I agree. The situation worries me so much. He should be with his mum and littermates.

I can only see problems in the future for this little chap.

Whilst I agree that the situation is wrong in that it doesn't matter if mum rejects pups breeder should take over the role. If the breeder is so willing to get rid of the puppies so young the chances of the pups being brought up properly to the age of 8 weeks is remote.
However, having a puppy so young could also cause problems with behaviour if puppy isn't properly socialised.
Becky

I've only just caught up with this thread and I'm in despair.

Despair about the 'breeder' who produced a Staff/Shar Pei mix - puppies that might end up with owners that would 'encourage aggression'

Despair that the breeder wasn't prepared to look after the pups properly. My very gentle, motherly bitches are 'rejecting' their pups at four weeks - it's absolutely natural behaviour and encourages the pups to wean themselves.

Despair that the OP, however kind-hearted, is condoning this behaviour by taking a puppy at such a young age without apparently having any real idea about what it entails - punishing a four-week old puppy for piddling in the house, for example.

The very best that can be hoped for is that, having left its siblings at such a young age, this pup grows up to be very people-orientated, which might be quite a good thing bearing in mind the original breeds.

Puppy socialisation is so important. This puppy is missing out on all of this. Coming from two breeds with a fighting heritage, it makes me think that here is not just one puppy, but a whole litter that could be heading for disaster. I wonder how many of them will still be alive in a couple of years time?

Maybe this puppy is the lucky one!

i read two pages and gave up

ideal age to take the pups imo is 7/8 weeks

i got my youngest at just under 6 weeks - not ideal at all but it hasnt affected her in the slightest i dont think!

if anything its turned her into my shadow!!! as from then she followed me everywhere and came everywhere with me...

id leave the pup as long as possible imo if you can

Hello again,

I'm taking the pup to the vets tomorrow to see their opinion on a few things. The puppy's doing very well so far. Since his 3rd day here, he hasn't urinated or excreted anywhere on the floor. He's doing it on the pads now. Once he's vaccined, I'll teach him to do it outside only but for now, when he needs to do his business, he'll stop whatever he's doing, whether it's chewing his toys or eating and run to his pads.

I let him sleep for most of the day but when he is awake, he's either playing with me or chewing his toys and teddy's.

I'll keep you all updated

Glad to hear he's doing well

Hi CM1, I would not take this tiny vulnerable puppy into the vets waiting room or it may catch something. Better to ring the vet for advice then if you are taking the puppy to the vets arrange for someone to come outside and fetch you rather than sitting in the waiting room.

Hey, thanks for the advice but it's not actually a waiting room. It's a vet mobile van which comes every wednesday. They only see 12 people per session and I made sure I was the first one. The dog didn't have contact with any other dog either. They gave me worming liquid and also gave him a full puppy check. They checked his heart and said he was in perfect health so they decided to give him his vaccinations in 2 weeks (8 weeks old).

The puppy's doing great now and never urinates/excretes on the floor but on his pads/tray. Hopefully once he's vaccinated, he'll do it outside

I'll have some more pics for those interested soon

That is a bit of a sweeping statement, staffy's, as i understand are very people orientated dogs anyway and I have 2 peis and neither of them are aggressive to people or other dogs, providing the OP brings the dog up correctly, which i'm sure he will, it becoming aggressive has nothing to do with the breed.

HI,

It's great that he's such a quick learner (any idea of a name yet?) but don't EVER tell him off for peeing in the house. If he does - no matter why, it's your fault.

I have 14 month old GSD/Akita bitch who has just starting peeing on the flor at certain times (for very different reasons to your pup) but I don't tell her off, even when she does it right in front of me.

I just clean up after her and ignore the fact that she's done it. Then next time she goes out to pee she gets praised for it.

Laura xx