Getting the New Goldendoodle Puppy Under Control

When we got our new Goldendoodle puppy, I had not gotten ready at all. All I had done was buy a crate that was too roomy, set the appointment with the breeder, and started out. On the trip home the Goldendoodle pup had pottied in his crate, rolled in it, and I could see he had worms.

Happily, I was able to get the Goldendoodle in to get seen by the local vet by calling on an old friend, since I had not even set up an appointment. After getting the Goldendoodle dog cleaned up, dewormed, and gotten him some basic shots, I drove him back home to the kids. They were very happy!

After getting the puppy home, I thought about a few more issues. We did not have a place for the Goldendoodle pup to sleep, he was beginning to gnaw on all sorts of things, and he did not even have a name yet. To top it all off, he wanted to escape every time he could.

After a couple of weeks, life with the Goldendoodle was not going very well. The dog had chewed up all varieties of things in the house, was swallowing underwear left on the floor, the housebreaking was going not so well, and the obedience training that I was doing was not enough, since I was at the office all day. If the kids had been older, either my spouse or I would have been able to get the training accomplished, but we did not have time. Reluctantly, even though we knew training him ourselves was better for all of us, we sent the Goldendoodle to a two week training regimen.

We missed him when he was gone for two weeks. The children kept asking when he was returning, and my littlest one even cried because she missed him so much. Getting the Goldendoodle was the right thing to do.

He came home like a new dog! No more chewing on stuff he was not allowed to, and no escaping. He did still eat a couple more pairs of underwear, though. We still had to work on the housebreaking, but with some effective odor eradicators we were able to get that under control as well. The training was definitely required. If I had had a little more time, or could not afford the boarding school, I would certainly have purchased a good obedience training program and gotten it done myself.

Find out more about Goldendoodle training on our site about Goldendoodle Dogs.