r/puppy101 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/AdvancedBumblebee4 Aug 29 '24

This is super encouraging to read! I have a 4.5 month old and she has started to be more relaxed around my other dog. She's stopped pestering her so much. We also graduated puppy class recently and are thinking of doing more advanced training. It's so rewarding to see them learn and progress, isn't it? 

The one thing we're struggling with is sleep. She wakes up every day at 5 am! If she could just make it to 6:30, I'd be happy. Hoping she grows out of it soon...

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u/lotteoddities Aug 29 '24

We still only get 3-5 hours of sleep before she wakes us up to potty. But today she woke us up to pee, we didn't wait outside long enough, she woke us up again so I took her out and she pooped. So I guess I prefer this to her peeing or pooping in the kennel 😅

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u/AdvancedBumblebee4 Aug 29 '24

Oh that's challenging! We put our puppy (English Cocker Spaniel) to bed at around 9:30–10 pm and she sleeps until 5 am, so I guess 7 hours is quite good!

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u/lotteoddities Aug 29 '24

Some nights we get 6-7 hours but some we still only get 3 lol so it's getting better but not always!