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Hi! I found this thread sometime ago and thought it useful to discuss with other owners of this beautiful breed. Meet my bebe! He's my pride and joy and I love him so much. He's on Addiction Salmon bleu for puppies, and he's supposed to be a tiny toy, but he's close to 3kg and 7months old now, and certified sound and healthy by the vet. When I first got him, he was so weak and couldn't even stand up for more than 10 secs. He was slighter longer than the size of my palm. I had to feed him soaked kibbles given by the breeder one by one, gloucose water and powdered milk. I even had to hold his head up to feed him. It was such a huge comittment at the beginning. Well, I chose him, and like when we have a human child, if the baby is weak, we don't send him to the nearest rumah anak yatim, do we. So, I had very little sleep and rest for the first month.
On his 3rd month he was already running, jumping and later only I realised he barks and whines ALOT! It was no longer separation anxiety and leaning towards behavioral problem then. He was so attached to me because I gave him non-stop attention at first due to him being weak. The next step was to discipline him. At 3 months, my bebe was already toilet-trained. Disciplining him took longer, close to 2 months. It started with letting him know what Hush, Quiet, Sit, Down, No bitting, Sleep, Cage mean.
I am happy to announce that by now at 7 months, he will walk to his playpan adjoined to his cage by himself when I tell him so. He stays quiet and plays with his pile of toys in his playpan whenever I work at home or clean the house. He goes to his 'toilet' by himself whenever he has to but when he sleeps in my room and the door is closed, he scratches the door to let me know he has to pee/poo. He loves it when I teach him new tricks and esp when I groom him. He LOVES being groomed and looking at his own reflection, sometimes he licks the mirror, sigh! Very vain dog! He loves wearing clothes and jumps up and down when I get accessories for him like scarf, bow, shirt etc. He likes almost everything, people, dogs, basically a perfect angel now and complains very little. There is one thing which he absolutely hates no matter what and I do not know why. He will bark non-stop and at an alarming sound whenever he sees a silky terrier. I've tried bringing him closer to different silkies and all the same response. He's even friendly to Rotts, giant Schnauzer and Chihuahua but never a silky.
Well, that's just my story on him. Thanks for reading!
Welcome welcome... Your baby is cute... You are one owner who do a lot of research! Salute... Enjoy yourself here... I will be back into active mode starting mid sept... Now busy but still got time to check out this post without fail daily...