New rescue puppy!!

EmmeZoec · July 2011

I just drove like 8 hours (4 there and 4 back) to pick up a new Border Collie puppy! He is a red tri male super tiny! I will try to get pictues but when he is awake he is hyper, but he is also very chill. Right now he is 9 weeks old and about the size of a Paoillion maybe smaller. His mother was rescued while pregnant and she had 6 babbies. They believe that the pups have two dads though, and that my pup and his sister are about a week prmature, because they think the mother was bred in the begining of her heat cycle and at the end. Anyways he is a little trooper! He wasborn at the rescue where there was already abot 38 other dogs and then at 2 weeks their mother desided that she didnt want them anymore. So the foster had to MAKE the mother feed them 4 times a day. At 3 weeks they started eating dog food. He will be my eventing dog but i dont no hat to name him. So far the best suggestions are Bentley and Arzu wich is turkkish for desire. Ill post pictures soon but it is a little hard with him always moving. One last thing, does anyone no how to get a dog to not bark in his crate? When we leave him alone in the crae he screams like soeone is beating him. (sorry for the typos it is hard to hold a puppy in one hand and type with the other!) Wee! pics! <img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/2cf9i74.jpg"; alt="http://i51.tinypic.com/2cf9i74.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> i love his eyes in this one ^ <img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/a4pftx.jpg"; alt="http://i54.tinypic.com/a4pftx.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2m2z40m.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/2m2z40m.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2ytpu2e.jpg"; alt="http://i55.tinypic.com/2ytpu2e.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> <img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/24nfdjm.jpg"; alt="http://i56.tinypic.com/24nfdjm.jpg"; class="bb-image" />

Patty · July 2011

Aw, congrats! I'd love to see pics. If you have an questions about the breed, I'd be glad to help, we've owned several before. Regarding the barking, have you tryed clicker training?..it works great!

Garnet · July 2011

my two puppies used to do that as well. i just ignored them till they got quiet and went to sleep. i just made sure they had blankets and water food then leave them to their whinning till they settled down. hes probably not used to it yet. the next night my puppies got in there and went straight to sleep didn't whine at all

but you could be like "No" and work with him to get him to learn not to bark and whine in the crate and give him LOTS of love outside of it

Patty · July 2011

Look at this video of clicker training. [Edited by staff, not a child friendly site] You can use it in a crate too.

Good luck!

Niscus · July 2011

yeah clicker training is best this is how i taught one of my dogs and she knows everyting from sitting to barking on command With the carte i got er at 6 weeks old and on a night we put her in a crate and we just ignored the whining sometimes it got a little bit too much so we would go down and say no (to show her she wasnt alone)

Patty · July 2011

I'm not sure that I totally agree with ignoring your dog. It might cause separation anxiety in the future. I'd suggest to make their crate a happy place. Make sure not to punish them by putting them in their crate. As your puppy get's older, put durable toys in his cage. Will Kongs with yummy treats so he can be occupied while your gone. In my opinion I think that it will lead to a happier puppy!

Garnet · July 2011

I make sure they have everything they need and i played with them all the time. I only ignored them when they whined a whole lot and i would look over and pet them and say "No."

Kazuko · July 2011

When he whines, ignore him. Don't speak to him, don't look at him, don't touch him. Petting him is encouraging him. It's giving him a reward (affection) for whining. If he's being especially noisy, use a word that is going to be your 'bad' word. Mine is 'hey', because I don't use that in every day conversation, unlike the word 'no'. If Kira's being loud, I just go "Hey!" and she knows to knock it off. NEVER pet a dog when he's doing an unwanted behavior. It doesn't make him 'feel better', you're just encouraging whatever he's doing. EDIT: Clicker training is cool, but if you want to be really different, try sign language or whistle training. There's someone on VP (I forget who) who has their collies whistle trained, so they do different things at different whistles. We trained our Kira with hand signals, so she's sit, stay, down, speak, go to her kennel, and paw by hand signal alone. It's very VERY helpful, especially in loud groups of people/dogs, and remarkably easy to do. We actually did it on accident. xD

EmmeZoec · July 2011

@Patty- This is actually our third border collie so we a quite familuar with the breed. Thank you for the video i have seen some of the other video's from that trainer and was looking for a video on this that was made by her. I will have pics hpefully by tonight! @Garnet- i will try to ignor him but it is hard when he is screaching like some one is beating him

I think that i will clicker train him, i just have to find my click from when my other were puppies! @ Kazuko- So far i have been treating him for being quiet and then telling him no when he barks or whines. Are dogs do agility and obedience so hand signals are a BIG thing to them. Also my dog, Emme does tons of tricks so she has diffent words and signals like crawl is ether "G.I. Joe" or i liftmy foot up. Whisles sound cool, i no that herding dogs are trained with whisles. Also who made your banner? EDIT his name is bentley like the car!

Patty · July 2011

That's good. I like the name. ^^ I know a lab puppy named Bentley. Can't wait for the pictures!

Kazuko · July 2011

Poison made my banner a while ago. =3 But yeah, crate training puppies is a long, loud process. I remember crate training Kira. I remember -kitchen- training Kira. She sounded like she was -dying-.

EmmeZoec · July 2011

I love it! lol, same here! If we put him in the crate at like Walmart just to run into the store to get something for HIM he screams and people like look at our car, like is someone fighting Chihuahua's in there? Finally pictures are up!!

Rock_N_Roll_Queen90 · July 2011

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a flippin' ADORABLE puppy!!!!!!

EmmeZoec · July 2011

lol, thanks! He nis my new little baby!

Patty · July 2011

Oh my goodness! He's so cute!

EmmeZoec · July 2011

thanks! he is alot smaller then he looks omn thease pictres though!

Cherokeezbaby · July 2011

Yes, ignoring him works best. He is only whining to get you to let him out. Once he figures out that you will not let him out if he is whining then he will stop. I had the same problem with my Basset Hound. It takes a few weeks, but he will stop. Try putting an old style tick-tock clock in his crate (if you have one). It reminds him of his mother's heart beat, so it might soothe him.

EmmeZoec · July 2011

I have and he is getting a lot better! I thought about giving him a clock, but he hasn't even seen his mother sence he was 3 weeks old because she abandoned him. I don't no if I would help but ill try it. Rght now he sleeps in a crate that's a little big for him but it's a cat carrier and I don't no if they come any smaller, but the crate is in my bed and normally I'll put my figures threw the bars when he is quiet.

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