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Introducing Baby Kaizer:-)

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Yesterday, we went to pick up our 7.5 week old male golden retriever, Kaizer (Ky-zer). He's such a sweetheart, I'm in love with him already.
Kaizer was the biggest in his litter, weighing 14.95 pounds (i got such an arm workout carrying him everywhere). We weren't really expecting the biggest in tbe litter because we asked for the calmest, mellowest pup. Kaizer's pretty calm though lol he didn't fuss while being carried for hours on end and he doesn't bark too often. He's a lot more comfortable playing by himself than with others.
As soon as we walked into the house, Kaizer got his mouth on a plastic bag my dad dropped:doh: I managed to get most of it out, but the tiniest amount went in his mouth. We tried to get it, but he's evidently really good at hiding stuff in his mouth cause we couldnt find it..
Housebreaking him is quite annoying. He barely pees (even after drinking an entire bowl of water) and he pooped once last night. He didn't poop after he ate this morning, and most of the time there's little to no warning before he goes. When we do to take him outside, we can never tell if he actually peed cause he'll squat for a second and then get up and start rolling in grass.
Crate training well though, he fell asleep in his crate last night with barely any complaining. He slept from 12am to 6am and only woke up once at 1:46am, I still only got three hours of sleep..Today he voluntairily walked into his crate a bunch of times and laid down. He doesnt really sleep in his crate during the day though, he walks in and lies down but then he walks out and sleep against the outside edge of his crate.
He's very confusing but he's my little baby.
I'm gonna assume that we'll see some sign of him having to go potty eventually. Anyway, here's some pictures of him!!
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He is a cute little guy! Since he has only been home with you for a very short time, he has to get into the routine. Just take him out every 20-30 minutes, to the exact same spot, and say "go pee" or whatever term you will use. After going in the same spot, I noticed with yours, it then had a bit of a scent so it helped to make them go better. If he is squatting, my guess is that he is going a little bit. Also, if he is outside playing, when you come back inside count to 10 and then quietly pick him up and bring him back outside to his pee spot. I learned that they do not connect being outside and playing with peeing. Can't tell you how many times they came back in the house and after relaxing for a minute then peed on the floor. I learned the count to 10 and then go back outside. Have fun with your new little guy!
 
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Daisy123- Kaizer says thank you and sends golden hugs to Chloe and Daisy (right now, he thinks they have cooties)

Our3dogs- thank you for the advice, I'll be sure to use it:) the count to 10 idea should be super useful since he always plays when we go outside and then after we've been inside for while, he goes..

fozziesmom- thank you:)
 
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Thank you all for the kind word:)
Thomas&Betts - you didn't miss much other than the usual potty training trouble.

We have this rug we bought to put his food&water bowls on top of and Kaizer peed on it twice [after his food was gone of course..] we moved the rug, but left his water bowl so now whenever he needs to go, he starts whining. We took the rug outside to see if he would pee on it, and he did. Took him 2-3 minutes to do it, but he finally peed..right on top of the rug. Good news is that it wasn't the little squirts he was doing before, but this was a lot and now he doesn't have to touch the ground when he has to pee. Bad news is that the rug wasn't really meant for dog waste, and he needs pads to pee now..
He drank a lot of water when he came in so we're gonna take him out without the rug in 5 minutes. Hopefully he'll pee
 
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#13 ·
I don't think the issue is that he needs a rug or pee pads to pee on. He is going back to where he's marked his scent. Keep trying to get him to pee outside (not on the rug), and when he does keep bringing him back to that spot. You don't want to mess with this. It is much easier to break them now then when they are older.
 
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We fed Kaizer lunch 30ish minutes ago, and he pooped outside wooo!! He just drank a bunch of water so we'll take him back to the same spot in 20 minutes or so. At least there's some kind of schedule here
 
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Noah was pretty easy to house break, knock wood. I can't say we kept a specific schedule vs. a specific routine.

Outside immediately after every meal, after every nap and after every play session, no matter how long or short. And we kept him under CONSTANT supervision, no allowing him out of our sight for even a moment. If we saw him starting to sniff the ground more than normal, outside we went.

Our potty cue is "better hurry!"

That seemed to work well for us.
 
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I gotta say that we're pretty bad at sticking to a schedule. Kaizer's a big pup and my brother can't carry him, so my mom and I do the potty training. I don't really function well at 6am, even if I got 8 hours of sleep. I'm more a 12 hours of sleep kinda person. So we fed him a little late today. As far as routine goes, we're pretty solid. Outside 20 minutes after food/water, and immediately after every nap. He always takes a nap after playing and after having a meal. They're usually 30 minutes to an hour long
 
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#21 ·
Thank you guys so much:) We've gotten pretty good at knowing when he has to go. He's got really amazing bladder control for a puppy. He slept at 10ish last night and got up at 6 this morning. He hasn't had an accident all day (let's hope I didn't just jinx that).

When he sleeps, he stretches his entire body out. He doesn't seem to like sleeping in his crate (except at night) because he can't fully stretch his body out like he can when he's sleeping in his xpen. Right now, he's got enough room to turn around and lie down. We're debating giving him a little more space so he can stretch out. It seems to help him sleep. I just don't want to worry about him having accidents in his crate at night. Thoughts?
 
#29 ·
Give it a shot and see how he does? We crated Rundle in a huge crate that she could grow into. She never had an accident in her crate. She always let us know when she needed to be let out. However, she was never a big fan of the crate... similarly she likes to stretch out, and change sleeping places and positions during the night. We started letting her sleep wherever she wanted at 4.5 months (not on the furniture), and probably could have let her sleep wherever sooner than that. Glad that potty training is going so well now. He's a real cutie!
 
#24 ·
After playing, he usually crashes. Then wakes up, switches to another side of the x-pen and falls asleep again. And after eating, he'll chew some toys, make a pile and then fall asleep on top of them all.
 
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