NIKORU NICOLE BLOG: What is CAESAR doing when he 3

Friday, 28 March 2014

What is CAESAR doing when he 3 - 4 months old?

After Caesar knows where to pee & poo at the pee tray, we start to teach him the command of " Sit ", "Stay", "Wait", "OK" which applies to his feeding method.

From the beginning, we feed him three times per day (morning 7 a.m, afternoon 3 p.m and dinner 7 p.m). The morning one is OK but until afternoon, we used the automatic pets food feeding to feed him, he will poo after having his food and then poo within an hour, and before we come home he will eat the poo on the floor. *headache*

After several occasion, we noticed that Caesar loves a clean environment, so once he poo at the pee tray he will not go to the pee tray to pee but he will pee at another place, he'll eat his own poo because as a puppy, his digestive system is not fully build yet, thus not all the food being digested and those undigested ones will be release in his poo, thus his poo contains the smell of his food so he will eat and doesn't know that's poo. So, we decided to change his food feeding from twice per days instead of three times per days. In the afternoon, we feed him dessert like cake, banana or apple. *cake is bought from pet shop*

We told our friends that our puppy will eat his poo, she borrows us a product called S.E.P, which is a powder form, smell like mint flavor and use to add a teaspoon onto his food for him to eat. This product will make his poo become bitter thus dogs dislike that kind of smell and won't eat it. We used it from mid February till now and so far so good, it's really work for Caesar. So far until now we didn't see him eat his poo again and leave it there but we don't know what'll going happen if we leave his poo for few hours? would he eat? we don't know but what we know is that he will not touch his poo for about an hour or two, he just leave it there, however we unsure if he will eat it if left unclean for hours.

This is the product our friends borrow to us.

How do we train Caesar the command of "Sit", "Stay", "Wait" and "OK"?
Caesar is very good boy and we don't really spend a lot of time to train him hard. When he sees us holding his food he will automatically sit and we just give him a "sit" command. Then after we put down his food on the floor, of cause he will go and eat when we put it down, so what we do? we take away his food and give him "sit" command, then "stay" command - using hand, then ask him to "wait" command, and when we give him "OK" command, we push him to the food, so he knows that "OK" is mean you can eat now...

The cute cakes and bread we bought for him from the pets shop (Pets Lover at Vivo City)

Sit, Stay & Wait

"OK" to eat

This is how we train him the 4 commands.

After he get used to the 4 commands, we start to leash him at home. Let him to familiar with the leash so that we can bring him out to the park. Of cause he struggle and hate the leash until now he still don't like the leash. Nowadays, we put on the leash on his body just let him familiar himself with it, and then after we only bring him out once he cool down. We brought him to the dog park near our house. It's he first time to go outside at the park and also is our first time to bring a puppy to the park too. We were worry and thinking what is he action the first time outing and will he scared? or will he just haul?

No hauling but just scared... but we still ask him to walk and encourage him with a treat.. so he walks until tired we find a place to sit. These are the pictures we took him..

What so happening there? What's that?

Worry face~

Are you taking my picture? *smell my camera*

We rest about half an hour, he likes getting used to it. And finally he lets me taking his picture with a side face big smile and the sitting position with his handsome face.

my side face - big smile

my handsome face^^

After that, we bring him to the dog run, released his leash and let him run and play with his friends. These are the pictures that he plays with his new friends - ♥ His first meeting new friends ♥

Let's go together

Tired

Where'r you going?

Run away ~

What's happening there?

Run together with Mummy

Run~ Run ~ Run

I want to drink water, Mummy~!

The below pictures taken when he is 4 months old, we bring him to East Coast Park beach side. The first time he went to the beach. Look at him, he had so much fun at the beach but he also scared the sound of wave hitting on the shores, he don't dare to go near to the sea, so he just play on the sand.