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I guess this is an odd thread, but I love reading about different people's experiences when raising their puppies. I used to think raising a puppy was pretty easy, they pee in the house sometimes, they chew things, and that's it...but then I got my own puppy and I realized every puppy is different. My dad had "the golden puppy", slept through the night, didn't scream in his crate, was good in cars, could go anywhere and wouldn't act out, would stay quietly...I helped raise his puppy and I thought that's what having a puppy was like...then I got my puppy.
The sweetest and cutest german shepherd puppy I've ever seen. I picked him up at 10 weeks old and as soon as we went to leave the house...he yelled. He screamed, he yelled, he howled, he made more noise than I thought a puppy ever would. He was extremely shy when I brought him home, stayed in the crate most of the day, was too shy to come out and meet the other dogs. Brought him to petco and he screamed bloody murder the entire time...ended up having to leave cause I felt so bad for him. He woke up during the night about 4-5 times, he couldn't hold his pee for the life of him. He had the razor sharp puppy teeth and he LOVED your feet, walking to the kitchen was basically impossible. Once I put him back in his crate at night, he refused to go back to sleep. It was finals week at one point and he was waking me up 3-4 times a night and refused to go back to bed, I literally fell asleep in his crate with him. If the sun came up even a little bit, he would wake up and wouldn't go back to sleep and would yell until I took him out of the crate. He loved to steal all the other dogs' food, I had to start feeding them in separate rooms. He hated car rides for the first couple weeks, would yell the entire time.
He was basically the opposite to what I thought a puppy would be, I barely got sleep, I was grumpy and tired but I laughed at all these moments cause I knew eventually they'd stop. Well, he turns 1 year old next month and he is an angel. It's been an experience to say the least but he's taught me so much patience, to laugh at he difficult times, and to learn how to take care of a screaming devil (don't worry, I love him hahaha)
I'd love to hear other people's experiences, good, bad, funny, or downright insane!
The sweetest and cutest german shepherd puppy I've ever seen. I picked him up at 10 weeks old and as soon as we went to leave the house...he yelled. He screamed, he yelled, he howled, he made more noise than I thought a puppy ever would. He was extremely shy when I brought him home, stayed in the crate most of the day, was too shy to come out and meet the other dogs. Brought him to petco and he screamed bloody murder the entire time...ended up having to leave cause I felt so bad for him. He woke up during the night about 4-5 times, he couldn't hold his pee for the life of him. He had the razor sharp puppy teeth and he LOVED your feet, walking to the kitchen was basically impossible. Once I put him back in his crate at night, he refused to go back to sleep. It was finals week at one point and he was waking me up 3-4 times a night and refused to go back to bed, I literally fell asleep in his crate with him. If the sun came up even a little bit, he would wake up and wouldn't go back to sleep and would yell until I took him out of the crate. He loved to steal all the other dogs' food, I had to start feeding them in separate rooms. He hated car rides for the first couple weeks, would yell the entire time.
He was basically the opposite to what I thought a puppy would be, I barely got sleep, I was grumpy and tired but I laughed at all these moments cause I knew eventually they'd stop. Well, he turns 1 year old next month and he is an angel. It's been an experience to say the least but he's taught me so much patience, to laugh at he difficult times, and to learn how to take care of a screaming devil (don't worry, I love him hahaha)
I'd love to hear other people's experiences, good, bad, funny, or downright insane!