Golden Retriever Dog Forums banner

Hello from the UK

2K views 39 replies 12 participants last post by  Goldenboy28 
#1 ·
Me and my wife are picking up our first pup in 4 weeks and cannot wait! Pictures to follow once we get him home and we have named him Simba. I can already tell this is the place I shall be going to for some advice throughout puppy hood. For now though just wanted to say hi!
 
#3 ·
Hi and welcome from another UK member, look forward to hearing all about your new puppy, how exciting!
 
#5 ·
Hello and welcome from the coast of Texas! Congrats on your new family member who will be joining you soon. And ys, this is the place to come for information about everything. And we all LOVE pictures.

My grandmother was from Blackpool. For a while it was "marry and move". My great grandmother was from Malta, married my Grandfather from Blackpool and moved there. Then during WWI, my Australian grandfather was in England, met and married my Grandmother and took her to Perth, Western Australia. Then during WWII, my Texas dad in the Navy was stationed in Australia, met and married Mom and naturally after the war she came to America--with me. I was a year old before my Dad ever saw me as he was shipped out before I was born. But this old gal stayed put in America.
 
#8 ·
Quick question around puppy training classes. More specifically how young should I take him? I want to start building basic obedience into his routine as soon as possible and a lot of classes are already getting booked up. I hoping to take him once his vaccinations are done at 12 weeks is this too early? Also what are peoples experiences from these classes do they seem to be beneficial form a training point of view or are they just a good socialisation activity or both? Thanks in advance for any advice :grin2:
 
#10 ·
Welcome from the UK :) you can start training classes at 12 weeks. I went to a local dog training club where you could progress beyond puppy class. As a first time dog owner it was mostly about training me ;) our classes were more about training although sometimes we let them play after class for a few minutes but the puppies were in class to train not free play... It was handy for meeting people with pups the same age and people arrange to meet up during the week for socialisation.
Definitely recommend classes but suggest you ask if you can go in advance to sit in on a class without your puppy as it lets you see what type of class it is.
 
#11 ·
Ok great advice thank you. 1 other question I have is my pup will come home without Vaccinations (I have booked these in with my vet within 2 days of getting him) can I take him outside to my garden for toilet training or do I need to wait until 2 weeks after he is fully vaccinated?
 
#23 ·
Well so far on his first day home he has been an absolute pleasure. Lovely natured little boy sits on command already and just loves cuddles. A couple of little accidents which is to be expected. He doesn't seem to like the access to go out of mine as the drop down from the French doors is a little higher than what he is used to also his breeder has the fake turf which he was good at going on. To help him out tomorrow I am going to reduce the step with a couple of paving slabs and buy an off cut of fake turf and put it just outside to help him get the idea. What do you guys think?
 
#26 ·
So Henry had a great first night he cried for about 20 mins then slept through until 6am. He tried to tell us he needed a wee this morning bit we didn't pick up on it quickly enough definitely our bad. He did wine a little when we put him in his pen to drop my wife to work but was fine. So far so good now just to get this toilet thing going properly.
 
#28 · (Edited)
Congratulations Henry is Adorable.
Welcome from another UK member.
The paving slabs sound like a great idea to help him in and out. With the artificial grass you might find you don't need it. If you take him to the area of garden you want him to use as soon as you go out each time, he should get the hang of going on the grass or pavement you wish to use as his toilet area. The risk is that if you get and use the artificial turf now he may learn to only go on that when you would prefer him to use different areas or surfaces.

We got our boy just before last Christmas.
He had innoculations at 8, 10 and 12 weeks. We carried him around the neighbourhood till 12 weeks old and to a few well known friends whose dogs we knew were innoculated from 11 weeks. He did a puppy socialisation course at the local vets from 12 weeks old and training from 14 weeks. But you will find that they pick things up like sit, and wait really quickly. He could sit lay and began to heel before we got to training just by doing a few short sessions at home.
You definitately have no trouble socialising these pups they are like magnets everyone wants to stop and talk to or stroke them.
Enjoy.
 
#29 ·
He is definitely a clever boy, although trying his luck today crying each time I leave the room. It is tough but he needs to learn that I can't be there 24/7 so giving him a break for about an hour now. He has had 2 successful outside toilet breaks and one inside one which was a sneaky quick one!
 
#30 ·
Welcome from Ipswich my family's home town. My maiden name is Cobbold which is quite popular in Ipswich. I passed my driving test there at 17 - am now 67 - so a long time ago.
Your puppy is lovely. As you can see I have a very pale golden too. Henry sounds really good and I am sure you are going to have great fun with him.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top