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Karen, and I have been in contact with the lady that runs this rescue, and she posts pictures of dogs on her FB page. Well, I looked at her page awhile ago, and saw this 9 week old puppy.
Karen contacted her, and she is bringing the puppy with her tomorrow to the PetSmart store! Karen told her we were interested in this puppy! We are so excited!!

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pegasus216 said:
We are going to be there as soon as that lady gets there. We don't want anyone else to get him.
We know he is 9 weeks old, and a lab/beagle mix. We will find out his history tomorrow.
I see lots of training coming up!
Any tips as how to train to potty outside, and to stay out of the cat food?
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Crate training the is the way to go IMHO. Labs are pretty easy to house-train. You just have to be vigilant and learn the "I need to go potty" face. Food theft is another story. Labs are chowhounds so that can be challenging.
 
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pegasus216 said:
We are going to be there as soon as that lady gets there. We don't want anyone else to get him.
We know he is 9 weeks old, and a lab/beagle mix. We will find out his history tomorrow.
I see lots of training coming up!
Any tips as how to train to potty outside, and to stay out of the cat food?
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In my experience, Labs are pretty easy to train. Not sure about the Beagle part though. I'm sure it will be a struggle early on but Labs are smart and they learn quickly. A friend of mine had a lab that wouldn't even go in his yard, he would wander out in the woods (he lived in the sticks). Ozzy always pooped in the same part of the yard. Whenever I had to pick it up, I didn't have to hunt all over the yard, just look in one area.

Good luck with the cat food though. ;-D Labs love cat food.

Is someone at home most of the time? Lab puppies (and most puppies) are pretty destructive when left alone.
 
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pegasus216 said:
Karen, and I have been in contact with the lady that runs this rescue, and she posts pictures of dogs on her FB page. Well, I looked at her page awhile ago, and saw this 9 week old puppy.
Karen contacted her, and she is bringing the puppy with her tomorrow to the PetSmart store! Karen told her we were interested in this puppy! We are so excited!!

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Oh my goodness... heart-melter right there. :love:

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I am home most of the time. But Tuesday we will all be gone for awhile when I get that CT scan done. Now you are scaring me about the puppy being left alone! Karen just got new furniture in the house! 5000 bucks worth!
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I would strongly suggest pup is put into a crate whenever you're not home, (starting with day one) it's so much easier to train a puppy that hasn't formed any bad behaviours than one that has.
Also, like Swift said, crate training is excellent for teaching puppies not to go to the toilet in the house--they don't like messing where they sleep or eat, so toilet anticipation is your best bet... take him outside as soon as he wakes and right after eating also.

Good luck, Mary, he is absolutely gorgeous.
 
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How exciting for you all! He's adorable! Enjoy your new pup. Labs and beagles are smart. It would be good to crate him when you can't be with him - they do chew and teethe for a while. But they are smart and quick learners. We've always had an older dog around to help house train the new puppies we've gotten. Best thing to do is keep a close eye on them and run outside with them if they squat to do anything in your house You're going to have a great time. I can't imagine not having dogs, they just make life better. Have you picked a name?
 
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Karen just got home from work, and she said she is going to get a crate for him. One problem solved!
Now about the cat food...we will figure out something!
danie, no names yet. He is already named Sam, but that is going to have to be changed because Karen's husband is named that.
That lady already sent Karen the adoption papers, and she printed it out, and had to fill it out. About 12 pages!
This is all new to us!
 
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pegasus216 said:
Karen just got home from work, and she said she is going to get a crate for him. One problem solved!
Now about the cat food...we will figure out something!
danie, no names yet. He is already named Sam, but that is going to have to be changed because Karen's husband is named that.
That lady already sent Karen the adoption papers, and she printed it out, and had to fill it out. About 12 pages!
This is all new to us!
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You should think about getting a crate that will be big enough for him when he is full grown and getting a divider to make the space small while he is a pup. If the crate is too big he may go potty in the back and sleep in the front. The divider solves that problem.

Crating is best when you aren't home and for sleeping at night. Just make sure he's not confined all day long. You will be tempted to let him out at night if he barks or whines. Just don't give in (I know it's hard) and he'll get used to the crate soon enough. Just be prepared for very early morning potty time. Both my Labs were awake and needing to go out at sunrise when they were little.

Solid rubber chew toys are good. Brody Dog can destroy a soft chew toy in about 3 minutes. Even the ones that say they are chew resistant.

Best of luck with your new pup!
 
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