{"id":5803,"date":"2011-03-27T10:25:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2011-03-27T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T17:25:37","slug":"a-new-puppy-first-10-days-of-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/a-new-puppy-first-10-days-of-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Puppy – First 10 Days of Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got another Siberian Husky puppy<\/a> (Lara) about 10 days ago and am going through a puppy training refresher course. Indeed, it is easy to forget how much work a new puppy truly is. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, I have decided to write this article of the first 10 puppy days while it is still fresh in my mind. The next time I even think of getting a puppy, I can re-read this article and hopefully remember what a big pain in the ass a new puppy is! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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A New Puppy \u2013 First 10 Days of Hell<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
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Days 1 & 2 – Nights from Hell<\/h2>\n

The first few days were not too bad. We mainly focused on introducing puppy to our other two dogs<\/a> and making sure that our existing dogs saw puppy as a positive thing. <\/p>\n

We also started on puppy potty training<\/a> but puppy seemed to have that under good control. We did not have any mistakes – it was amazing!<\/p>\n

However, puppy did cry at night. This is not surprising since it is the first time she is sleeping in a new location and without her litter mates. Puppy was feeling lonely, sad, and scared. The first couple of nights I had to wake up about 4 times. 2 times to take puppy out for potty, and another 2 times just to cuddle with puppy. <\/p>\n

As a result I did not get much, if any sleep. Be prepared to get very little sleep in the first few weeks with a new puppy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Be prepared to get very little sleep in the first few weeks with a new puppy.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
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Days 3 & 4 – Puppy Potty Training Hell<\/h2>\n

The first few good potty training days lulled me into a false sense of security. On day 3 puppy made lots of mistakes all over the place. <\/p>\n

I was around to supervise puppy the whole time, but I thought it would be ok to take short bathroom breaks while puppy was sleeping – WRONG!<\/p>\n

I found out the hard way that constant supervision is absolutely necessary for potty training in order to prevent potty mistakes. <\/strong><\/p>\n

When I need to go to the bathroom or perform some other task, I now always<\/strong> put puppy in her play-pen or enclosure. There is a blanket, some toys, and puppy pads in the enclosure. This makes things a lot better because puppy either does her potty outside or on her puppy pads. I reward her for going outside, but I don’t reward her for going on her puppy pads.<\/p>\n

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Siberian Husky puppy resting in her puppy enclosure.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
\nI take puppy outside –<\/p>\n