He is one adorable poodle I must admit. Studio picture quality, I suppose you're a camera addict. Snap more photos of him, and share it with us, would you?

Since the vet says that your furkids is fine for twice, I don't suppose that his health condition/mood is affecting his appetite.

I suppose your poodle was being spoiled during the boarding period.

Try to feed him at a certain time the food that you wants him to eat.

For example, morning breakfast, put his food on the bowl and leave it there for 30 mins, if he haven't start eating them, pick it up, wait for the next meal, lunch, feed him again and repeat the same method as breakfast for lunch and dinner.

Most of the time furkids just tend to be picky towards the food they eat, since after you been feeding him tastier food (wet food).

If your furkids have not been eating for all 3 meals, you might need to look into other root cause of the problem.

Agree with yewoa. Don't give in to him so quickly. Remember like I said, ONLY feed him the food that you want him to eat. If you want him to start eating kibbles again, feed him kibbles only. Put his meal in his bowl for 30 minutes, if he doesn't eat it, pick it up, and wait until the next meal time. Repeat until he gets the message. Patient and stay firm!

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Added on August 6, 2011, 12:37 amHaha, are you refering to spending a lot of money to dress them up?

This post has been edited by Lolipet: Aug 6 2011, 12:37 AM

Congratulation on the new baby poodle.

Below is my 2 cent opinions regarding your enquiries:
1. I hope you're referring to pee in squading down position like the adult female dogs, as pee while laying down is a serious problem. It is normal for male puppies to pee in the squad down position, they will only change their position to lifting their leg up as they grow older and turn adult. Anyhow, it is nothing to be concerned of since your puppy is just 4 months old. And personally I have seen female dogs pee lifting one of their legs up.
2. My suggestion is not to train your puppy to pee inside the cage, rather pee on the newspaper or nowadays you can find wee wee pad and wee wee tray for that purpose. The reason I don't recommend you to toilet train him to pee inside the cage being that, it is not hygience and it is hard to clean up after they pee and poo in the cage. Back to the question on how to toilet train. 1st, be persistent and firm with the place you want him to do his business, if you see him sniff and in the squatting down position, tell him in a firm voice and say no, don't make it too complicated for them, like baby, you can't wee wee here, you are a a good boy ok? simple and short with just a no and firm body language, carry him and place him on the place that you want him to pee and poo. And see if he do his business, remember, persistent is the key here. In the market nowdays there are housebreaking spray, which have a scent that attract especially the male dog to pee on that area, but of course, many of claim that it doesn't work on their dog, and 1 of the reason that it doesn't work on them because
3. Normally for puppy below 6 months, I advise you to feed him three times a day, and half glass of kibbles, filled it with hot water and place it on his bowl.
4. For young puppies, they will bite almost everything, and some might even favour cables and expensive furnitures, it can be a headache, give him a toy that make "quacky" sound to chew on.
5. They will adapt to the new environment as they grow, this doesn't need to train them, just talk and play with them when you have got the time, bath and groom them yourself is a good way to create a strong bond in betweeen owner and furkids.

Hope my opinions help, anything can leave us a message again, I'm sure many of the poodle experts here would be glad to help.

We will be there

Seems like suzannetan are having a barkday for her beloved furkids, may I know where you will be throwing the party? Though I wouldn't be bringing my poodle over, she is just 4months + now, but my shih tzu is alright to join if the venue is near Doggie Pet Fun Fair, as I will be going there with my Shih Tzu