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Hello, we're using Zoo Good puppy food, but we're struggling to understand the feeding table

We have a 9 week old Pomchi puppy and we wanna know if we are feeding her correctly

The feeding table is only from 5kg (11lbs) and up

Does the table mean what weight it's estimated she is as an adult?

My mum has a 10lb, 4yr old papillon. We live in Canada so it gets quite cold. He has an entire wardrobe of winter clothes (far more than we do!) as my mum keeps trying new things to try and keep him warm. Generally the advice for our area is put a coat on them when it gets to 5°c but he starts shivering when it's 10°c. She's tried layering coats with thermal under layers, completely covering him so only his face and junk sticks out, boots that go all the way up his legs, socks inside the boots, coats rated for like -20°c etc.

He has a stroller for longer trips (he has a luxating patella so he can't do long walks) which she has kitted out with mylar lining, hot water bottle, electric hand warmers vinyl cover so there's no wind and this dog is still freezing. We've literally tried everything at this point and nothing keeps him warm. Basically he doesn't go anywhere from fall to spring, only to run outside to quickly use the bathroom and he still shivers so much he can hardly go. The vet has no clue, it's not medical in nature so they can't help.

Hi all, I have an almost 9 week old puppy. I can tell when he's really overtired because he starts to bite everything and air chomp and be 100% off the wall. Earlier he bit me pretty hard and I marked it with a stern no and then showed him his toy to redirect him. From there I quickly realized that he was needing a nap, so I put him in his kennel and sat down with him. I turned off all the lights and blacked out the room I put calming music on for him and I sat with him until he fell asleep do you think he will associate that with a punishment? I made sure not to put him in right away for biting. To hopefully avoid him associating the bite and the kennel as a punishment. I hear they are very in the moment creatures. So hopefully I gave enough time in between.

I very rarely go for a nap these days. I struggle a lot with sleep, and have been having a bad phase for the last few weeks.

Literally every single time I have decided to have a nap, since we brought him home in May, my lab puppy has done a low grade whine pretty much constantly.

Sometimes he does want a toilet. But tonight, I have been on my sofa for 2 hours, and I haven't managed to get any nap time. I let him out just before the first hour was up, and then half an hour later, he starts up again – this time wanting fed. He doesn't ever want to go out within an hour of being fed on an evening. But he does tonight.

I am feeling very frustrated today. My husband naps literally every single day, but I do not get the same luxury – despite probably needing it more. I could have asked him to nap on the sofa, but that would have made me feel bad.

I would like to start taking her to different areas, but I live in a village and would need to take a long commute in order to even reach that. Im assuming she would sleep in the vehicles as shes a small dog whos used to her bag whenever i take her on quick errands with me, but I was wondering if the lenght of the trip would be too much for her just yet as shes only over 4 months old. I was thinking max a few hours of being in the actual area, but Im not sure if its too much for a puppy.

I love hiking with dogs that love the outdoors. My boy is a 3yr old border collie/mini poodle mix that turns into a wolf in the woods. 100% recall and great with other dogs.

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Okay to try to make a long story short, my younger siblings saw some puppies get dropped off on the middle of the night in early November, with the help of all the neighbors, they were able to find them homes, my partner & I were in the market for a puppy, so they kept one for us.

They kept him for the first week, kept an eye on him, and bottle fed him since they knew he was young. They scheduled an appointment but couldn’t get him in until the 20th. We took him home after the first week.

We go to the appointment & find out there was some miscommunication & that he can’t be seen that day, but one of the nurses takes a Quick Look & tells us she’s assuming 8-10 weeks, & a boxer pit mix. We reschedule an appointment for the 24th, & the vet tells us that he thinks he’s actually only 6 weeks old, & gives him his first rounds of shots.

Anyways, hes an amazing pup, he’s great with kids, babies, elderly people, & plays with our cats& our elderly dog too. I feel like he has brought new life to our home & it’s amazing.

That being said though, we have no idea how to start training him with him being so young. We’ve never had a puppy this young, & never even had to train a puppy before, we’ve decided to crate train, & as of right now he eats most of his meals in there & he does sleep in there, so I think we’re on the right track.

I think our main fear is parvo, & how to potty train him. We’ve watched tons of videos & read a bunch too so we understand the basics, but most of these rules are aimed towards older dogs. Is 6 weeks too young to be going outside due to risk of parvo? Is it too young to be trained? It’s 30 degrees outside now, is it too cold for such a young puppy with thin fur? How do we go about potty training if so? With him being taken away from his mother so young, we’re trying to stay on top of everything & do everything right, any help or advice is appreciated! Thanks!