New goldendoodle puppy owner- help please!

[Sharae & Winston]

I hope I'm posting this in the right place... So my boyfriend and I just brought home our puppy near the beginning of the month. Unfortunately, our little guy had a rough start by being diagnosed with parvo TWO DAYS after we got him. It was a very emotional experience, but he is one strong puppy and made it through, although he is still recovering :( This experience put a damper on our plans for him and training schedule, considering we couldn't bring him around other dogs for at least two weeks. While we are having many issues (none of which are that out of the ordinary for puppy behavior), I need some advice and somewhere to vent. 

My main concern right now is him eating EVERYTHING he comes in contact with outside. It's to the point where we actually dread taking him out because the entire time we are jerking the leash and telling him "NO" or "leave it". He has already scared us by swallowing an entire pine cone, leaving us with another scared trip to the vet for an x-ray (as if he hasn't been there enough lately). I've realize part of it may be because he is incredible hungry because the tiny meals we've been forced to feed him (due to the parvo while his intestines are healing). So maybe he is literally trying to eat everything because he is SO darn hungry? Does anyone have any experience with this? We want to be able to take him on walks and expel some of the energy he has cooped up but I'm afraid every time is going to end up with another foreign object consumed and I am legitimately scared to take him!! 

Any advice or experience with this would be greatly appreciated! :)

[Sharae & Winston]

Well I never thought I'd live through the puppy stage but I made it and couldn't be happier with my little "devil". In regards to the eating things outside, he still goes for the occasional leaf or pinecone but has improved drastically. I think a big part of it is when they are so young they want to experience everything the only way they can- through their mouth. I also don't fret as much about him picking up leaves or small things like that, you tend to get over it once you realize that certain things will not hurt them. Plus it really is surprising what they can pass lol... I would definitely recommend a gentle leader because you have more control on walks and to use the collar you purchased. We were actually going to get one of those citronella collars but there was a groupon a while back for a remote control shock collar that has three settings, a tone, vibration, and a shock. Believe it or not, we never ONCE had to go past the tone to correct his behavior. I was very happy about that because I wasn't sure I wanted to use the shocking method. Just make sure you are using a word to correct the behavior such as "leave it" or "no" before you trigger the spray so that he associates not listening to your command will escalate to the spray (or in our case, the tone). Overall, he still has his moments,as he should, because he is still technically a puppy but something happened around a year that just clicked and made him a much more loving, responsive and enjoyable dog :)

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

nice to hear about the progress! 

[Lorie dorazio]

Thank you for replying. :). I'm glad you have made progress :). My baby (literally..the vet was concerned because he seemed like he was in so much pain, but that is just him) was just neutered on Tuesday , but I'm thinking about starting training once he is healed. My biggest concerns is him eating the chicken/guinea hen poop and socks. They both can have serious side effects. I also might start using the citronella collar.