What were your first few days like with your new puppy?

[Jessica Girardot]

Hi everyone!  

Just curious to hear the experiences of other doodle owners.  What were the first few days like with your new puppy?  

Our girl is about 8 weeks and we have had her for about three days now. So far so GOOD! She is doing extremely well with potty training. No accidents yet! ( I am watching her like a hawk and crate training her) She also sleeps through the night quietly with only 1 potty break! I feel like she is being so good that it can only get worse...

I'm sure she will start being more wild as shes growing up, but as of right now, shes pretty lazy :-P

[Julie and Charlie]

Thankfully during his first few weeks, Charlie slept through the night (6-7 hours) in his crate. During the daytime, however, he took almost all of my energy and attention! I said I knew almost what postpartum depression was from that experience. (I know, it's not exactly the same, but it was so hard!)

[BettyAnn, Holmes & Lucy]

Reading your post and I'm jealous because I'm sleep deprived! My boy is 8 weeks old too (still with no name). We've had him for a week and everyday he seems to be doing better. The first 3 days or so he cried at night, LOUDLY, because he missed his pack mates, plus the crate was totally new to him. His crate is right next to my bed so I heard it all. He doesn't cry much anymore in there but he still takes 2 or 3 potty breaks at night. I cannot wait until I can get at least 6 hours of straight sleep! During the day he naps a lot with little bursts of energy. Overall though he's been so sweet and friendly to everyone. I'm hoping he stays that way.

How are you dealing with the teething? It's driving me crazy. I bought a bunch more chew toys yesterday to help.