Bringing Your Puppy Home
All right! you're going to get a puppy! and you can't wait to be bringing your puppy home! Not so fast. Let's explore the steps you need to take in order to do it right! Such as research your favorite dog breeds, find a reputable dog breeder or trustworthy dog shelter, find out all the basic needs of the do. Where should she sleep? You hate to hear things cry. What should you do?
Bringing New Puppy Home - Before You Do!
Before selecting your puppy, make a list of dog breeds that appeal to you. Then, research each of these dog breeds well. Learn its tendencies and basic needs. How much exercise, food, and grooming will the dog need? Are these conducive with your home, family, and lifestyle?Check for common health problems in the dog breed. Know what you are getting into. Then contact a reputable breeder, evaluate the dam and sire, and observe the interaction of the puppies in the litter.
Or if you want a shelter dog, make sure thorough temperament tests are made, and find out as much as you can about the pup's background. Expect some carryover effects of trauma in rescued pups, and make sure you know how to handle it. Choose wisely.
Your puppy will need training, so get your ducks in a row before taking the leap. Investigate local puppy training options, as well as the methods and philosophies of local dog trainers.
Bringing New Puppy Home - What Next?
Get your entire family involved. Discuss with your family members all the needs the dog will have, and the role each will play. Be sure that all will take part in the care and puppy training, and that the entire family will stay consistent. Consistency is the key to a good family dog.
Make a chart and put it in a visible spot for everyone to see until the routine is second nature to all. Also, make clear any reasons for which the dog would be given up, such as unprovoked biting. These things do happen from time to time, and are easier to handle if the family is prepared.
Make sure your children understand that a dog is a living creature and not a plaything. If you do not teach them, the dog will.
Make a chart and put it in a visible spot for everyone to see until the routine is second nature to all. Also, make clear any reasons for which the dog would be given up, such as unprovoked biting. These things do happen from time to time, and are easier to handle if the family is prepared.
Make sure your children understand that a dog is a living creature and not a plaything. If you do not teach them, the dog will.
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Bringing New Puppy Home - What, There Is More?
Yes. Before you bring your new puppy home, purchase all the items she will need. Get a dog kennel only big enough for her to stand up and turn around in. Puppies tend to wee in extra space. To avoid having to buy a larger dog crate as she grows, start out with a large one with the boards to reduce space.
You will want a washable bed for her, and a cover over the top and three sides of the crate for security. Be sure she has a couple of toys, her own food and water dishes, grooming gear, flea and Heartguard meds, and a shot schedule. Put all things in the puppy area and go get her.
You will want a washable bed for her, and a cover over the top and three sides of the crate for security. Be sure she has a couple of toys, her own food and water dishes, grooming gear, flea and Heartguard meds, and a shot schedule. Put all things in the puppy area and go get her.
Bringing New Puppy Home - What Is The First Thing?
Outside!
That's right. Make sure she goes potty outside before you bring her in, or she will surely do it in there! Once that is done, let her explore for at least 15 minutes, so she is comfortable with the environment before anyone plays with her.
Keep the games quiet and gentle. It is not good to encourage excitement in a puppy. If you want the dog to calm down, the most important thing is to bring her into a calm environment. So don't bring your puppy home on your child's birthday or on Christmas. Too much excitement, noise, and strangers!
The puppy really needs time to adjust to new "pack," routine, and environment. It's scary for her. Pushing her with too much too early is likely to create problems.
That's right. Make sure she goes potty outside before you bring her in, or she will surely do it in there! Once that is done, let her explore for at least 15 minutes, so she is comfortable with the environment before anyone plays with her.
Keep the games quiet and gentle. It is not good to encourage excitement in a puppy. If you want the dog to calm down, the most important thing is to bring her into a calm environment. So don't bring your puppy home on your child's birthday or on Christmas. Too much excitement, noise, and strangers!
The puppy really needs time to adjust to new "pack," routine, and environment. It's scary for her. Pushing her with too much too early is likely to create problems.
Bringing New Puppy Home - When Do I Feed Her?
Young puppies need to be feed four times a day, every four hours. They grow fast and burn everything up.Be sure she has access to water at all times, especially in her crate. And please be sure the bowl is non-tip. Unless you want the kennel to be like Noah's flood without the ark!
You will be able to determine your puppy's nutrition needs and make appropriate adjustments as she grows. Typically, by six months the pup will only need to eat twice daily.
Bedtime For Your Puppy
Time To Go Night Night
Make sure you have properly allowed your puppy to adjust to her new dog crate. Put her in with water and at least two, no more than three, toys. Then go to bed. Pay no attention to her crying until she needs to be let out of there to go potty. You will create a screaming brat if you give in to whining!
The puppy may cry for up to three days. That is quite normal. Some suggest putting an alarm clock in with her for company, or a hot water bottle. I don't. It's best to just give her things that she's supposed to be chewing. If you let her, she will adjust just fine.
The puppy may cry for up to three days. That is quite normal. Some suggest putting an alarm clock in with her for company, or a hot water bottle. I don't. It's best to just give her things that she's supposed to be chewing. If you let her, she will adjust just fine.
From Then On ...
Every day, stick to your puppy's routine. Rain or shine. Exercise, feeding schedule, and training four to six 5-minute sessions a day. Puppies have a short attention span, but they learn very quickly. They learn a lot faster when the sessions are short.
Stay consistent in all the rules. Inconsistency has ruined many a dog.
Some dogs are abandoned at dog shelters for good reasons. But don't let yours be one of the many that are abandoned due to dog behavior problems caused by the owner's neglect. If you aren't ready to be 100% committed to a puppy, don't get one!
Stay consistent in all the rules. Inconsistency has ruined many a dog.
Some dogs are abandoned at dog shelters for good reasons. But don't let yours be one of the many that are abandoned due to dog behavior problems caused by the owner's neglect. If you aren't ready to be 100% committed to a puppy, don't get one!
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- AppalachianCountry AppalachianCountry May 21, 2009 @ 10:15 am
- Wonderful lens. Great tips. Thank-you.
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- Tiddledeewinks Tiddledeewinks Nov 4, 2008 @ 1:43 am
- I want to get two puppies to be together, as soon as I can get out of the apartment where they are not allowed.
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- Empirical Empirical Sep 6, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
- Great advice on have them go potty first thing out of the care at the spot you want them to go. If people would be very attentive the first time home and for the first few weeks they would be amazed how much easier house training could be.
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- poddys poddys Mar 21, 2008 @ 7:44 am
- Really useful tips. You need to show any dog the routine as soon as possible, otherwise it could end in trouble - or chewed slippers... 5 *****
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- alslad alslad Feb 21, 2008 @ 4:03 am
- Another top lens! Most of this information can also be applied when bringing home an older dog to a new home. Hopefully your readers will also consider a rescue dog as their new family member
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