I got a puppy about a week ago. His name is Baxter and he’s about 11 weeks old. He’s a chihuahua mixed with a pekingese. (He wasn’t intentionally bred or anything and the fee charged was to cover the spaying of the momma dog and NO I don’t support puppy mills or breeding designer mutts) Anyways..I took him to the vet on weds and got him his first set of shots..(I know 11 weeks is a little late for that but the previous owner didn’t have the funds, and what can ya do, I don’t wanna get into any debates :) ). He seems perfectly healthy, is a good eater and loves his daily vitamin. I have a few questions though, since my last dog I got when she was 4 months old, and she was a GSD, I never raised a small breed like this. My schedule is different than most peoples so here is how my pup’s schedule goes. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays my boyfriend and I have the same work hours 2pm-10pm, so on those days its like this.. 11am- breakfast then at 1:30pm he is crated. My mom is staying with us for several months so she gets home at about 7:00pm and feeds him his dinner and lets him out of his crate. We live close enough to home that I sometimes come home at 4pm and let him out for a drink of water and potty break. We get home at night about 10:45pm. Baxter goes on potty pads 90% of the time, and has never made an accident in his crate. We chose the potty pad route because we live in an apartment in the city and it seems like the most realistic training method until he’s older and can hold his bladder longer. On the days that one of us is off and home all day (Weds, Fri, sat, sun) he eats the same times 11am and 7:00 pm, but isn’t crated until bedtime..anywhere from 12-2am. I’m following the instructions on the food bag, each feeding he gets 1/8 cup. He doesn’t object to going to sleep in his crate either. So this is my first question, does this sound like an okay schedule for Baxter? Or is the 5hr crating between the time I leave to work and the time my mom comes home and feeds him those 3 days too long for him to wait? I heard its 1 hr they cant hold it for every month they are, but maybe that’s not applying because we let him eliminate before we crate him and go to work?
My next question is this.. Sometimes when we pick him up he growls at us. I’ve never experienced this with a puppy. The vet said the other people might have not been picking him up right and I should get him used to being picked up and handled. Any thoughts?

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