Comments on: I Have A Bad Case Of Puppy Brain

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:35:12 +0000

In reply to Jan K. I love Zoe. But I'll be happy to pass her along (and Puppy Brain) to her forever home. :)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:34:32 +0000

In reply to Clowie. Isn't amazing how fast puppies can get into trouble. You'd think a 30 second potty break is never long enough. But somehow young puppies figure out how to cause maximum mischief in minimum time. :)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:33:12 +0000

In reply to Groovy Goldendoodles. Yes, but does Harley have puppy heart? And how about Mr. Doodle? :)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:32:37 +0000

In reply to Margaret T.

Margaret, that isn’t Puppy Brain. That’s Puppy Insanity. 🙂

What a great start you gave Annie’s litter, though. I know that Honey’s breeder was the same way, even down to sleeping on the sofa beside the whelping box. I can only assume it was a big part of why Honey is such a great dog today.

By: Margaret T

Margaret T — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:31:07 +0000

When Annie had her litter of eight, I really found out what puppy brain is. Puppy brain is sleeping in the same room as the whelping box on a love seat so you can hear a tiny puppy squeal if his mom rolls over on him. (She didn’t.) Puppy brain is jumping up each time she nurses to make sure that the tiniest puppy is getting first dibs instead of wasting energy looking for a nipple. It’s waking up every time the mom wants to nurse, once she has decided the whelping box is too small and warm, so you can remove the door so she doesn’t bump her undercarriage jumping in. Evidence of severe puppy brain is that you don’t put any gasoline in your car for nearly two months because you haven’t gone anywhere.
And then you get to take care of the one puppy, with the ear tuned, as you said, so you know the difference between an antler chew and rung of the chair chew. Luckily for me, her naps were longer than 45 minutes!

By: Groovy Goldendoodles

Groovy Goldendoodles — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:26:57 +0000

I have puppy heart. It’s starting to really beat fast these days….

By: Lauranne

Lauranne — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:43:13 +0000

She is so lovely!!

By: Clowie

Clowie — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:37:07 +0000

I made sure that my bipeds had puppy brain! I laughed at “You can’t go to the bathroom while you’re watching the puppy.” because that has been said in our house – it was more than enough time for me to cause chaos!

By: Jan K

Jan K — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 22:19:51 +0000

If you do keep the puppy….the puppy brain symptoms just continue. I still know the sound of a romping one year old puppy who has something in his mouth that he is not supposed to have.
And I still need to know where he is at all times!

By: Kimberly Gauthier

Kimberly Gauthier — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:40:56 +0000

In reply to Pamela. No no no. But I said that last time.