French bulldog puppy behaviour
May 1, 2008 – 4:17 am
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Your new puppy’s parents and its genes will play a big part in how your puppy will turn out when it’s fully grown into an adult dog, you of course as the owner will also be able to influence this outcome. By petting, playing and teaching your new puppy good behaviour you can help your puppy to develop good socialisation skills.
Your puppy will have been weaned around the age of 6 weeks but they still learn valuable lessons from their mother up to around 8 t0 10 weeks, this is the time when they are ready to leave their mothers and litter mates. Here is a general guideline to your puppy’s stages of development:
Two to four weeks
* This is called the transitional period and it is the time when your puppy will be most influenced by its mother and its litter mates.
* Teeth begin to come in and the puppy’s eyes will start to open, their sense of smell and hearing will now develop.
* They begin to stand and try to walk, the tail will wag and the puppy can bark.
* By the end of the fourth week the eyesight should be fully developed.
Three to twelve weeks
* During this period the puppy should have contact with other people.
* By three to five weeks the puppy is well aware of its surroundings and its companions.
* By weeks four to six the puppy is influenced by its littermates.
* From four to twelve weeks a puppy will start to be influenced by the people around it, they will learn how to play and begin to develop social skills.
* Seven to nine weeks and the puppy will begin refining its skills and can start to be house trained * Eight to ten weeks the puppy can experience fear and needs positive training from this age.
* Nine to twelve weeks the puppy begins to refine its actions and explores its environment more, the puppy will focus more on people.
Three to six months
* A puppy will be greatly influenced by playmates.
* The puppy will begin to grasp ideas of submission and dominance.
* The puppy will begin teething at this stage.
Six to 18 months
* The puppy is more influenced by people.
* During the months seven to nine the puppy will go through another stage of chewing anything and everything.
* Dominance will increase particularly in male dogs.
* Sexual behaviour will start to show in dogs that haven’t been neutered or spayed.
One Response to “French bulldog puppy behaviour”
I have a Frenchie who bolts out the door. What should I do?
By Bianca on Jul 22, 2008