but each dog is different so don't worry too much. Glad to hear Jarvis is settling into his new home.                    

[Mary]

Hello Julie and Jarvis.....welcome to COL.

You've come to the right place for advice on absolutely anything cocker related :wink: and a few other things on top :wink:

Mary & Lottie                    

[Katherine]

Hi

In a few weeks we are going to get a 8 week old blue roan cocker puppy but we have never had a dog before, all we have is a 7 year old cat. We are a bit worried about how to introduce them, could you give us some advice? :?                    

[PennyB]

Katherine why not post re the cat introduction bit on the behaviour forum so it doesn't get lost here.

PS Have sent you a private message (click above somewhere to retrieve it—think I sent is twice though) with a couple of links to this issue.                    

[cindere528]

Hi to the Copleys & welcome to the world Jarvis!  

It's a long time since I house trained a Cocker (my doggy, Bess, is over 11 years old now & she's my 3rd Cocker) but my first Cocker, Teddy, was "paper trained" when we got him at 8 weeks old.  In fact he was so well trained that if we so much as dropped a newspaper on the floor after reading it, he would rush over & produce a little drop on the paper just so he would get praise!  As you can see, paper training has its disadvantages.  The only sure fire way I have found of training a Cocker is LOADS & LOADS & MEGA LOADS of praise when they do something right.  It's best to ignore mistakes - they don't learn from them - just concentrate on the good things & praise him a lot.  Good luck.                      

[LindaW]

Welcome to the Copleys and appropriately named Jarvis!  Bet he is a sweetie.  He will take time to settle down with you but you will get there and you will find this website very helpful I am sure.