New puppy like a whirlwind!

[ShazzaC]

Awwww enjoy her! Blue did wees all the blinking time when we first got him. He is almost 6 months now and goes much, much longer. He'll sleep from about 10.30 - 6.30 in the morning now with no mess in his crate. I think this started at around 4 months, but they are all different.

We have never had the mad running around stage - I was expecting it - but we had a manic biting stage instead! Which was VERY trying, but completely normal. He still mouths a bit, but not like before.

[chrisp]

They like to have a mad 5 minutes - otherwise known as 'zoomies' or 'wall of death'!!!  Mollie still does this at 2 and she has to do this before each poo too!!!     

[Murphys Law]

After having the best behaved dog ever on the planet, Rusty the cavalier, I was not prepared for the 'enthusiasm' of a cocker pup and it came as a bit of a shock.

Now, at 6 months, things are better due to understanding his need for rest and other little traits. What has helped is reading how normal a lot of his behaviour is for a cocker pup because I really would think that I had a puppy with serious issues without this forum.

His last puppy tooth finally fell out today too   so I am hoping his teething stage is nearly at an end

Now, when he has his quiet moments, my wife and myself worry that there might be something wrong with him  

I suppose it is all the joy of being owned by a cocker. One thing you can't say is that they lack personality

[Walshies]

I am sure with care, training, consistency and most of all love, everything will be ok.  We were in exactly the same boat a year ago and wondered what on earth we had let ourselves in for.

A year on and the hard work has paid off - we have a lovely addition to our family who has a wonderful temperament and gives us so much in return for the simple joy of just looking after him.

Gives us a lot of laughs too with his antics - enjoy him. 

[JeffD]

Now, when he has his quiet moments, my wife and myself worry that there might be something wrong with him

Oh I so remember them times 

[butterflywings21]

enjoy the whirlwind, the tornado is coming  batton down the hatches    enjoy

I just coughed up my coffee laughing at that. Thanks I needed a good laugh. 

[Murphys Law]

Now, when he has his quiet moments, my wife and myself worry that there might be something wrong with him

Oh I so remember them times 

It just doesn't seem right when they are calm

One thing i have found is that diet can influence the behaviour of puppies a great deal. We noticed that once Murphy was off the poor kibble recommended by our vet and onto Natural Instinct things improved. Before Christmas things were pretty good and then over the holiday period Murphy's behaviour took a giant step backwards.

 My wife and I couldn't understand it. The only thing that had changed was that we had started giving him Dentastix when we put him in his crate to sleep. A quick Google search resulted in quite few stories of hyper dogs on Dentastix so they are now off the menu and once again things have improved.

One day they will stay improved

[Mudmagnets]

Now, when he has his quiet moments, my wife and myself worry that there might be something wrong with him

Oh I so remember them times 

It just doesn't seem right when they are calm

One thing i have found is that diet can influence the behaviour of puppies a great deal. We noticed that once Murphy was off the poor kibble recommended by our vet and onto Natural Instinct things improved. Before Christmas things were pretty good and then over the holiday period Murphy's behaviour took a giant step backwards.

 My wife and I couldn't understand it. The only thing that had changed was that we had started giving him Dentastix when we put him in his crate to sleep. A quick Google search resulted in quite few stories of hyper dogs on Dentastix so they are now off the menu and once again things have improved.

One day they will stay improved

It is amazing what can affect our pups stomachs and behaviour - it can sometimes be a process of elimination to find the cause of the upset, ans sometimes it requires only little changes...or as you were adjustments. 

[Archie bean]

Now, when he has his quiet moments, my wife and myself worry that there might be something wrong with him

Oh I so remember them times 

It just doesn't seem right when they are calm

One thing i have found is that diet can influence the behaviour of puppies a great deal. We noticed that once Murphy was off the poor kibble recommended by our vet and onto Natural Instinct things improved. Before Christmas things were pretty good and then over the holiday period Murphy's behaviour took a giant step backwards.

 My wife and I couldn't understand it. The only thing that had changed was that we had started giving him Dentastix when we put him in his crate to sleep. A quick Google search resulted in quite few stories of hyper dogs on Dentastix so they are now off the menu and once again things have improved.

One day they will stay improved

It is amazing what can affect our pups stomachs and behaviour - it can sometimes be a process of elimination to find the cause of the upset, ans sometimes it requires only little changes...or as you were adjustments. 

Turkey! Archie is a lunatic on turkey!