mellyp Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hello guys!! My puppy's name is Kenshi and he will be 12 weeks old tomorrow. It has been 3 weeks since he's been living with us and boy was the first week tough! I must say that this forum has helped reassure and combat some issues my initial week but now we have been doing much better and getting into the routine of things. I look forward to sharing and continuing to receive advice from husky mamas and daddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ray&KristenGarcia Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. I am new as well and know the feeling! I am about a week or two behind you, so I hope you can catch all the bad things and ask the questions before I have to deal with the issues in Zeus. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellyp Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Our puppies are the same color with the same red nose!! Your Zeus is adorable! The best advice I can give you is if you are not able to keep an eye on him you must crate him. I turned my back this morning for literally 10 minutes and Kenshi ended up eating my macbook cord .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray&KristenGarcia Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Our puppies are the same color with the same red nose!! Your Zeus is adorable! The best advice I can give you is if you are not able to keep an eye on him you must crate him. I turned my back this morning for literally 10 minutes and Kenshi ended up eating my macbook cord .... hahaha. We know the feeling. Yesterday my wife and I left to go to the movies and eat and we corner him with a gate to our "Doggy Proof" hallway, as crating isn't going too well. Intend to take him to training for this soon, anyways, we come home to an OPEN door to our room. Our hearts stopped. I guess one of us didn't close it right. All my wife's shoes are in the middle of the room, MacBook cord is chewed (not ruined, thank god), and he even chewed on our MacBook a little. Luckily nothing was too bad, just some teeth marks here and there and my wife wasn't too happy that he got her shoes and not mine. I just like to think that he loves her more. haha. Gotta love Zeus, he's the type of Houdini to find a way IN and not out. Is that Kenshi in the pic? He's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mellyp Posted August 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 hahaha. We know the feeling. Yesterday my wife and I left to go to the movies and eat and we corner him with a gate to our "Doggy Proof" hallway, as crating isn't going too well. Intend to take him to training for this soon, anyways, we come home to an OPEN door to our room. Our hearts stopped. I guess one of us didn't close it right. All my wife's shoes are in the middle of the room, MacBook cord is chewed (not ruined, thank god), and he even chewed on our MacBook a little. Luckily nothing was too bad, just some teeth marks here and there and my wife wasn't too happy that he got her shoes and not mine. I just like to think that he loves her more. haha. Gotta love Zeus, he's the type of Houdini to find a way IN and not out. Is that Kenshi in the pic? He's awesome! Lol I know that scenario too well. Those little escape artists they start so young! That's what happened the second day after we took him home. I don't know how he got out the baby gate from our kitchen but we came home to a war zone. We got him the crate the next day. Have you tried luring Zeus into the crate with treats and toys. I read that by doing so it creates like a positive environment for them and they'll be more likely to want to go inside. The first few days of crating Kenshi would cry and cry but when I started feeding him inside the crate and surprising him with treats inside the crate he slowly came around to it and now he's sleeping through the night in it. Yes and thank you! That's him in the picture. Here's two more of a closer pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray&KristenGarcia Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Lol I know that scenario too well. Those little escape artists they start so young! That's what happened the second day after we took him home. I don't know how he got out the baby gate from our kitchen but we came home to a war zone. We got him the crate the next day. Have you tried luring Zeus into the crate with treats and toys. I read that by doing so it creates like a positive environment for them and they'll be more likely to want to go inside. The first few days of crating Kenshi would cry and cry but when I started feeding him inside the crate and surprising him with treats inside the crate he slowly came around to it and now he's sleeping through the night in it. Yes and thank you! That's him in the picture. Here's two more of a closer pics He looks awesome. Huge ears too! Nice! I have a question, do you know how much he weighs right now? I am trying to see my dogs pace. We went to the vet this past weekend and he said he was "small". So I am just trying to see where we're at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellyp Posted August 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 He looks awesome. Huge ears too! Nice! I have a question, do you know how much he weighs right now? I am trying to see my dogs pace. We went to the vet this past weekend and he said he was "small". So I am just trying to see where we're at. Lol yes he's ears are so big...and you should see his paws...they so don't look like puppy paws . He just went to the vet yesterday and he is 20 pounds at 12 weeks. How much does Zeus weigh? When we went to the vet at 8 weeks he was 12 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray&KristenGarcia Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Lol yes he's ears are so big...and you should see his paws...they so don't look like puppy paws . He just went to the vet yesterday and he is 20 pounds at 12 weeks. How much does Zeus weigh? When we went to the vet at 8 weeks he was 12 pounds. He is 13 pounds at almost 11 weeks. So if I do the math right, in 4 weeks he went up 8 pounds. So at 11 that put Kenshi at about 16 pounds. So maybe a little undersized at the moment. We just upped his food a little because he is ALWAYS hungry. He loves us for it. He seems to be growing everyday. So I think he should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellyp Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 He is 13 pounds at almost 11 weeks. So if I do the math right, in 4 weeks he went up 8 pounds. So at 11 that put Kenshi at about 16 pounds. So maybe a little undersized at the moment. We just upped his food a little because he is ALWAYS hungry. He loves us for it. He seems to be growing everyday. So I think he should be fine. I can't believe he's gotten so big already...they grow up so fast . I think with time Zeus will definitely catch up. I feed Kenshi three times a day and he gets a cup of dog food each meal. That's how Kenshi is too always hungry and thirsty lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray&KristenGarcia Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 I can't believe he's gotten so big already...they grow up so fast . I think with time Zeus will definitely catch up. I feed Kenshi three times a day and he gets a cup of dog food each meal. That's how Kenshi is too always hungry and thirsty lol I know! My wife is always like STOP growing! haha. Zeus is ALWAYS thirsty too. My wife always laughs because when we bring him in from a walk he drinks like he has never had water in his life before. We will come in from walks, he will drink, drink drink and then come and bark at me and at first I'm like "What?". But I have figured out that every time, he has finished his water So I go fill up his bowl again and he start drinking again. haha. Man, Kenshi eats 3 cups? Maybe that's why Kenshi is such a beast! haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mellyp Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 LOL I tell Kenshi that all the time to stop growing too! I think that may be normal for husky puppies. My friend was telling me her dog use to do the same thing too as a pup. The only down side is the peeing lol. How are you guys with potty training? We have to constantly take him out after eating and drinking or he'll have accidents in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray&KristenGarcia Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 LOL I tell Kenshi that all the time to stop growing too! I think that may be normal for husky puppies. My friend was telling me her dog use to do the same thing too as a pup. The only down side is the peeing lol. How are you guys with potty training? We have to constantly take him out after eating and drinking or he'll have accidents in the house. I agree. He actually does a pretty good job with the peeing. I mean, most of the time when he's awake, he will bark and scratch at the door and we'll take him out. But when he's asleep...? So he'll be taking a nap, get up and just walk so slowly and casually to a spot and just start peeing! We're like "Zeus, NO!" So it's almost like he's too lazy to tell us when he wakes up. He's such a human. At night we leave him in the hallway (hard wood floors) gated in, and he does pretty amazing peeing on the pad. He misses sometimes, but for the most part we can't be mad at him because he's really close. So he does well all around. Only accident he has are because he's too lazy to tell us. He's far from perfected it though, because we do take him out often. Plus, he HATES pooping indoors. Every since he was little, he would cry and cry until we took him out and figured he had to poop. He has been pooping on he pads well, at night. But last night was actually the first night he made it through an entire night holding it. I was pretty proud of him. Gave him a little extra peanut butter in his treat today. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellyp Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I agree. He actually does a pretty good job with the peeing. I mean, most of the time when he's awake, he will bark and scratch at the door and we'll take him out. But when he's asleep...? So he'll be taking a nap, get up and just walk so slowly and casually to a spot and just start peeing! We're like "Zeus, NO!" So it's almost like he's too lazy to tell us when he wakes up. He's such a human. At night we leave him in the hallway (hard wood floors) gated in, and he does pretty amazing peeing on the pad. He misses sometimes, but for the most part we can't be mad at him because he's really close. So he does well all around. Only accident he has are because he's too lazy to tell us. He's far from perfected it though, because we do take him out often. Plus, he HATES pooping indoors. Every since he was little, he would cry and cry until we took him out and figured he had to poop. He has been pooping on he pads well, at night. But last night was actually the first night he made it through an entire night holding it. I was pretty proud of him. Gave him a little extra peanut butter in his treat today. haha. He's learning good habits so far! Kenshi took a lot of work and we use to take him out every hour when he was 8 weeks. It was a pain because we live on the third floor he's A LOT better now...he can hold his pee for 2 hours after drinking water o and he poops every 4 hours after eating. Hopefully it continues to get better lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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