Cocker Spaniel Puppy Questions

[MRichardson50]

Thanks to everyone who responded to my concerns. Sasha is doing very well. She loves her crate and is ready for bed at 10:00. She sleeps until 5:00 or 6:00. As far as her submissive urination, we do ignore her for the first five minutes when arriving home to let her settle down. This has been working 95% of the time. We also don't let visitors pet her until she settles down, this seems to work as well. We took her to Pet Smart today and didn't have one piddle. My husband said we'll have to put a sign on her that says "don't pet, puppy in training." He's just kidding.

We are trying to expose her to different elements. We take her to the park 3-4 times a week and walk her daily. Her brother lives on the street behind us and they get some play time.

Other than the submissive urination problem we have, she is a great dog. We have enrolled her an 8 week puppy class next beginning next week.

I haven't looked at any area pet stores yet, but does anyone know where I can get a deep water bowl so her ears aren't wet after getting a drink?

Thanks again!!

I will post pictures soon.

[ylrebmik]

Your welcome.

That's Lizzy's schedule too! (10-5:30) I hate that submissive eliminattion thing. Everyone was telling me not to take her to petco or classes until she is fully vaccinated. - they even told me not to take for for walks (shh! lol) because of parvo, which is what someone's puppy got and almost died. but hopefully next month i'm going to start her on classes.

Thats great that she is doing so good! I would love to see pictures of her. and taking her to different "elements"... thats exactly what you should be doing with her age. good job

post pics sooon!

[Nathalie's Dad]

We had our two cockers pass this year about 45 days apart. Jackie was 11 and Jessica was 13. Jackie was always good about potty training (3 days!) and didn't "greet & pee". Jessica took a couple of weeks to potty train and peed when greeting for about her first 8 years.

Part of the joy of a cocker!