Gun Dog Forum

hey everybody,
i have a 7 week old female pointer puppy. i work 8 hours a day and am forced to leave my pup. my girlfriend leaves off and on throughout the day and crates her for a total of maybe 3-4 hours during the day. so she has pretty constant attention. my question is, am i spending enough time with my puppy for it to realize im her master. i take her out, i feed her, and she seems to respond to me more than my girlfriend, but my girlfriend spends just much time with her as i do, if not more. is this going to affect her when i start training her later on? will she be confused?

Don't worry about it. Puppies are raised in family settings normally and spend much more time with the members that are home all day. She will think you are master as long as you let her know you are and the same with your girlfriend. Dogs can work with more than one person.

Ezzy

ezzy,how do you convince a girlfriend you are the master?

Now thats a problem that we need to discuss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I leave no doubt that I am the Boss in my house----------
---(when she lets me)

Don't worry when you start training and hunting the dog will know who the master is!

I you don't let your girlfriend breast feed the pup, I see not problem.

i think you actually have a good situation, especially when you start training, as your pup will associate time with you as fun time.

Does she sleep with you, or can see you when you sleep? (THE DOG!)

You are getting kind of personal, aren't you Justin?

Ezzy

...................because if she does that also counts as spending time with you. If you sleep, play, feed, run, and spend other time with her she will think of you as the master.

yes she sleeps in the bed (spoiled little thing!)