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Samson
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posted 11-19-2003 04:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Samson     Edit/Delete Message
Hello
I just baught a 7 week old boxer puppy and he seems to be really alert and playfull but I want to keep him indoors and I was wondering if anyone could give me a few suggestions.
1. How do I teach him not to mess in the floor at night time and still sleep. It seems to me like everything I teach him durin the day would be conflicted with what he does at night. At night time I put down those puppy pads for him to use on and I trap him on them with a child gate. Is that the right thing to do at night and if its not then what would be right??

2. I am not goin to have his ears clipped but a freind of mine told me that he would be more likly to get ear mites if I dont. Is that true or my freind just blowin smoke??

Any help would be great
Thanx
Samson <-Dogs name.

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RottyMommy

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posted 11-19-2003 05:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RottyMommy     Edit/Delete Message
Ok first thing I will address the ears. Any dog with floppy ears is more prone to getting gunk in the ears. If you clean them on a regular basis which isnt hard to do at all you shouldnt have any problems.

Secondly as far as housetraining. A 7 week old puppy cannot hold its bladder or bowels for 8 hours yet. And will not be able to sleep through the night. Just like a newborn baby cant. First thing feed the puppy earlier dont give him any food atleast 3 hours before you go to bed. Put water up atleast 2 hours before you go to bed. You will have to get up with your pup in the middle of the night to let him out to do his thing. Just remember one thing a pup is like a baby it takes longer for his system to mature and be able to hold himself longer. It takes time just be patient and everything will work out

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Samson
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posted 11-19-2003 05:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Samson     Edit/Delete Message
I never said I expected him to hold his stuff all night I was just wonderin if it was ok to keep him all trapped up at night time.

I clean my wifes dogs ears once a week is that enough??

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Maisey
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posted 11-19-2003 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
On the flip side of the ear thing...dogs with cropped or naturally erect ears are prone to getting foreign bodies in them. I have had both kinds of dogs and never had one with ear mites, but I spent quite a bit of money having my German Shepherds ears flushed because he got grass seed or a bur or some other foreign body in his ear and it was causing a great deal of irritation.
My horse trainer raises Boxers and I actually prefer them natural, thats a personal preference though. My vet said dogs who are living in the same home with cats are more prone to ear mites, I don't know if that was his own observation or based on some study. I think your pups will be fine, just keep their ears cleaned as a normal routine. Smiles and congrats on your new puppies.

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Maisey
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posted 11-19-2003 05:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
for some reason I thought you said you bought a pair of puppies...sorry. Congrats on your PUPPY.

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Maisey
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posted 11-19-2003 06:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
I think once a week is plenty! Wow, wanna come do mine? (my dogs that is!)

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GoodboysBaddogs
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posted 11-20-2003 03:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for GoodboysBaddogs     Edit/Delete Message
Samson,

Your in for a beautiful ride!
Boxer's are awesome!!
Yeah, don't get his ears clipped, your friend seems to be smokin on something?! LOL!
J/K , like what others said, just clean them when you bathe your pup, & every now & then (like once every two weeks), everything should be fine.
I had a Boxer, & i regret cropping his ears! They looked cool, but over time i wished i had never done that to him. A Boxer's ears look more Boxer-like naturally (JMO). I feel that dogs w/ no ear flaps is prone to more things irritating (foreign objects) it's ears
than those w/ them. A dog can control it's sense of sound a lot better if he has it's ear flaps. I think a dog w/ it's natural flaps is in a greater advantage of keeping it's sense of hearing sharp & clear. Overall, i think it's healthier for the dog too.

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Jamiya
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posted 11-20-2003 06:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
To answer your question that keeps getting left unanswered (LOL) - you might consider using a crate with him instead of gating him on the puppy pads. Assuming you want him to learn to go outside, the puppy pads are just one more step to go through when you try to wean him off them.

Do some research on crate training, but here are the basics.

Buy a crate. You can get a plastic one or a wire one - there are pros and cons to both. Make sure it is not too large. He should have just enough room to turn around and lie down - no more. Some of the wire crates comes with a divider so you can buy a crate for the size of the adult dog, and use the divider to make is smaller for a puppy. If you don't have a divider or you use a plastic crate, use a box or something stuffed into the back of the crate to make is smaller. Make sure you pay attention and make it bigger when he grows!

Put him in the crate at night and whenever you can't pay attention to him. During the day, you should be in the same room with him, to keep him out of trouble and teach him right from wrong and take him out when he has to go. I either gate the dog into one room and stay with it, or I tether the dog to me using a leash around my waist or something similar, and go about my business in the house.

At night, put him in the crate. Set your alarm for a reasonable amount of time. At 7 weeks, he can probably hold it for about 3 hours. Get up every 3 hours and take him outside. Hopefully you are teaching him a command word for going potty, so you say that word and praise him when/if he goes.

As he gets older, you can spread out the amount of time in between trips outside.

He may cry when you first put him in the crate. I let my puppy lick my fingers through the bars while I laid in bed. Do NOT let him out for whining, or he will learn to whine longer and louder to be let out. DO let him out if you think he is whining because he has to go - just take him straight out, let him go potty, and then straight back in so he realizes he doesn't get let out to do fun things in the middle of the night.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes!


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Samson
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posted 11-20-2003 05:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Samson     Edit/Delete Message
Praise God its actually an answer!!

Sounds like good advice Ill try that I already have a crate for him.

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