IIampossiblyatwork replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesAlternatively, embrace chaos and adopt in the raptor phase.20
TTimecircleline replysh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesWe wanted to adopt an adult dog but fell in love with a Raptor. She's good now but man, never again.13
IIampossiblyatwork replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyWe have a raptor. We call him Garchomp. He doesn't chew, but does chomp.11
TTimecircleline replysh.itjust.worksI hope he settles down at the magic 2 year mark! Ours wasn't a biter or a chewed. Just too smart for her own good, and if she didn't have enough smart things to do she would find dumb things. Defeated all of the childproof door locks, cabinet locks, baby gates.5
PPapanca replylemmy.worldUnless you rescue a dog that has been solely toilet trained on a puppy mat. It's a lot of work to fix it, as i now know6
DDragonTypeWyvern literature.cafe1Hide 1 replyI only have scars from the puppy stage, oddly enough. When their teeth are little daggers and they haven't learned humans don't do love nips.15
oodelik replylemmy.todayWhy didn't anybody tell me humans don't do love nips? This whole time I've been raising dogs wrong.3
Jo Miran lemmy.ml3Hide 3 repliesThis also applies to min-pins except that instead of 24 months it's 5 years.13
Just skip the raptor phase and make a good deed, adopt an adult dog.
Alternatively, embrace chaos and adopt in the raptor phase.
We wanted to adopt an adult dog but fell in love with a Raptor. She's good now but man, never again.
We have a raptor. We call him Garchomp. He doesn't chew, but does chomp.
I hope he settles down at the magic 2 year mark!
Ours wasn't a biter or a chewed. Just too smart for her own good, and if she didn't have enough smart things to do she would find dumb things. Defeated all of the childproof door locks, cabinet locks, baby gates.
And then you don't have to toilet train them.
Unless you rescue a dog that has been solely toilet trained on a puppy mat. It's a lot of work to fix it, as i now know
With parrots the second stage lasts 40+ years
Well, they ARE dinosaurs.
0-4 months should just be poop everywhere all the time
I only have scars from the puppy stage, oddly enough. When their teeth are little daggers and they haven't learned humans don't do love nips.
Why didn't anybody tell me humans don't do love nips? This whole time I've been raising dogs wrong.
This also applies to min-pins except that instead of 24 months it's 5 years.
What's a min-pin?
Miniature Pinscher
Cute!