7 week old Beagle pups daily schedule. Will it work or not? Advice?

Question

I'm getting a 7 week old male Beagle puppy on Monday after school (next week) and mom told me to type up a schedule so I know what to do when I get him. Since most of you guys are dog owners or experienced with pups, you can advise me whether my schedule will work or not. Thanks, Tiffany.
KEYS: PPB = Puppy Potty Break
8am: Get up and get dressed
8.10am: Brush hair & eat breakfast
8.20am: Brush teeth
8.25am: PPB
8.30am: Put him back in cage and go to school
I don't know what to do while I am at school but since my dad doesn't work, he will be at home all day (hopefully) looking after my pup. Any ideas for a schedule for dad? He is a bit lazy and won't want to walk him for me.
3.45pm: Get home from school
3.47pm: Feed puppy
3.55pm: PPB
4pm: Play with puppy inside and out (no walks until vaccs finished)
4.30pm: Watch TV
5pm: Play with puppy
5.20pm: Feed puppy
5.25pm: PPB
5:30pm: Watch TV
7pm: My dinner time
7:30pm: Feed puppy
7:40pm: Play with puppy
7:55pm: PPB
8pm: Puppy bed time
8:05pm: Homework and family time
9:15pm: My bed time
DO YOU THINK IT WILL WORK? COMMENTS AND ADVISE/SCHEDULE SWAPS WELCOME! PS. I am 13 - I can only do so much.

Oh and has anybody got any name ideas? He is lemon and white in color and is much smaller than the rest of his litter. He was the only male in the litter.

Mom suggestions: Buddy, Lu, Jack or Rudy.
Dad suggestions: Sarge, Bill or Hazza.
Brother suggestions: Killer.
My thoughts: Prince, Teddy, Benji or Cam.

Any other suggestions?

Oh and what else should we have ready for my puppy? I know he isn't suppose to leave his mom until he is 8 weeks old but the breeder said that they are moving and need to get rid of them or something...?

We already have a medium sized cage for him and I bought a plush heatbeat thing for him and we have a lot of blankets and toys, food and treats. The breeder offered to give us the food she was feeding him (Pedigree adult large breed mixed with Science Diet senior small breed and Purina adult giant breed - SUPPOSEDLY suggested by her veterinerian) but it sounded like a recipe for an unhealthy dog so I said no and we will just feed him the Solid Gold puppy food that I bought him.

Answer 1

from the time you go to school until you come home is a really long time for a puppy to not go potty especially since he isnt potty trained yet. i suggest you talked to your dad and have him help you out. little puppies (as i found) need to go about every 2 to 2 1/2 hour. and i would suggest that when you get home from school, you take him potty before you feed him or else hes gonna have an accident.

Answer 2

Well, first of all, after 8am is far too late to put your puppy out for a pee! It will need to go out at about six. Here is a good tip. Ask the breeder to put some newspaper in the puppy kennel and when you pick up your puppy bring a piece of the paper that has been peed on home with you and put it in a corner of your yard. There is a very strong chance the pup will pee on the paper which smells of its own litter mates and will continue to use that spot. It will need a toilet break after every meal. If there are 'mistakes' don't smack it, just pick it up quickly and put it on the spot you selected outside.Better not ask your Dad to walk the pup yet. You can train it to the lead after school and weekends but it will be too young for regular walks until after it has had all its shots and developed a bit.
The most important word your pup should learn is 'No' and you should mean it. 'No' to nipping or biting or peeing in the wrong place! The pup must respect you. I think you will have problems leaving it all day if your 'minder' isn't willing to do some training so good luck.

Answer 3

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/OlhCJ

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 4

Congrats on the new puppy! Beagle puppies are just the cutest things.

Don't worry about his age. According to many experts, 7 weeks is the ideal age to take a pup away from its mother, not 8.

Since he is so very young, scheduled PPBs every two hours are NOT going to work at first. Rule of thumb is, a dog can hold it in roughly one hour per month of age. Even less in the beginning, because he's never had any practice doing it! It is a good idea to make a schedule ahead of time so you have an idea of what your days will be like, but you will have to let your dog be your guide. Some young pups to fine with a PPB every four hours around the clock. Others, when they are very young, need to pee about three times per hour! So you will have to make some adjustments.

First of all, there is NO WAY that pup is going to sleep 12 hours without going to the bathroom. You haven't written about the sleeping arrangements. Since you are young, and busy with school, I suggest you ask your parents to get a playpen for your puppy. It is like a cage but much larger, so your pup can have a sleeping area, a dining area, and a "toilet" area inside the pen. Ideally, for the first few days (or even weeks), leave his cage _inside_ the pen with the door open and comfy blankets inside, a water dish, and cover the entire area with newspaper. That way your puppy can sleep in his cozy cage, but stay in his pen all night without you having to get out of bed every hour to take him out. Same thing while you are at school. You cannot leave such a young pup caged all day.

When you get to the serious business of potty training, you will have to take your pup outside IMMEDIATELY upon getting up in the morning, after eating, playing, napping, etc. It takes a while before they can hold it in. Don't expect much control before four months of age. I know it's difficult, but that stage won't last long.

At this age your pup should eat two or three times a day, preferably early morning and once again around your dinner time. I don't quite understand why you scheduled a meal at 5:20 pm and another at 7:20 pm, two meals so close together. Some older dogs do better with one meal a day, but most dogs eat twice a day. Get him used to a breakfast and a dinner, it's likely to remain his meal schedule his whole life.

Don't forget that your pup will be a family member, and your best friend. You might find that, in real life, your personal time and your puppy time won't be neatly separated!

One more thing about the schedule: if you have to leave for school by 8:30, you really should get up earlier than 8:00, especially in the beginning. You will definitely want to have some puppy time in the morning, especially when he is young and playful. You can't expect to just say "hi" to him, take him for a pee and then leave him all day. That will be fine when he is older, but not yet.

Here's one more: no matter what people say to you, DO NOT, EVER, WITHOLD WATER FROM YOUR PUP. A lot of people say don't give them anything to drink after 7:00 pm or whatever. This is dangerous. Puppies can dehydrate very quickly AND THEIR BRAINS SWELL AND YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO YOUR PUP!!! My vet has seen this happen, and spends a lot of time re-educating breeders and trainers so that they stop giving this kind of dangerous advice.

This is especially true when the weather is hot and/or dry. It will take a bit longer to train him if he drinks more but his health is worth it.

I'm sure I could tell you a lot more but this is already too much for a start!

All the best with your puppy. I have a beagle and they are truly fine little dogs.

Answer 5

At that age they cannot hold it for very long. Puppies need to go potty right after waking up, playing and eating. Check out some dog training websites for more detailed info. Keep a close eye on you pup and you will soon be able to tell when they need to go. Never punish a puppy that young for going in the house....praise them for going outside and they soon get the idea. I have house trained dogs in as little as a week. Will just depend on how deligent you are.

Answer 6

feed as soon as you get up then take him out for PPB leave small bowl of water that does't turn over easily in cage. Us dog food that states a meat product on the bag first before any other ingredients it's better for them and it's better to soften the food with warm water before feeding him three times a day but not too much at one time

Answer 7

only feed the puppy 3 times a day, morning, have your dad feed her around noon, and feed her evening around 5 or 6 and give water with each meal, potty after each meal and between each meal and play with her for about 5 mins between each meal and potty break create a potty command, like "go potty" say it as she goes and praise her for it and then eventually work with it unitl eventually you can say go potty and she will find a place and go and have your dad let her out once more besides to feed her while your at school and let her out between other times too just to play and go potty the less she goes potty in her crate or pen the more free time you give her eventually you can work her out of her crate and teach her how to go to bed in her crate with the door open or if your parents will allow on your bed with you give her a nice big toy to sleep with and a clock outside of her crate it helps with cuddling factor of being with her mom and hearing her heart beat especially the first week, your going to be a busy mom the first month have fun and congrats, take good care of her, i know you can do it! let me know how it goes, give me an e-mail if you need further help

Answer 8

You are going to want to take him out to potty 1st thing in the AM & after school. He wil need to eat more than once a day since he is soo young... feed him in the AM too. Take him out to potty after he eats/
Congrats on the new puppy!
Names... how about Short Stop... shortie for short!

Answer 9

Ummm... once pup wakes up in the morning he WILL need to go out imedatally -translation yank sweats over the PJ's & go out 8:01 He aint a goona be able to wait while you eat. I let my adult dogs out in fenced yard before I get a chance to pee!

Usually 3 meals a day are enough...

Answer 10

That sounds like a good idea, but you may want to let him run around during the day, a good idea is to fence off an area and put him inside it during the day. By you have to realise that dogs sleep in the day and he may not go to sleep straight away.

It's a good idea to train them when their young or they become hopeless cases like my golden retriever (but we still love him).