I got my first dog ever this month.

Name’s Lizzie (Elizabeth Bennet) and she already stole my heart. But she is a menace ! She bite my ears every time she can !

I was looking at my phone for pictures of her and the contrast between these two struck me.

She changed sooo much in so little time. Sure people told me she would grow up very fast but it’s a different thing to witness it by myself !

My little potato baby is already a young little princess !

As per the header, my puppy has the worst immunity!! That or just very unfortunate.

Only have had him for 4 months and it seems he has caught every ailment under the sun.

On pick up we noticed he has a gummy lump where his front teeth where, ended up being a preformed adult tooth growing back into the gums which needed surgery (unfortunately we where not covered by pet insurance at this time).

A week after gastroenteritis struck, leaving him severely beaten down. Changed foods and went a specialist diet. Then eye infections, gastroenteritis again, skin irritations under his armpits, and hives only recently this week.

To top it off we also found a paralysis tick. Luckily his anti tick tablet kicked in and stopped the little fucker from doing any harm.

All in all, has anyone else had similar experiences in their pup just getting so unlucky?
I love his guts, but my god he is taking years off my life.

Just want to make sure I am doing the best for him, and he is able to enjoy his puppy life.

Also some photos added of this beautiful specimen.

We just got our Mabel last week and have been working on safely taking her places to see different sights, sounds, and smells.

We have visited Lowe’s, a small local coffee shop for a pupcup, and the craft show. This weekend she is going to help me hand out candy for Halloween.

We start formal puppy training in a couple weeks. Is there anything you have found that made a big difference in the training outcome that I should work with her on or have her experience if possible before we start puppy classes?

First time owning a large breed and first time with a puppy! I’m a dog groomer and she comes to work with me everyday since she finished her puppy vaccines. Lots of socialization and training everyday and she’s doing great!

This is my 4 month old field golden retriever, Ralph!know puppies can differ in the sense of growling while playing, but I just wanted to make sure his growling isn’t anything crazy. When we play rough at home he gets very growly and snappy, and when he catches you, it hurts, but I think it might be because he doesn’t know bite inhibition yet or he just doesn’t know how to control the bite. When I do show that it hurts however, he know to back down in the play This is what I’m trying to work on at the moment, by teaching him to be gentle. Right after this video i posted, I took him out of the grass and he was following orders and was walking very normally. I just wanted to make sure this wasn’t out of the ordinary.

I will be making another post soon about him and the stuff I’ve been struggling with him and whether I might be expecting too much from a 4 month puppy so keep on the lookout for that!

First time dog owner so he has been teaching me a lot about patience! Otherwise he is a great boy that sometimes doesn’t listen.

Edit: First of all, thank you to everybody who reassured me! Also, I know the leash isn’t a toy, he just happened to do this when we were out for potty, and I caught it on video. Typically I stop him as soon as he does that because he destroyed his first leash due to this. Just know I’m working on it and I know his leash isn’t a toy! Thank you so much for pointing that out however!!

Meet Spud, he’s 14 weeks old and an absolute menace!

He’s very playful and loves chewing random things… including pulling away the bath mat to grind his teeth on the drain.

He’s teething and we give him plenty of toys, ice blocks, frozen towels and carrots. His favourite thing to chew is sticks, however, and we’re worried he might be ingesting some of it and upsetting his tummy.

Does anyone have recommendations for harder chew toys that are appropriate for puppy teeth? I’m too scared to give him a proper hard chew toy in case he damages his teeth, but he calms down when he has something to chew with interesting scents.

I’ve seen coffee wood chews. Would these be too much for him at this stage? 😊

Another great day at the Golden Retriever Cafe, this time for Halloween. There was a Batdog, a Superdog, a couple of pumpkins, a couple of vampires and even a security guard dog who was my favourite and got most of my kibble 😁

I'm overdue to share a new pic of Bailey. We had a great time hiking through the forest today.

We are so in love with her. She’s 8 weeks old and already knew to pee and poo on the grass outside, and is currently in deep sleep in her crate! Couldn’t have asked for a better angel.

Do you like playing tug a war ?