We've used Revolution before, when the papillons were puppies. It was good to keep off the fleas in the winter/spring time (we have fleas year round), but when summer rolled around it was less effective. Not quite sure why, but we switched to Advantage and it keeps to fleas off.
Puppies are huge commitments. I mean, this dog will be with you for another 10-13 years? Are you prepared for that?
It kind of sounds like you're just having trouble with the puppy stages, which is normal. If you want to give it a try, do sign up for puppy classes.
Make sure you tell your kids how to handle to puppy. I have a four year old sister, and when we brought home J.C. he went for her the most. He'd start nipping and she'd start running and he thought it was a big game. Even after he stopped nipping at other people he'd still go for her because he thought that's how he's supposed to play with her. We had to teach her not to run when he'd start nipping, and if he did, to tell him NO! and to ignore him (kind of a hard concept for a 4 year old). We were always right there around the two of them so we could correct the both of them (make sure she said NO! loud enough and was ignoring him, and we made sure he knew that he had to listen to her, even though she's not like the adults). This is just what we did to sort of help things out. Other people might have better ideas though.
Also, make sure you have plenty of chew toys on hand, teething comes soon!
But eventually if the pup does get trained properly, all the chaos will eventually settle.
If you do decide to give the pup up, you could try and find a poodle rescue in your area. They could help you find a good home for it.
Puppies are huge commitments. I mean, this dog will be with you for another 10-13 years? Are you prepared for that?
It kind of sounds like you're just having trouble with the puppy stages, which is normal. If you want to give it a try, do sign up for puppy classes.
Make sure you tell your kids how to handle to puppy. I have a four year old sister, and when we brought home J.C. he went for her the most. He'd start nipping and she'd start running and he thought it was a big game. Even after he stopped nipping at other people he'd still go for her because he thought that's how he's supposed to play with her. We had to teach her not to run when he'd start nipping, and if he did, to tell him NO! and to ignore him (kind of a hard concept for a 4 year old). We were always right there around the two of them so we could correct the both of them (make sure she said NO! loud enough and was ignoring him, and we made sure he knew that he had to listen to her, even though she's not like the adults). This is just what we did to sort of help things out. Other people might have better ideas though.
Also, make sure you have plenty of chew toys on hand, teething comes soon!
But eventually if the pup does get trained properly, all the chaos will eventually settle.
If you do decide to give the pup up, you could try and find a poodle rescue in your area. They could help you find a good home for it.
