Odin Junior (Saxon Andromeda)

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:54 pm

Hey everyone, thought i'd post a few pictures of Odin Junior (from the Odin x Frigga litter)
He just got home yesterday and is setlling in very well!

Post by **Nino** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:56 pm

what a cutie pie

Rahne · Post by **Rahne** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:56 pm

aww, cute boy

blufawn · Post by **blufawn** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:59 pm

Handsome boy

YouTube · Post by **Sylvaen** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:00 pm

Cute pics!

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:09 pm

aww, cute boy

Valravn · Post by **Valravn** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:23 pm

So cute!!!

Misaya · Post by **Misaya** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:28 pm

He's lovely

Rambler · Post by **Rambler** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:30 pm

He is adorable!! Love his puppy ears!!

HiTenshi16 · Post by **HiTenshi16** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:03 pm

Aw, so cute, glad he is home

Lyss · Post by **Lyss** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:43 pm

handsome pup

congrats!

Tamaddict · Post by **Tamaddict** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:38 pm

Awww, congratulations!

amittammu · Post by **amittammu** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:55 pm

He is so cute, lovely ears. Seems like he has adjusted right away.

susann · Post by **susann** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:39 pm

Sweeeeet

wicca1 · Post by **wicca1** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:18 am

ooh cute

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Gaby · Post by **Gaby** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:25 am

Congratulations! What a beautiful boy. I love his floppy ears. And it is nice that he isn't car sick. Hope you keep us updated with stories and pictures!

claireyclaire · Post by **claireyclaire** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:16 pm

Congratulations to your new addition, he looks lovely.

TheNorth · Post by **TheNorth** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:35 pm

Cute pup

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:39 pm

you just got me blubbering again jyoti like i did when i saw him off at the airport, i didnt think it would take him long to settle in hes a real character that one keep the photos coming

JulieSmith · Post by **JulieSmith** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:18 pm

He is a lovely dog, but then all the puppies in that litter were lovely.

muensterland · Post by **muensterland** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:51 pm

Congratulations

What a beautiful boy.

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:28 pm

Some more pictures!

HiTenshi16 · Post by **HiTenshi16** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:34 pm

Just a such cute puppy

muensterland · Post by **muensterland** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:40 pm

Nice pictures!!! So cute boy

WhiteElkStag · Post by **WhiteElkStag** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:44 am

Awww he's just as beautiful as his sisters. What does he think of the snow?

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:05 am

He loves it! He muzzles his nose in it and digs and eats it (tries to lol). The cutest is seeing his little paw prints in it. Too bad winter is ending and the snow is melting =(. How are the terrible twins lol in the snow...do they enjoy it too?

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:42 am

Just a such cute puppy

Post by **TerriHolt** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:07 pm

aww, look at him. He is adorable!!

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:50 pm

He's growing so fast I can hardly pick him up anymore =(
Going to cherish the next few weeks before he turns into a beast lolol

TeresaC · Post by **TeresaC** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:43 am

Thanks for the great pics

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:26 pm

Thanks everyone! And wow Pete really wasn't kidding when he said that Odin was the dominant alpha of the litter! Hopefully with extra hard work and perseverance Odin will eventually stop testing us and trying to get away with his stubborn and naughty behaviour lol...thank god for obedience training. At least hes learnt to sleep in his crate on his own throughout the night...one thing to check off the lengthy training list

JulieSmith · Post by **JulieSmith** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:26 am

jyotin wrote:Thanks everyone! And wow Pete really wasn't kidding when he said that Odin was the dominant alpha of the litter! Hopefully with extra hard work and perseverance Odin will eventually stop testing us and trying to get away with his stubborn and naughty behaviour lol...thank god for obedience training. At least hes learnt to sleep in his crate on his own throughout the night...one thing to check off the lengthy training list

I could do with crate training, how did you go about it? We are going camping in the summer so it would be useful if Saga would sleep in her crate,she does sometimes, but we tend to leave the door open so she can go in and out as she wants.

He looks wonderful.

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:02 pm

JulieSmith wrote: I could do with crate training, how did you go about it? We are going camping in the summer so it would be useful if Saga would sleep in her crate,she does sometimes, but we tend to leave the door open so she can go in and out as she wants.

He looks wonderful.

If crate training is done correctly I believe it is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your dog. What we did was first find a GOOD high quality crate (Xlarge - biggest size they make) with a divider. Quality = peace of mind that he wont break it and manage to escape.

We began crating him the first night...the first night I slept on the floor beside him, and the second night I went upstairs and he cried and screamed and howled but we ignored him as we took him potty before bed, in the middle of the night, and when he woke up. It was heartbreaking to ignore him but we knew he was just being a cry baby since he had plenty of opportunity to eliminate, and he had...also we took away his water at 9 pm (bed time is 11 pm), and last meal is between 6-7 pm.

I put in a tshirt of mine that I wore for a few days in the crate so he was comforted, along with a safe chew toy to ease his anxiety. No bed! just a durable blanket since he will 100% tear his bed apart...which he did within 3 days LOL.

SO to get him in the crate, always kept the door open so he knew it was his safe place.
We first got him in the crate with a treat, let him go out on his own. Then again, closed the door, left for two minutes, and came back and acted like no big deal when we let him out. Throughout the day we increased the time we left to the point where he was able to be crated for MAX one hour. Potty break before crate time, and right after crate time.
Our schedule varied however wed typically give him breakfast around 630 am, potty break and play until 9 am. Crate 9-10. Potty break, play, for about 30-45 mins. Crate time another hour...potty break, play 30-45 mins. and so on.

Trick is to give him AMPLE oppurtunity to eliminate outside. He is now able to be crated comfortably for 2 hours at a time, and has began sleeping from 11 pm to 6 am without a peep =). Ofcourse...he will on occasion cry around 4 am to be let out for a potty break...which we take him out...but other than it has worked wonderfully. At times he walks away from us and sneaks into his crate and falls asleep when he wants alone time =)

Good luck!

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:08 pm

Also, at first, before bedtime it helps to sit infrount of his crate with door open and pet him and ease him to a drowsy sleep before you leave and lock the door. We have a radio we leave on very low throughout the night which he appears to like. And once we leave him to sleep, we walk around (out of sight) and talk amongst ourselves until he begins to fall asleep so he doesnt have to deal with a sudden feeling of being locked up and having no one around.

During the daytime she WILL cry at first but aslong as you took her out to go potty before and she did...rest assured that she is just being a cry baby and will eventually settle down...the worst was when Odin cried and howled for about 25 minutes...but after that he never did again since we ignored him and stayed out of sight.

Sounds terrible and cruel but it truly isnt lol.

JulieSmith · Post by **JulieSmith** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:17 pm

jyotin wrote:
JulieSmith wrote: I could do with crate training, how did you go about it? We are going camping in the summer so it would be useful if Saga would sleep in her crate,she does sometimes, but we tend to leave the door open so she can go in and out as she wants.

He looks wonderful.
If crate training is done correctly I believe it is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your dog. What we did was first find a GOOD high quality crate (Xlarge - biggest size they make) with a divider. Quality = peace of mind that he wont break it and manage to escape.

We began crating him the first night...the first night I slept on the floor beside him, and the second night I went upstairs and he cried and screamed and howled but we ignored him as we took him potty before bed, in the middle of the night, and when he woke up. It was heartbreaking to ignore him but we knew he was just being a cry baby since he had plenty of opportunity to eliminate, and he had...also we took away his water at 9 pm (bed time is 11 pm), and last meal is between 6-7 pm.

I put in a tshirt of mine that I wore for a few days in the crate so he was comforted, along with a safe chew toy to ease his anxiety. No bed! just a durable blanket since he will 100% tear his bed apart...which he did within 3 days LOL.

SO to get him in the crate, always kept the door open so he knew it was his safe place.
We first got him in the crate with a treat, let him go out on his own. Then again, closed the door, left for two minutes, and came back and acted like no big deal when we let him out. Throughout the day we increased the time we left to the point where he was able to be crated for MAX one hour. Potty break before crate time, and right after crate time.
Our schedule varied however wed typically give him breakfast around 630 am, potty break and play until 9 am. Crate 9-10. Potty break, play, for about 30-45 mins. Crate time another hour...potty break, play 30-45 mins. and so on.

Trick is to give him AMPLE oppurtunity to eliminate outside. He is now able to be crated comfortably for 2 hours at a time, and has began sleeping from 11 pm to 6 am without a peep =). Ofcourse...he will on occasion cry around 4 am to be let out for a potty break...which we take him out...but other than it has worked wonderfully. At times he walks away from us and sneaks into his crate and falls asleep when he wants alone time =)

Good luck!

Thanks, I will give it a go. I do not have the option of letting Saga cry at night if I put her in the crate, next door are likely to complain, might be able to do it if they go away one weekend. I have a 'vet bed' in my crate and although she has tried to pull it to shreds it is still fine. They are not cheep but very hard to destroy. She often goes in her crate (extra large) for naps and often sleeps all night till 6am, but she has the run of the room then. I might try it for day time first then brave night time if next door are away so we can let her howl. They complained yesterday that she howled for 5 hours, which is strange as I was in most of that time and the couple of times I did leave her it was for not much more than an hour and she was fast asleep when I got in one time and my son was in the second time. She is noisy when saying hello so they might have heard that and thought she was howling, but not for 5 hours. I will have to warn them I am crate training then if she does howl. Needs to be done as it will keep her safe while we are camping.

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:06 pm

Lol I know what you mean....we had to get earplugs for my father so he could get up for work in the morning!

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:30 am

Ears erect!
And check out those giant feet

JulieSmith · Post by **JulieSmith** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:00 pm

He is so cute, love the big paws.

HiTenshi16 · Post by **HiTenshi16** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:40 pm

So cute

Blustag · Post by **Blustag** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:52 pm

Nice pic

You know you can always take the crate to a quite park corner or somewhere and sit there so he can make as much noise as he wants without disturbing anyone

It is sooooo frustrating having neighbours eh! glad I dont have any with all the noise my lot make

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:45 am

Lol neighbours are great when their dogs are even loader then yours! Have no grounds to complain =)

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:35 pm

Thought I'd update everyone with Odin at almost 4 months now, he's getting huge!

HiTenshi16 · Post by **HiTenshi16** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:54 pm

They grow too quickly. Looking lovely

Gaby · Post by **Gaby** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:36 pm

He looks great! How is he behaving? Do you a picture of his face too? Must be beautiful.

jyotin · Post by **jyotin** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:33 pm

Thank you!
He's behaving pretty good, had some issues before since he is very dominant, but we got that dealt with by doing alpha exercises and he now knows whose boss! So much easier now.

Heres a picture with his face from last week, although it doesn't do him justice

(very hard to get a puppy to pose!)

Rahne · Post by **Rahne** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:42 pm

Wow, his ears are huge! lol

Post by **Nino** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:30 am

giant ears hahaha

Blustag · Post by **Blustag** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:11 pm

Dont you take any notice of them all Odin...your ears will be a lot smaller when your head grows..

both mum and dad have nice ears.

Gaby · Post by **Gaby** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:29 pm

He has a very sweet head, I think he is a lovely boy.

JulieSmith · Post by **JulieSmith** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:51 am

Hi is lovely, looks like he will grow into a lovely boy.

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