Just over 4 weeks ago we adopted Dorje, a bull mastiff, golden retriver mix puppy. He was just over 6 weeks when we got him. Our best guess was at that time he was 15 lbs. He is close to 30 now. He is going to be a big dog (which we were aware of when we got him).
His name is Tibetian for thunderbolt. We are pronouncing it like Georgia but with a D
So far, everything is going VERY smoothly. He was house trained in a couple weeks. Even then, we only had a few accidents inside. When I say house trained, he was the one telling us when he needed to go out. I talked with the woman we will most likely use to help train him and asked what we should be working on until the first class (he needs one more round of shots). She said house training (done), crate training (he puts himself to sleep at night in his crate - done). Other stuff she mentioned is getting him on a feeding schedule. I need to do this instead of offering food whenever he wants.
Photos:
Shortly after we got him:
6.5 weeks old (He was a Thanksgiving baby - easy to remember!)
Emma and pup - 7.5 weeks old
Emma and pup - 10.5 weeks old (today)
No comments:
Post a Comment