A Cavachon Review
While doing some research before deciding to get my Cavachon, I found that it was very hard to find any real reviews or other information from actual owners of Cavachons. In order to help others better understand what to expect from the Cavachon breed, I have written a review based on my personal experiences with my own Cavachon!
My male Cavachon, Kasey, has been a joy to own from the very beginning. In this review, I’d like to describe the transition from the breeder to my home, his overall temperament, his physical characteristics and how housebreaking went. Most reviews don’t cover all these things, so I want to share as much as I can. I hope some of you will also share your reviews on this page as well. As you know, general breed characteristics can be the same, but each dog is special!
TRANSITION FROM BREEDER TO MY HOME
I’ve had him since he was eight weeks old and he’s just over a year old now, so I’ve watched him grow up! From the start, he has been easy going and lovable. As a case in point, I had him shipped via Delta Airlines from Iowa to my home in Ohio. The trip did not bother him in the least – in fact, when I opened the carrier, he happily scampered out to lick my face with his tiny tail wagging. He was relatively quiet during the first couple of nights when I first brought him home and it didn’t take too long before he was completely quiet during night (about 2 weeks). I kept him in a cage in my room during the night and occasionally, he would yelp to let me know to take him outside. During the day, I would block off the doors to my kitchen and move his cage there. That way I could keep an eye on him and not have to worry too much if he had an “accident” on the vinyl floor. I would leave the door to his cage open and he would “nap” in it when he was tired. All in all, the transition from breeder to my home went very smoothly.
OVERALL TEMPERMENT
Kasey is a lovable companion. He follows me around the house and enjoys being with me. When I sit on the couch, he jumps up and curls uponto my lap. I go to sleep at 10 every night and if I am late, he is there waiting for me (a creature of habit, I guess !). Yes, I do let him sleep in my bed. He is generally quiet until he sees a squirrel in the back yard, then he’ll let out a loud string of “hey, get out of my yard” barks. He has a hilarious repertoire of grunts, moans, and growls that he uses to get my attention or beg for a treat. He is very intelligent. In fact, he knows the difference between some of his toys. When I say “Go get your ball”, he actually brings the ball back! He knows several commands including: sit, lay, paw and dance. Finally, he loves getting his belly scratched.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
As I mentioned earlier in the review, Kasey is just over a year old now. He weighs about 18 pounds and he is 14 inches tall at the shoulder. He has mostly white, curly hair. I take him to the groomer roughly every other month because his hair will grow quite long (3″) if left uncut. I like to keep his hair about 1″ long on his body and 2″-3″ long on his tail. He has very expressive dark brown/black eyes that just melt you when he looks at you. His ears are very long – an attribute from the Cavalier – that tend to drag on the ground when he is sniffing about.
HOUSEBREAKING
Despite the fact that Cavachons are very smart dogs, it still took Kasey quite a while to get the knack of going to the bathroom outside. It probably didn’t help that I moved when he was 6 months old. But now, at just over a year, he is almost completely trained. I taught him to ring a bell attached to the door when he wants to go out. A little warning for you…this is a great trick to teach your dog, but if you aren’t around to hear the bell, you will run into problems. You may just want to teach your dog to bark! I taught him to go outside by first taking him out regularly and giving him a treat when he went to the bathroom. If he had an accident in the house, I would immediately take him outside and reward him if he went out there.
Overall, this is an excellent breed – these dogs make great companions who have tons of energy. I hope this review is helpful to you. Please feel to let me know if you have any questions.
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Are cavachon’s good with kids under the age of 5 and old seniors?
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Lori Replied:
March 9th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Kasey has been good with all ages – newborn to seniors. He is the only Cavachon I know personally, so the only one I can comment on from real experience. Everything I have read and heard does indicate that this breed is a lovable people-pleaser!
We do experience Kasey wanted to jump up on people to greet them, part of the reason this has been a tough habit to break is that while I am saying no, the other person is saying it is OK and petting him!
I have noticed that with little kids, he does not jump up on them – he must know they are unsteady! Still, I always keep an eye on him as any good mom should!
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I was wondering if Cavachon’s are abled to be let off leash?..I live pretty close to a road and we dont have a fenced yard….
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Lori Replied:
March 9th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
We have let Kasey off leash in the back yard, but I don’t really trust it – I always worry that if he spotted a squirrel, he’d be gone! I have treats and toys to lure him if he wanders.
Also, he has no fear of cars, as I stated here another time. We do not have sidewalks in our neighborhood so we have to walk in the street, and when a car comes along, Kasey wants to go by it, not away from it.
I don’t know how the experiences of others with Cavachons has been.
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Danielle Replied:
March 10th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
i wouldnt recommend it. they are known to get focused on something and start running
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Does anyones older cavachon chew all their toys to shreds? No matter what I buy my dog he will chew it until the toy is ripped and shredded. any suggestions?
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Anna Replied:
February 25th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
yes, both of ours do..even though only one is a cavachon. They love to pull all the stuffing out of stuffed toys. I recently heard that all dogs will do it if left w/toys unsupervised and that a good idea was to only let them have them while you are playing with them. Other toys like ropes and chews are better for when you can’t watch them every second. Easier said than done however.
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Danielle Replied:
March 2nd, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Thanks
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Lori Replied:
February 28th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Kasey does love his toys to death – literally! If they have a squeaker, he goes at it until the squeaker is out. I really have to keep an eye on new toys because I am afraid he’ll choke on the squeaker. I used to shove stuffing back in a toy and sew it up – but that got old really fast! Now, I let him take the stuffing out – it seems to give him so much joy! After the poor toy is about empty, he still loves and plays with it.
For a while I had thought about buying him one of the toys that are out now that are already unstuffed, but then I decided that would take away all the fun! I am happy to say he has never chewed any of our personal items or things in the house (outside of a little bit of the wood molding when he was very, very young.) Sometimes I wonder how he knows the difference, but he does – thankfully!
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Our male cavachon is 2.5 years old and has been a great dog! Our neighbor has a female cavachon.
Pros: Personality. Extremely friendly, sweet, playful with adults, children & other dogs. Pretty smart (not as smart as our lab – but close to it). Cute, soft, non-shedding. We’ve had family members that are not “dog” people fall in love with him because of his peronality. He would love nothing more than to be a lap dog. Took to crate-training easily.
In-between Pros/Cons: Took a few weeks longer to housebreak than our lab did, but if you are consisent it should still go quickly & easily. He was house-broken by around 4 months old. Our neighbors female was a bit quicker. They are vocal dogs! They like to use their voices to try to “talk” to you and when playing. Usually it’s just very comical because they make alot of different sounds. He’ll bark at the door when he wants to go outside (this actually made house-training easier), and to be let back inside. They only time I’m not amused is when he’s outside barking at the squirrels.
Cons: Grooming. Be prepared for the fur to grow long & fast. Regular grooming is a must. We like to keep his fur short. To keep it short – it must be trimmed at least every 2 months. To cut down on the costs @ the groomers, I bought a trimmer and groom him myself about every 4 weeks – or in between the professional groomings. We bathe him about every 1-2 weeks.
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C.D. Replied:
January 28th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Also – we didn’t have any problems with biting/chewing (not more than any other puppy). From the start – we have never let any of our dogs “mouth” or bite. They’ll all try it – it’s normal. Have a toy in another hand ready to put in their mouths the moment they try to mouth. This worked for all of our dogs we’ve had in the past.
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Hi. I have a 3 month old cavachon, Khloe. She is so lovable and sweet. Because of the cold weather and snow in NY when we got her last month, we have been training her to go on the wee wee pad. I must say she actually pees on command bc I have been constantly teaching her the word. She does tend to have accidents if she is not close enough to see the pad or if we get pre-occupied and are doing things around the house (sometimes we forget she is only a baby, lol) But I would like to start transitioning her to go outside. Her wee wee pad is already close to the front door. Any tips? She doesn’t like the leash just yet either. I tried a few times to walk her on it and she won’t budge. Thanks !!!!!!
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C.D. Replied:
January 28th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
We never used wee pads – but then again we don’t have the same weather conditions you have..
Crate training can make house-breaking much easier (especially at night). When our dogs were puppies, we would consisently take them out to the lawn (to start with – every 30 minutes to hour) – put them on the lawn and tell them to go potty. We praised them and would say “Go potty” when they were going, so now they’ll usually go on command when outside.
Pay close attention to them while inside. Often when they start walking in circles or suddenly stop what they’re doing to sniff the floor – it means they are about to go!
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I feel partially responsible for Paul being on the fence because of my negative post. Please know that when I posted the negative things about our Tex, he was a 6 month old puppy and we were very tired and somewhat worn out from the whole puppy experience. He is now 10 months old. I don’t think he was any worse than any other 6 month old puppy and has since come a long way. He is fully housetrained and probably the most friendly dog I have ever known. He loves everyone and everything including our other dog, our two kids, our 3 cats, and any person. He still has a lot of energy being under a year and still chews a bit because of his age. However, he does not bite or chase the cats anymore. He still has things to learn but seems to be progressing as well as any other dog. A dog is only as good as the work you put into them. They can’t learn without good teachers. When its been a while since you’ve had a puppy, you forget things, especially how much time and energy you have to put in. Patience and knowing that eventually they will come around is important as is support from other family members.
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does your dog have any siblings????????
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My cavachon is playful, and has her zoom period where is runs very fast and plays hard. Zoom period last about thirty minutes a day. I take her for walks and still goes through the zoom period. Any ideas on control of this action or as a puppy she will eventually grow out of this playtime habit. Also, she does not get on our laps but stretches out next to you or nestles up to your feet. She is wonderful!
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Nicole Replied:
December 29th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Aww! Yours sounds just like my Buffy! Well, for us what worked was taking her out to a field where she could play for about an hour each day, we would chase her or throw tennis balls, whatever got the energy out! Now she is three and we can get away with doing that about every 2 or 3 days. We also walk her 4-5 times a day about 10-30 minutes a walk. We throw toys for her daily but we dont have to for very long now. Puppies have a lot of energy, and thats him releasing it. Try to find ways to get him to release more of it outside at playtime. Any safe, fenced in area is a great place to let them run around!
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We have two Cavachons – littermates who will turn a year old this month. I feel I have to respond to the complaint by Sandra. We got our dogs when they were 8 weeks old. Initially it was a great strain training both of them and working with them together and separately to keep them from developing littermate syndrome as well as to support the development of each dog’s personality and strengths. It required enormous consistency and patience. Although they are still puppies and still learning, they are an absolute delight! They understand the rules of potty training and have accidents infrequently. They are great with anyone’s children. They are extremely playful and do love to run and hide as part of a game. But when they are told it’s not play time, they respond. So I fall back to the addage that there are no bad dogs (or breeds) just owners who don’t know how to work with them.
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Thank you all. I can’t deny that I’m so on the fence still. I guess it’s hard because they are so darn cute along with mixed reviews. Prior to becoming parents we had a Spaniel breed and although we adored him, he did have a bit of an attitude and certainly wasn’t easily aproached, however, he was well loved. We do love golden labs, but the shedding, besides my daughter is only six and she’s a girlie girl, so too powerfull of a dog could be an issue. Any ideas? Again thank you all for your feedback.
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Yes- maybe it took Kasey longer initially than I thought it would to be housebroken…..but once I accepted that this whole process was up to me, taking him out regularly, then based on what I had read, teaching him the “bell” concept, things honestly went very well.
He is now almost 2 1/2 and I can honestly say that he has had one accident inside the house within the last year which we blame on ourselves for ignoring the bell!! I presently take him out at MY convenience most of the time now. If he needs to go outside at another time, he rings the bell, and even then is patient in waiting until someone is ready. He really is still the ideal dog IMHO! He just never disappoints to delight us every day!
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Nicole Replied:
December 29th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
I agree 100% my cavachon hasn’t had an accident in two years and I believe it’s because we took her out SO often as a puppy, it is so much easier to potty train at a young age! Let me note that Bichons can be hard to potty train, but if you do your part as an owner even the toughest cases can be cracked. Our schedule for walking her as a puppy looked like this. Once at 7a.m., once at 10 a.m., once at noon, once at 3 pm, once at 5 pm, once at 8 pm, and once at 10 pm. I was taking internet classes at the time though and this was a bit excessive. I would recommend taking your dog out before work, on your lunch hour (you can also hire a dog walker for this), right after work, after supper, and right before bed. Make sure they pee RIGHT BEFORE THEY COME IN! I am a HUGE fan of crate training, before we even brought home our puppy we had a crate ready and had pamplets and books galore on crate training. We had also talked to a trainer about it before hand. Thanks to the effort we put in she was a breeze to potty train!
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I agree with most cavachon owners. My pups, Bonnie & Clyde (brother & sister) are eight months old and are not house broken yet. They will be walked on a leash – come in the house and pee on the floor. Clyde is a barker, Bonnie is quiet and sweet. They are chewers and have ruined a few things in my home. I love them dearly but this is getting old fast. HELP
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Lori Replied:
December 7th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Yikes- let’s reach out for advice!
Not to say he was perfect,but I was very lucky that Kasey chewed but really stayed to his toys. Why? I dunno. Maybe it was because when he was a very new puppy and tried to bite us I shoved a toy in his mouth and that became his “go to.” I dunno. He really never ruined anything of ours. He did get a couple corners of molding, but nothing really bad. I was able to just lightly sand and restain them, thankfully!
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Nicole Replied:
December 29th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
My dog did have the chewing problem BIG TIME, I was a first time dog owner and since I didn’t know any better I would leave my stuff out and come home to piles of chewed up clothing and shoes! We would put pennies in a can and tape the top so it was covered. Whenever we saw her chewing we would roll the can towards her, when she then stopped chewing on whatever she was chewing on we would give her one of her toys in its place. Once she got to be a year old she was no longer chewing on anything and in two years I haven’t had her chew up anything except a few of her favorite toys! Maybe you should consult a trainer? Most are willing to give advice even if you arent their clients.
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These dogs are the worst for housebreaking. My husband’s cavachon STILL pees in the house after 3 years! (I inherited this dog via marriage.) I am starting to really dislike this dog and the damage it causes. My carpet is ruined by this mutt. Even with having a trainer come into the home, us working with the dog on a regular basis, the problems remain. Nothing works with this dog. These dogs are fearful, anxiety prone and one-person dogs who are constantly underfoot and think that just because they are small dogs, they can get away with bad manners. They are not ideal for families with children. The dog runs and hides from our children and they have never abused the dog. Sadly, it may be time to find him another home. I am partial to labradors as I had them growing up. Never saw these issues in that breed and labs are by far one of the best family dogs – good watchdogs too. Cavachons are WAY over-rated.
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Kasey Replied:
December 7th, 2010 at 1:28 am
I just don’t know what to say to this, I have honestly never heard this type of description when referring to a Cavachon.
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Nicole Replied:
December 29th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
?!? I have never heard that type of description either, with every dog breed you will always have a few that don’t meet the breed standard but that is just highly unusual. Every cavachon that I know LOVES children. My 3 year old cavachon Buffy is a therapy dog that works with kids! Most cavachons I know are also not fearful or anxiety prone, I can leave mine with anyone and she is just fine, I also use Cesar Millan like techniques so if she was sensitive I would know it. She is definetly NOT underfoot in any way, she likes to cuddle but sometimes just likes to chill in her dog bed and have her own space. Im so sorry about your unpleasant experience with them. Have you tried more than one trainer?
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Sharon Replied:
February 23rd, 2011 at 5:29 pm
I agree with Nicole I have never heard a bad description about this either. I know from what I have read cavachons become attached to certain people. Maybe because his home life was disrupted in a new marriage he is rebelling peeing in the house. I have no idea.
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I’ve been searching for the right “family dog”. I was thinking a Cavachon was a good choice. However, I have to admit I’m on the fence now due to so many complaints of “housebreaking or potty issues’ does this breed have common or known underlining issues? I am a dog lover and will get one soon, so please if there might be an insight that you could share please do. i’d rather change my mind than regret a decision.
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Lori Replied:
December 7th, 2010 at 1:25 am
Read on a little about your concerns. I guess, it partly depends on if you will be spending some time with the puppy initially.
We got Kasey at 8 weeks old, and honestly, the first couple of months, we made sure there was someone available at home to keep him on a schedule. He was crate trained (and still loves his “bed”) so when we would leave, he went in there and was fine. We gradually increased the amount of time he would get left in the crate. At this point, the most we have left him during the day is around 6 hours, but that is because our schedules allow for that. I have never come home to a messy crate! A dog wanting to go out, YES!
I have to say, I have not had a moments regret in getting a Cavachon! I often think about how thankful I am for finding this breed
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Danielle Replied:
February 23rd, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Paul,
Sorry i just got on this site today. I have a cavachon named Charlie he will be 2 in April. I got him at 8 weeks old. He has only ever had 2 accidents in the house intially when I bought him. I bought him in the spring and would take him out every year and I did crate training as well. I have had many dogs and cavachons are by far the nicest and best dogs
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my cavachon ,maddie, is 10 months old. she is getting much better at housebreaking but I have to be watching all the time..One of the things that helps me is putting a leash on a belt around my waist and just having her with me around the house. I also have the problem wiyh her chasing the cat around but my biggest problem is the jumping up on people especially my 3 yr. old grandaughter. I’ve tried teaching her “off” keeping her on a leash and holding her off, nothing works..Any ideas…..PLEASE 🙂
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Anna Replied:
October 5th, 2010 at 9:55 am
We just went over this in class…our dog trainer stressed how important it was too teach and treat the sit command and unfortunately you always have to have treats with you to make this work. If having her stay in a sit position to earn a treat doesn’t work, you can have her go to a bed or rug in the house to stay and treat for staying there. The biggest problem is usually the guest. Little girls especially are guilty of the super sweet greeting “HI MADDIE!!!” and getting in the dog’s face which only encourages them. If there is any way to teach your grand daughter to ignore the dog until Maddie calms down eventually Maddie will learn she doesn’t get attention until she is calm and either sits or goes to her spot to stay. Its almost the guests that you have to train because they greet the dog often in a high pitched welcoming voice and bend over and no dog can resist that. Those are some of the tips I’ve been hearing. Ps. I am right with you about having to watch our 7 month old dog every second and still secluding him to the downstairs only or else he will pee in the house. So frusterating!
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susan Replied:
October 7th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Anna.. Thank you so much for your suggestions..I will work on that..
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Our cavachon Tex is a pain in the neck! He is 6 months old. He still has trouble with housetraining, he chases all of our cats, he nips our hands, he wakes up at the crack of dawn everyday, he has WAY more energy than we can physically handle, and he’s destroyed our wood floors and many other things in the house because he doesn’t play with his toys. We keep him secluded to one area of the house because if allowed to run free, he will go to the bathroom in other rooms. We got this dog because our jackapoo is so amazing, we thought maybe another dog would be twice as much fun. Maybe we just need to get through the puppy stage. I would be curious to know when other people’s cavachons calmed down. And yes we’ve tried classes and obedience training and he gets exercise.
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How much should you feed a 10 month old cavachon. We live in the country and he is very active .He seems to be hungry all the time .Any ideas ?????
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Help, I have just got a cavachon…Louie, he is 10 weeks old, this is our second week of having him,he is very cute and adorable and then he turns into a terror! He starts biting me then I say now and he bites harder while growling at me as if he’s attacking me! I don’t show fear and do say no, yelp and then put him in a time out if he doesn’t stop, but as soon as he comes out of a time out he does it again……what do I do????? HELP!!!!
Thanks for you response it will be greatly appreciated!!!
Sarah.
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Lori Replied:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Did you try the tip of continually shoving a toy in his mouth when he bites? Eventually they get the idea that they can’t bite people. I would really yell “ouch” or “no bite” when Kasey started that, too. It takes time though and is very frustrating, but that is how they played with their siblings and they really have to learn that they cannot do that any more with people. Also, make sure everyone who plays with Louie is on the same page – consistency is really important!
Good Luck – keep us posted.
Maybe someone else will offer some suggestions, too!
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We have a five month old cavachon named Tux because he’s black and white 🙂 He can sit, rollover, shake your hand, lay down, and play fetch, but he still isn’t housetrained. We take him outside on a regular basis and give him plenty of treats when he does go outside and he still goes in the house. Sometimes he will whine and we’ll take him out but sometimes he just goes. Its very frustrating any tips?
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Kasey Replied:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
First, love the name! Very cute!
Wow – how did you get the roll-over trick mastered? I’ve been trying to get that one for a while!
Anyway, as far as the accidents go, see my previous comment and see if you get any ideas! I sympathize with you, really! Good Luck!
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I have just bought a cavachon puppy, we brought her home at 8 weeks and she is now 12 weeks Lola is a very happy puppy who is very much adored by the whole family even friends. She has settled in to her new home really well and we know she is still a puppy and learning but after bringing her in from a lovely walk and play in the park she went straight into the living room and peed on the floor this isnt the first time this has happened, she does this also after being in the garden. We praise her every time she goes to toilet outside and she is given a treat, we tell her NO when she does it indoors but she is continuing to do so. Any ideas why, please help any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks Louise and Lola. P.s she looks just like your Kasey
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Anonymous Replied:
September 6th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Our Cavachon, Angel, is adorable and loving, but she is two years old and continues to pee in the house. We have a fenced acre of backyard. She can be outside for several hours, and will then come in and pee on our new carpet, and in every room of the house. HELP PLEASE, any ideas?
Carolyn
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Lori Replied:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
About Angel, maybe try starting to take her out on a leash to the same area of the yard to “do her business” so that you can praise her and give her a treat when she does the right thing. She may still be confused with what the difference is between outside and inside for potty purposes. I am sure that she goes while she is out, but she needs to “be caught in the act” and told what a good thing that is, that she needs to “potty outside.”
I can’t tell you how many time I said that phrase!
Good Luck!
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Lori Replied:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
We ended up using the “ring the bell” method because Kasey just never barked at all (not true any more =O ). He just turned 2 yrs. recently and I finally feel confident that he is housetrained. It took us a while, too.
I would say just continue to take him out regularly and keep praising him for going out there. I know one thing that we did was try to use the same door all the time, I think it confused him when we would take him out through different doors (I used to try to find any reason for his accidents). Maybe Louie would go by that door when he wanted to go out?
Keep at it, he will get it and continually improve. Good Luck. Maybe others on here will offer some suggestions!
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Lori Replied:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
To Louise (and Lola)-twelve weeks is young, she is really still learning. I was still taking Kasey out every hour at that age and he still sometimes had accidents. He was confined to the kitchen area where there was tile, it made accidents easier to handle! At night he slept in his crate and never had accidents in there.
Keep having fun – it will get better!
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Hi Lyndsey,
I did give my family some grief with the play biting, too. Afterall, I was used to doing that with my brothers and sisters all the time and they didn’t seem to mind! Here are some of the things they did to break of that (now I know very bad) habit:
When I bit someone they would scream or sort of yelp very loudly then say “NO BITE” so I knew what I did wrong – it would really startle me! If I did it again, they did the same thing. Sometimes I would stop for a while because I was really annoyed by that, but if I kept biting they just stopped playing with me and left me alone 🙁
Another thing my family would do is shove a toy in my mouth and tell me to bite on that. Toy = OK People = BAD If I started to chew on the toy, I really got praised which made me much happier than that yelping!
As a last resort, I was put in my crate. They didn’t like to have to do that because they wanted my crate to be a comforting place and not a place of punishment (I still like going in my crate now even when I don’t have to.) But it sent the message that if I was biting, I would get a “time-out”
The most important thing is consistancy. Don’t let Charlie bite sometimes in play (it doesn’t really hurt when he’s real little, BUT IT WILL SOON!) and then tell him not to do it other times. You have to get all his visitors on that same page, too. Otherwise he will just be confused about it. My biting probably lasted a couple of months, but I would NEVER think of doing that now. I know it hurts people.
Kasey
p.s I think this might be a good future post for me, I have some other things you can try also. Let me know how Charlie is doing and have fun with him – he’ll grow so fast. At least us Cavachons stay cute even when we get bigger!
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we have just bought a cavashon puppy and are having problems with his play biting did you experience this problem with your cavashon when he was a puppy ( charlie) is only 10 weeks old.
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Anonymous Replied:
August 19th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Help, I have just got a cavachon…Louie, he is 10 weeks old, this is our second week of having him,he is very cute and adorable and then he turns into a terror! He starts biting me then I say now and he bites harder while growling at me as if he’s attacking me! I don’t show fear and do say no, yelp and then put him in a time out if he doesn’t stop, but as soon as he comes out of a time out he does it again……what do I do????? HELP!!!!
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We rescued a dog from the shelter. They said he was a Bichon mix. My brother has two full bread Bishons.He is a bit big for a bichon 20-22 lb, tall 14′. We were wanting to know what his other breed might be. We were watching aminal planet dogs 101. The were telling about desiginer breads. They highlighted Cavachons. The monent we saw the dog, we knew Tobby was a Cavachon! Everthing about the breed was SO TOBBY!(Tobby is 2yrs old Dec 6)
I googled both breeds. I got your web site. Your little guys picture could be Tobby in every way. Everything you wrote about your little guy, was Tobby. All of those grunts,differant growls and noises, barks. it’s just too cute.
Wish I could sent you a pic of Tobby, on second thought, I don’t need to, just look at your darling one.
We love tobby so much!!
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Kasey Replied:
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Aww, you made me feel so good with your note. I am glad you rescued Tobby and I am so happy he has a good home now 🙂 We are going to add a section to highlight pictures of fellow Cavachons soon! Please send a picture of Tobby when we do! We would love to post it!
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