12 Week Check Up
Today the baby Jackson, who I am completely obsessed with at this point, had his 12 week check up. My fantastic vet said he is doing simply amazing.
He had *another* wormer today and his second set of shots (DA2LPP). Our doc said he didn't event cry when he got his shot! What a good pup.
Everything is going so well with him I'm kind of in disbelief. If I spend a lot of the day/night out, I will let him sleep in my bed with me for a little while. I eventually want him to, but I still want him to be able to go in his crate. Right now he's even napping in it! Sometimes at night I even leave his crate door open so he can use the restroom, drink his water, etc, and he's been doing so good with that. I only try to use that as a "reward" because I do want to keep good habits while he is young.
He's completely pad trained at this point and has been for several weeks. I changed the kind of pad I'm using to Petco's own brand, which are NOT very absorbent... the spot is still wet for at least a whole day. So I think that might be a little beneficial since some of you do not prefer pads because they don't leave the wetness.
I haven't seen many accidents in the house. I've cut the number of pads from three to two, and it only took him a day or so to realize that he wasn't supposed to potty in the kitchen anymore.
Biting has basically stopped, and only happens when he's feisty, which I can better recognize now.
He hasn't been trying to jump too much, but still climbs in the coffee table on occasion.
"NO" is working wonders and pup understands words now. Hungry, eat, no, down, and Jackson are about all he's got right now. There was just a light bulb that went off in his brain and he magically started understanding. I love it.
I only really have two concerns.
One, is that he weighed in at a MASSIVE (j/k) 6.2 pounds. He's 12 weeks! My vet was not alarmed by the weight, and she said his figure is quite ideal. I have attached a few pictures of his shape, and he's got a good, clear waist line and his ribs are visible, but not jutting out. I feel like he's gotten so much bigger, but at 8.5 weeks he was 5.92 pounds. The vet said this probably had something to do with the fact that he still had some wormies in his belly, which was HUGE. So we talked about feeding more, and I'm going to feed 1/3 cup 3 times until he is 16 weeks and I'll move it to two feedings and adjust the amount depending on his weight.
I read a lot about pups gaining a pound a week so I am kind of in awe of his weight... maybe he's a late bloomer? Haha.
Pup is completely food obsessed and he's been getting treats at his classes and at the vet and he is sooo greedy. I don't want an overweight doggie, but I very much know all of that has to do with ME and I don't want him to be underweight either. :-/
The second concern is flea medicine, which I'm going to research through this fabulous discussion board and form my opinion on and get him started soon. He's been itching a lot, but my nice vet combed him and only found one flea and no eggs, so she thinks he might just be really sensitive though he is not infested with fleas.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
He had *another* wormer today and his second set of shots (DA2LPP). Our doc said he didn't event cry when he got his shot! What a good pup.
Everything is going so well with him I'm kind of in disbelief. If I spend a lot of the day/night out, I will let him sleep in my bed with me for a little while. I eventually want him to, but I still want him to be able to go in his crate. Right now he's even napping in it! Sometimes at night I even leave his crate door open so he can use the restroom, drink his water, etc, and he's been doing so good with that. I only try to use that as a "reward" because I do want to keep good habits while he is young.
He's completely pad trained at this point and has been for several weeks. I changed the kind of pad I'm using to Petco's own brand, which are NOT very absorbent... the spot is still wet for at least a whole day. So I think that might be a little beneficial since some of you do not prefer pads because they don't leave the wetness.
I haven't seen many accidents in the house. I've cut the number of pads from three to two, and it only took him a day or so to realize that he wasn't supposed to potty in the kitchen anymore.
Biting has basically stopped, and only happens when he's feisty, which I can better recognize now.
He hasn't been trying to jump too much, but still climbs in the coffee table on occasion.
"NO" is working wonders and pup understands words now. Hungry, eat, no, down, and Jackson are about all he's got right now. There was just a light bulb that went off in his brain and he magically started understanding. I love it.
I only really have two concerns.
One, is that he weighed in at a MASSIVE (j/k) 6.2 pounds. He's 12 weeks! My vet was not alarmed by the weight, and she said his figure is quite ideal. I have attached a few pictures of his shape, and he's got a good, clear waist line and his ribs are visible, but not jutting out. I feel like he's gotten so much bigger, but at 8.5 weeks he was 5.92 pounds. The vet said this probably had something to do with the fact that he still had some wormies in his belly, which was HUGE. So we talked about feeding more, and I'm going to feed 1/3 cup 3 times until he is 16 weeks and I'll move it to two feedings and adjust the amount depending on his weight.
I read a lot about pups gaining a pound a week so I am kind of in awe of his weight... maybe he's a late bloomer? Haha.
Pup is completely food obsessed and he's been getting treats at his classes and at the vet and he is sooo greedy. I don't want an overweight doggie, but I very much know all of that has to do with ME and I don't want him to be underweight either. :-/
The second concern is flea medicine, which I'm going to research through this fabulous discussion board and form my opinion on and get him started soon. He's been itching a lot, but my nice vet combed him and only found one flea and no eggs, so she thinks he might just be really sensitive though he is not infested with fleas.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
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Comment by Kevin and Buddy! on January 21, 2010 at 2:48pm
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Oh my goodness he is adorable! We just took our puppy to his first vet visit (with us, hes been to the vet with the breeder) and he is weighing in at 7.15lbs and he is just 9 1/2 weeks old! He looks a little clubby to me, but the vet didn't seem too concerned about his weight. Our baby was the runt of the litter though, so I think the breeder fed him a little extra to beef him up, haha. Sounds like your dog is doing great, and it always helps to have the vet reassure you. We feed our boy 1/2 cup 2x a day and he seems pretty content with that for now.
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Comment by Jane Christensen on January 18, 2010 at 10:19pm
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Don't worry about the weight at his age...he needs to eat to grow healthy my pups weighed more than this... both Livvy and one of Bella's pups weighed #10's at 12 weeks. Yes it's important to not overfeed but for now it's different than feeding an adult.He's a cutie!
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Comment by Bev Levy on January 18, 2010 at 8:51pm
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How can you resist that cute face? Love the socks by the way... He looks great to me. They tend to grow in spurts and eat accordingly so expect starts and stops for the first year at least. As long as your vet is happy don't worry too much.
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Comment by Kari & Jackson on January 18, 2010 at 6:59pm
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How much does Goldy weigh and how old is she?
Poor Jackson just threw up. I think he was hit a little hard by the vaccination and the wormer. :-/
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Comment by Stephanie on January 18, 2010 at 6:57pm
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I always worry that Goldy looks thin too, just last night I was googling dog silhouettes to make sure she didn't look starved.
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Comment by Teresa Gilpin on January 18, 2010 at 6:23pm
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Congratulations on such a sweet and wonderful baby. You're both very lucky! Teresa G.
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Comment by Sky and Lyla on January 18, 2010 at 5:38pm
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Oh, he is such a sweetie! At his young age, I don't think I would be too concerned about him being overweight yet. Puppies tend to go through spurts and you'll just wake up one more and he'll be bigger and the skinniest thing you ever saw. Lyla went through stuff like this, sh'd be a little butterball one week and a stick dog the next. At the young ages, I worried very little about how much they were getting fed (or in the case of my Corgi who didn't hardly eat, I didn't stress over how much she did or didn't eat) but rather I just like to make sure they still have a healthy looking shape. With a puppy I think your chances are good there will be times when you have to up the amount of food, and that's okay. Just keep an eye on him if he starts to get real rolly-polly you can back off agian. Good luck with the little guy. He is very handsome!
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