Hi CLKD,honeybun and Dancingirl.
Such a shame about your Teddy, it must have been heartbreaking!
Yes he is being crate trained, and already at 7 weeks is part toilet trained, by breeder I guess it also helps having some siblings to follow.
he is called Toby and is cream coloured just like the Andrex puppy, his Mum is black and his Dad is ginger coloured, he has bits of ginger on the tips of his ears (toby that is).
He is sleeping in the conservatory until the weather gets colder with our two cats, a silver Tabby aged 4 and our pensioner aged 13. He will be in his cage with the door shut with small soft bed and he is going to be put out for a final wee at about 11pm -12pm then not again until 5-6 am, we won't hear him cry during the night as luckly
We had new windows at the beginning of the year and thankfully we chose Triple glazing! My cats meow and it's like a silent movie watching them through the window, Dancingirl he will also be given a small towel with his mum and other pups scent on it,I guess it's like a baby having a teddy.
My husband is taking time off and getting up to do wee patrol as I need my sleep, especially as I have ms, we have chosen a Labrador as they are good at senseing things and really tune in to your feelings, but I'm ok at the moment but you never know what the future may hold.
I have a book all about training Labs it's surprising how intelligent they are, hopefully it won't take too long, as long as he walks on the lead without pulling me over, our other dog was a spaniel cross and a rescue dog but she was terrible on the Leed. I've been to by the breeder training is all about ignoring the bad behaviour and distracting them by showing them something that's more interesting maybe a interesting toy or teething ring. My other dog eat the pine kitchen when we left him on his own !
I'll keep you posted x