[KPoos]

Okay it's been a while since I've had a standard puppy so I've forgotten things just like I did when I had my kids. So I have a few issues.

1. Jasper goes out to potty and does his business nicely and we go inside to eat dinner and I find pee on the kitchen floor after we've been in maybe 15 minutes. Don't understand this as he's JUST gone outdoors.

2. Jasper is a bit soft in temperament. I don't know (can't remember) if this is because he's a puppy or because this is his temperament but he's a yelper when he is afraid of something. So we were on the grooming table and I had turned his foot over to clean under the pads and he started the yelping. How do I handle this situation? I just looked him straight in the eye while holding his foot and didn't let go telling him shhhhhhh. He hushed eventually and then got interested in a brush on the table and I was able to do the rest.

I want him to respect me as I won't tolerate a dog of mine that won't but he's a baby so I also don't want to break his little spirit. At the same time I feel like I'm walking a fine line of spoiling him and then him ending up being one of those dogs that acts like he's beaten when he's not because he's got a softer personality. I need to discipline him there is no choice in the matter but I also need a dog with a bubbly outgoing personality for the show ring and to fit in with this family. He's gotten so much better about being left alone but when we first got him he'd sceam his head off if he was left alone. First I got him used to his crate. Today I was able to leave him in the kitchen with the baby gate for about an hour with no issues. Which is weird why he didn't pee then and he was left in there for a long time?

 

[KPoos]

Well, the crate is by my side of the bed and thank goodness we don't have any 2 am bathroom breaks. He wakes up early for his first morning potty break but we go right back to bed.

I was reading Kalstone's book and I think I'm going to do some of the brushing and stuff like that on the floor with him in my lap. That way he feels safe and like I'm doing something good instead of afraid and like I'm doing something bad to him.

I do hope around 6 months he's more outgoing because we will have a show then and it's my local kennel club. I will be taking him to classes when he's had all his shots and had the ok by the vet.