Aww, what a little sweetheart.
That face would be hard to say no to!
Thank you everyone. Yes, I do try the swap method. Now she has been trying to pull up the wide tape that Iâve put down to keep a cable cover in place. I was waving a tug toy all over her nose and she kept resisting it. Sometimes I have to resort to treats. I ended up putting down one of the large boxes over it, (one taken out of cupboard ready for the plumber)
I awoke at 7 this morning to find a dry and clean puppy pad, so got Holly out before she knew what was going on. After a good little walk she managed her no. 2, and back home I encouraged her onto the grass for a wee.
One very proud and happy fur baby mummy!!!
(But had to bring the poo bag indoors to get the first sample into the pot.)
You are officially a #1 puppy mum!
Talking about pee and poo gets you there!!
Well done little Holly.
And mum!
Well done to you and Holly. Give Holly lots of praise and a treat so sheâll soon get the message 
Thanks. Yes I will. When we got home, after racing to her water bowl, she hovered her bum over the puppy pad, and seemed confused that nothing came out! Lol. She tried weeing and pooing. Iâm just pleased we still have a completely clean pad. Shall get her out again later in the morning.
Well done both of you, a great start to the day⌠
Well done Jazzi. Youâll soon get to know Hollyâs âlittle signsâ of when she wants to go. With ChoCho she would start turning round and round in little circles, pick her up, put her outside and off she would go like a mini rocket round the garden. These days she comes to tell us, if that doesnât work she runs from one door to another until we get the message. Mostly though she is quite regular, half an hour after her dinner is almost always guaranteed. During the daytime the doors are always open so she just comes and goes as she likes.
Youâre obviously doing a great job Jazzi, if Holly is happy and content, then youâre making a great puppy mum.
Had her first bath/shower today! I had her on the extendable lead, and while in our gardens and talking to an estate agent, asking him not to park on our premises, didnât give Holly my full attention and found her rolling about in some muck!
Indoors I chucked her straight in the bath, grabbed her shampoo and the towels, and gave her a good wash. Because she was struggling I didnât have a chance to really shampoo her so she is still ponging a bit. But she let me shower her clean (tho pump still not working), and I used all the towels to get her dry (three, now washed and drying).
She didnât like the hairdryer, and nervously pooped in her run afterwards, but after a brushing she is looking lovely!
Iâve never used a hair drier on any of mine, if itâs warm indoors they soon dry off. Iâve seen too many burns from them. Not suggesting you would do that of course but it put me off using one.
Sounds like you are doing really well jazzi, well done to you both.
I know not to use it so close it would harm her. I was blowing the warm air towards her from a distance. But then stopped and let her dry naturally. Just wanted her to start getting used to it.
I always dry mine with the hair dryer, but turn it down to a low blow instead of full blast, as they donât like that, especially around their head.
I know how cold I feel when I am wet from a shower, and they feel cold too.
Apart from that, I donât want 5 wet dogs indoors. They shake water everywhere, and make all their beds wet when they try to lie down.
The only time I ever leave them wet is on a hot sunny day, when they can dry outside in the sunshine in no time.
Maybe the drying burns you mean Julie, are when groomers have left dogs in drying cabinets and burnt them. I would never let mine go into a cabinet. When I dry them myself, I constantly move the dryer and do not let it concentrate on one spot. I also change the setting and wouldnât dream of using full heat. They cannot burn.
No need to be scared of dryers if they are used correctly. It would be very careless and negligent if anyone burnt a dog.
Good idea Jazzi. Sounds like you did fine.
Just a gentle heat, and gentle blow will be fine for her, and as you say, with her type of coat that has to be clipped, she will have to get used to bathing and drying before clipping anyway.
All part of her âeducationâ and experiences.
Yes I said I trusted you jazzi itâs people that donât understand and force the dog to stand still and end up burning them Iâm against.
Me too Mups 
I have one hanging in the garage along with dog towels and a âleg bowlâ which is used daily .
Chloe loves the hairdryer and wags her tail like mad when it is on 
. When I am drying my hair she will rush upstairs in the hope of getting a quick blast.
Dogs cope well with cold but I donât like to see them left wet in cold weather.
We just turn the heating up in one room so they dry quite fast anyway. Betty can just be shammy leathered off and sheâs dry really fast. Elsie takes about an hour, Jenny needs a little longer and a brush through as she does or she goes all curly !
When I was in the vet recently I heard a dog being dried in the little salon, so presume they use mobile dryers. Iâve also seen the beautician go in with an armful of towels!
My bathroom is incredibly cold which is why I didnât hang about with her in there. We adjourned to the hallway and I sat on the floor with my dryer, trying to get her used to it. That is also where there is a storage radiator, so warmer.
I waved it about, on the lower setting.
Just been out for a little walk and she has got scruffy again with the wet ground. Oh dear!
ETA. I have my own clipper set, and hope to slowly introduce her to the tools, including the scissors.
A while ago I invested in a blaster dryer for dogs. It dries them very well and ever since Ted was a puppy he has enjoyed having his hair dried. Now he is adult he really needs it as he is a mud hound, always in the river and wet through. He is a cockapoo and his coat is like a sponge. I have to do quite a lot of work on his coat, so it is a good job he enjoys it. If I didnât do it regularly he would get very matted as his coat is curly and grows very quickly. The blaster is one of the best things I have bought for easy grooming.
Our dogs love the drier too, we use an old one of Rosemaryâs on a gentle heat alyhough we only use if if they have got particularly wet or theyâve got particularly cold.
ChoCho really doesn´t like being bathed at all, at least here at home. At the groomers she behaves like the perfect little angel, likes kids I guess, always well behaved elsewhere.
However she is terrified of hair dryers. This is because her very first haircut was done by the English wife of a local Vet, who has her own grooming parlour. Unfortunately she obviously employs people who have no idea what they are doing, mostly teenagers with no experience. When Mr Clumsy went to fetch ChoCho back after her first haircut, he could hear her screaming before he got through the door. Poor little ChoCho was so frightened she had climbed onto the girl´s head, the girl was holding her by a back leg and attempting to wave the hair dryer at her. Mr Clumsy had some very strong words with the girl, and Anna, the owner and we never took her there again. From what I hear from people now and then, nothing much has changed.
Since then we have taken her to a Spanish groomer, who has always been excellent with her, and Muffin when he was alive. Now we go to a more convenient groomer, again a young Spanish woman who is absolutely brilliant with her. It was by recommendation that we tried this young woman and both we, and ChoCho are happy with her. The drier this young woman uses is, she told us, specially made for pets. It´s like a big overhead fan in a separate room,with a glass wall so she can see the dog at all times, with toys and cushions, so the dog can move around, play or just sit whilst being dried off with warm air. The other nice thing is that she only ever has two dogs in at any one time, one being dried ready to be collected and one being bathed and groomed, and she never books large dogs in at the same time as small ones. I just hope she doesn´t leave any time soon.