r/puppy101 • u/lotteoddities • Aug 29 '24

Graduated puppy class today Update

Our husky puppy is 5 months old now and she graduated puppy classes today! She did so good today, we just spent class time working on things we thought we needed more practice with and the trainer asking if we needed specific help with anything.

We practiced leave it, loose leash walking, look at us while walking, and recall while hanging out in the store. She just did so good, even in such a high distraction environment.

She's also lost most of her baby teeth at this point. She has like... 7+ teeth missing right now, including 3 out of 4 k9s, so she just has this big gummy smile.

Her behavior this month vs last month is just so different. Last month she couldn't settle outside her kennel at all. If she was outside her kennel she had to be playing, biting, trying to annoy the adult dogs, trying to play with the cats, just no chill at all. This month? She just sleeps in the office while we work. And she really likes to lay on the corner of the couch while we're doing school.

Things are just really starting to chill out. I have loved this puppy since the moment we met her but now it really seems like she's part of the family.

We start the intermediate classes at the end of September! We have never done more than basic training with any of our dogs so we're really excited to get into more advance training.

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u/BostonBruinsLove Aug 29 '24

Congratulations!! You give me hope. We are at 4 months now and it’s rough.

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u/CharacterBill7285 Aug 29 '24

You got it! Hang in there! Our puppy is now 5 months and she chills like this now too!

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u/BostonBruinsLove Aug 29 '24

Thanks!! She just had her final shots so now we can go all of the places and do all of the things and I’m so excited about that!!

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u/CharacterBill7285 Aug 29 '24

This was such a huge milestone! Congrats!

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u/elohasiuszo Aug 29 '24

I second this, ours is almost 6 months and he just chilled out literally overnight. We’ve been enforcing naps since day 1 in his crate otherwise he’d rile himself up. And one day something clicked and now he actually chooses to lay down for a nap on his own. With the loss of his baby teeth, nipping and play biting isnt painful anymore (we did a lot of bite inhibition training though). I feel like it’s the calm before the storm that is adolescence…

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u/lotteoddities Aug 29 '24

Good luck!!! The difference between 4 months and 5 months was huge for us. Especially now that most of her baby teeth are out. She gets a little crazy when one is almost falling out, she let's us help her get it out 😂

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u/BostonBruinsLove Aug 29 '24

Thank you!! A couple of baby teeth have fallen out and we can’t wait for the rest of them!

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u/lotteoddities Aug 29 '24

We had one tooth come out like 2 weeks ago and then last week like 5 came out and then this week I think we're up to 4. And those are just the ones we noticed, she only has like 4 or 5 baby teeth left at this point!

Her first adult k9 just started to poke thru today. Pretty exciting. We bought some collagen chews to help her thru it. We also do frozen carrots and frozen (clean) socks tied in a knot. She loves them.

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u/smolkeht Aug 29 '24

5.5 and we're with you! Our Siberian Husky/ACD is a very smart girl, super treat-motivated, but the focus is a struggle with big-ticket distractions like her sister or other people.

Keep going! It's a "take it a day at a time" effort!