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You should have put a warning on this video about the intense the cuteness content! OMG 😍😍😍😍😍 🥰🐩 It's amazing how much he's grown in one year, and changed too! I never would have thought his hair would be as curly as it is from looking at his first puppy pics 😊 I'm so glad this all worked out for all of you, you got a fur baby, he got two great dads! 😊 It's wonderful to know and see how prepared you were to get Pip as well, very wonderful planning for sure. Thank you deeply from my animal loving heart! 💖 I have a cat, and my friends tell me all the time how much I spoil him. He's around 19 years old and he gets monthly vet visits for pain management (he's currently the oldest cat they're treating!), and he's very happy to have stairs and ramps to his favorite places for mobility aids! 😁 "Count Pupula" 🤣🤣🤣 Wonderful video, great for any owner as well as someone with any limiting condition! Thank you for the information as well as the adorable, love filled happiness of the whole process 🥰👍
I love this video SO much! I have a dog too, and MECFS, and this would have been so helpful and encouraging when she was a pup, we have had similar journeys. I relate to what you said at the end about guilt, and then realising that you’re actually doing a good job. I think I’d have that however my health was though, a nagging perfectionist thought. And I tend to think that I spend more time with my dog than I would if I were well, so it’s swings and roundabouts. My dog is an absolute star, I started scooting for her, I used to do short walks, and she’s the reason I gained more acceptance of my disability and put that aid in place, to give me more options. She walks in front of my scoot, which we find works for us, and she’s a bit of a star. She’s really given me a positive focus in my life where I was struggling to find one, she’s been the most helpful lift in my health for a long time, just in lifting my mood. My cat was also amazing when I first got sick, company and support. But I think at this stage my dog gets me out and talking to people, so that’s helpful now too.
He’s so good! And so handsome, too. I’m across the world, never met him, and I love him, I can only imagine how much you absolutely adore him. ❤️ I have two standard poodles, and one who’s passed on. They’re so full of love.
I love that you love him! Poodles are the best! So inquisitive and intelligent and they have the funniest personality! I'm sorry you have had to say goodbye to one of yours. My heart will break in two when Pip leaves. Can't even think about it. He's my absolute world! Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment
@@FinnTheInfinncible I got thirteen amazing years with him. He was my heart dog, and my first service dog. His name was Radar. ❤️ Murry, now retired, is 11 and was my second service dog. Luna is 6 and was supposed to be my third, but the pandemic interrupted her training and now she’s a wild child who stays at home, which is fine because so do I now! (Stumbled onto your channel while researching ME/CFS.) You are so right about poodles. They are something special.
Pip is a Lovely pup. Yours and Chris' commitment to his training is why. You are turning his innate beauty in to a well trained exciting poodle. I love what you, and How you Are training your son Pip. Great training!!!
Hats off to you and Chris Finn. Your committment as fur parents is commendable. He was so cute as a puppy. I forgot what he looked like. Hope you're feeling good today. 🐋💙🏳⚧
That was such a wonderful, wonderful video! It's been fantastic seeing Pip from when he was an adorable bundle of fluff up to the confident and loving boy he is now. You and Chris have done an incredible job with him and I'm so happy he's enriched your lives so much. Thank you for sharing this wonderful journey with us xxx
Ah thank you so.much lovely! He's such a blessing. Even the hard work! It's nice hard work because it pays off on dividends! Love sharing him with you!
Omg, I can't believe how well he's doing in his training! You and Chris have done an amazing job training him!! My brother's doodle still hasn't learned any recall at all and she's over 2 haha (not the dog's fault she just hasn't been trained). You guys are amazing paw-rents!
I really relate to you wanting to do this video about what it's like to raise a puppy with CFS. I want to let you know my dear friend that I have so much pain in my heart that I cannot fully train my service dog Finn. I have told you many times I was a dog trainer when I was when I was young. When I was young and I went to an academy called caring canine communications and now things have changed a lot and we use positive reinforcement training which is wonderful but I don't think it's really the best for everything especially when you have an illness as we do because with positive reinforcement training you must break things down into little pieces and it works for most things. But I know how you feel my friend and I think you're doing an amazing job really amazing and you're being you know strict in the sense of keeping it clear for Pip and not getting all messy and confusing and that is a very big important part but I have a dog that I want to train as my service dog he does a lot of things but when I was at the trainer for the first 6 months I was seriously having overwhelm and crying every session it was way too much for me. And I just cried and had to realize I can't do this, I cannot do this so right now I'm taking an online course from who I consider the best trainer on RU-vid. Her channel is called doggy U. and I must say she's amazing. I love the way she trains and she's a guide dog trainer a service dog trainer and a trick trainer. She's very thought out, easy to follow and doesn't show you a cue that is perfect. he will show you the steps and what to do if there happens to be some you know mistakes. Anyways bro I love you, think about you all the time and I'm so glad that you and Chris got Pip.
I have two cats and I love them so much, they're the cutest fluffiest things ever! Animals are so great aren't they. Our kitties are always so happy to see us, one of them is a lap cat and loves cuddles. It would be so sad and boring without them! Generally in Canada it's recommended to spay or neuter your pets unless you're specifically using them for breeding. It helps keep the stray population down, obviously Pip isn't a stray but if he ever got out for like 10 minutes he could get another dog pregnant! I assumed it was standard practice all over the world but maybe the UK is different? I'm sure you'll make an informed choice for Pip, it sounds like you've done a lot of research. Also, he's very cute!!
You've both done so much good training with pip he's so intelligent and adorable.id love a medium size dog but I'm on my own with graves disease and cps ( chronic pain syndrome) depression/anxiety so I don't know if I could manage a dog.my cat is 10 and he wouldn't like a dog . My daughter has a rottwieller so I can be a nanna to her lol I looked after her for the first yr.of her life it was like having a baby to look after !! So happy one yr birthday pip 🎉😅❤❤ ❤
Thank you so much! Yes I know what you mean. There is no way I could manage Pip on my own. I couldn't even manage an adult dog, I can't walk him more than once a week and not even every week, I need a lot of support with him and witjoyChris I wouldn't manage with things like vet visits, bathing, grooming, shopping for food. etc. being a dog grandma sounds like the next best thing, and like kids you get to give them back when they are turning you gray 🤣
Our puppy is 10 months old, so this is all very familiar. My chronic fatigue is a little milder than yours, so I kind of thought I could still raise a puppy the way I used to, and that hasn't entirely turned out to be true 😭. It's been kinda rough on my partner, and I wish I'd done a bit more prep and adjustment for my energy levels like you did. We did a lot right though (puppy classes and socializing, etc). Puppy is turning out great, and she's such a joy, but it's been hard. I'll have to recommend some of your ideas to others trying to raise a dog with chronic illness. We'll also start an "adolescent manners" puppy class to supplement puppy's education next month, and she's starting to calm down a little, so hopefully we're through the hardest parts. Thanks for all the cute footage and grounded practicality!
Bless you. Yes it is so very very tough. It did start to get easier for us at around ten months onwards though so I think you are past the worst! The classes are a very wise move. keeping the training going helps, plus it tires them out! Pip is 19 months old and we are definitely at the stage where he is much less work, and the work we put in, the exhaustion it caused me, has been so very worth it. Weve just had him chemically neutered and that has helped too. Hes calmer and he listens better when we are training....mostly! Im so glad the video helped. You are doing great and your hard work will pay off! Love to you and your fur ball!
Springers are a bit renowned for being hard to train with recall. So with Phoebe I did clicker training and no pun intended but it really clicked with her. Treats are great but she needed that audio, she done it right. With Rex he won’t take treats, when out, what worked with him was Kong squeakers. Firstly we got him very excited about having squeaky toys at home. So they had a high reward value. I bought a pack of six squeakers from Amazon. Then I just hold it up and squeak and he comes straight away. He can be a bit reactive with other dogs and this was enough of a distraction for him.
@FinnTheInfinncible I'm getting there he's in the bite mom's hands phase which is fun but we got lucky he was already toilet trained which was a big help
@@BeverleyButterfly ah not having to toilet train is a bonus! The biting phase is awful! So frustrating! I highly recommend getting some peanut butter and/or squeezy cheese and covering your hands in it. Taking food/licking food off you helps them to learn to be gentle. Also lots of play with a long rope too and as soon as any teeth touch you even softly, a loud ooch and all play stops for a few moments and no attention. Then restart and repeat! Sticking to this they will soon learn bite inhibition!
Hey Finn, I have protracted prescribed drug withdrawal which causes horrible symptoms and post exertional malaise. 15 years now 😪 I don't know if you'd manage with POTS but I use a small folding Ebike to walk my furbaby. Also sometimes use an Efoldi scooter. Hope you're managing okay ❤
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