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"My new puppy is coming in a few days. What do I feed it?
Congratulations on getting your new friend. Check with me to see what dry food
your puppy has been eating and what might be healthy snacks to go along with
that. Buy the dog food to have before you go get your new puppy. For
supplements to the dry food, I usually recommend eggs, cooked any way you like.
Sardines are good for them or salmon or tuna just not too much at a time. I like to
give my dogs cooked chicken meat (no bones), cooked in my George Foreman
grill. One of the best things is a mixture of cottage cheese and half yogurt. They
like the fruit flavored kinds too. It gives them extra enzymes and calcium. I am no
expert, but that is what I give them. All of my nursing or pregnant mothers are given
an egg on their dry food in the morning and the yogurt/cottage cheese on their
food in the evening. Remember all puppies up to a year need some dry food
available all the time to them the first year. Avoid sweets and junk foods. I like to
reward them with jerky or hot dogs when training. Sometimes I use cheddar
cheese bites too. If you wish to change their dry dog food to a different brand than
what I have been feeding, remember to do it slowly. Go ahead and buy one bag of
my food and slowly each week add a little more of your brand to it and over four to
six weeks slowly change. A big change in diet can upset their tummy and give
them diarrhea. So you can change food, just do it slowly.
Congratulations on getting your new friend. Check with me to see what dry food
your puppy has been eating and what might be healthy snacks to go along with
that. Buy the dog food to have before you go get your new puppy. For
supplements to the dry food, I usually recommend eggs, cooked any way you like.
Sardines are good for them or salmon or tuna just not too much at a time. I like to
give my dogs cooked chicken meat (no bones), cooked in my George Foreman
grill. One of the best things is a mixture of cottage cheese and half yogurt. They
like the fruit flavored kinds too. It gives them extra enzymes and calcium. I am no
expert, but that is what I give them. All of my nursing or pregnant mothers are given
an egg on their dry food in the morning and the yogurt/cottage cheese on their
food in the evening. Remember all puppies up to a year need some dry food
available all the time to them the first year. Avoid sweets and junk foods. I like to
reward them with jerky or hot dogs when training. Sometimes I use cheddar
cheese bites too. If you wish to change their dry dog food to a different brand than
what I have been feeding, remember to do it slowly. Go ahead and buy one bag of
my food and slowly each week add a little more of your brand to it and over four to
six weeks slowly change. A big change in diet can upset their tummy and give
them diarrhea. So you can change food, just do it slowly.
"What do I need to take to the airport with me? What do I need to do after I pick up
my new puppy?"
Take along with you a towel and some paper towels. This is to be prepared if
the puppy got sick in the crate or on the way home. It is rare but occasionally one
can get sick in the car or the airplane so better to just be prepared. Take along a
bottle of water to give him a drink as soon as you can get him to a grassy spot.
Your new puppy will need to go potty and have a drink of water first thing. So go
ahead and take it out of the crate only if it is small enough to carry to the grassy
area. Because after being in the crate all this time he needs to potty and will have
an accident in the airport if you walk it on a leash there. Once outside put it on a
leash and collar that you brought along with you, as you are taking it out of the
crate being careful it doesn't bolt and get loose from you. Remember he doesn't
know you or where he is so he might run. Put on your collar and leash, let it walk
around. Take one of the dishes from the inside of the crate door and pour in fresh
water. Take your fingers and splash around the water so the puppy hears it and
knows you are putting down fresh water for him. Now you are ready to head home.
Walk your puppy around your back yard with you so he can become familiar with
your yard or where you will walk him at home. Remember that it's important to give
your new puppy the opportunity to run around and explore his new surroundings.
You may want to consider your dog containment options before letting him run free
around the yard. Your puppy will not know his boundaries and it's important to
keep him in a safe area. Next show him his new house and the family and other
pets next. Your puppy may be exhausted and just want to rest for the first 24 hours
and come out of the restful stage about 24 hours later. Some are ready to play
after being confined for so long but most are sleepy and just need to rest.
They have been traveling and are not sure this is the last stop. So after 24 hours
with you they are starting to figure out this is a new home. Set the crate
somewhere so he can retire back in the crate he has become accustomed to on
the trip. The crate may be the only familiar spot for him so leave it there for at least
5 days if you can. Introduce a new crate or bed but he might like the familiar crate
at first. Be patient and if planning a party or huge group of people to greet him
postpone that for a couple of days or a week to let him get settled in first. The
puppy does not know he has gone to a new home and will be wondering where it's
mom and brothers are and when he can go back home. Smells and noises are not
familiar to him. If he did not get sick or potty on the towel in the crate leave it and
do not wash it so he will have familiar smells to sleep on. Take a picture of him
with you and put it on my guestbook please the first few days before you forget so
I can see you. You can show your friends your new puppy there too. Get all your
friends and family to see your new puppy posted on the guestbook please. That
helps our site's ratings, the more traffic we have coming to the site. That may help
us to find more homes for rescues. Thanks.
my new puppy?"
Take along with you a towel and some paper towels. This is to be prepared if
the puppy got sick in the crate or on the way home. It is rare but occasionally one
can get sick in the car or the airplane so better to just be prepared. Take along a
bottle of water to give him a drink as soon as you can get him to a grassy spot.
Your new puppy will need to go potty and have a drink of water first thing. So go
ahead and take it out of the crate only if it is small enough to carry to the grassy
area. Because after being in the crate all this time he needs to potty and will have
an accident in the airport if you walk it on a leash there. Once outside put it on a
leash and collar that you brought along with you, as you are taking it out of the
crate being careful it doesn't bolt and get loose from you. Remember he doesn't
know you or where he is so he might run. Put on your collar and leash, let it walk
around. Take one of the dishes from the inside of the crate door and pour in fresh
water. Take your fingers and splash around the water so the puppy hears it and
knows you are putting down fresh water for him. Now you are ready to head home.
Walk your puppy around your back yard with you so he can become familiar with
your yard or where you will walk him at home. Remember that it's important to give
your new puppy the opportunity to run around and explore his new surroundings.
You may want to consider your dog containment options before letting him run free
around the yard. Your puppy will not know his boundaries and it's important to
keep him in a safe area. Next show him his new house and the family and other
pets next. Your puppy may be exhausted and just want to rest for the first 24 hours
and come out of the restful stage about 24 hours later. Some are ready to play
after being confined for so long but most are sleepy and just need to rest.
They have been traveling and are not sure this is the last stop. So after 24 hours
with you they are starting to figure out this is a new home. Set the crate
somewhere so he can retire back in the crate he has become accustomed to on
the trip. The crate may be the only familiar spot for him so leave it there for at least
5 days if you can. Introduce a new crate or bed but he might like the familiar crate
at first. Be patient and if planning a party or huge group of people to greet him
postpone that for a couple of days or a week to let him get settled in first. The
puppy does not know he has gone to a new home and will be wondering where it's
mom and brothers are and when he can go back home. Smells and noises are not
familiar to him. If he did not get sick or potty on the towel in the crate leave it and
do not wash it so he will have familiar smells to sleep on. Take a picture of him
with you and put it on my guestbook please the first few days before you forget so
I can see you. You can show your friends your new puppy there too. Get all your
friends and family to see your new puppy posted on the guestbook please. That
helps our site's ratings, the more traffic we have coming to the site. That may help
us to find more homes for rescues. Thanks.
"What is the second thing I should teach my dog to do, after teaching to walk on
a leash?"
"Wait" command is the next thing I teach my puppy. This can save a puppies life.
This is so important. Have the puppy inside a room and stand at the door with
the puppy by your side facing the door to a larger room. Stand there and say
"Wait" give your puppy a stop hand signal for wait and stay. Open the door and
step through alone. Say "wait" again and then call the puppy to you. Say "come".
Try to use one word commands as is easier to learn than two or three words like
"come here" or "wait for me". Let the puppy go through the doorway to you. Shut
the door and do it again. Once the puppy has the idea of waiting until you step
through the door and give the command to "come" before he goes through the
door way you are ready to try it at the back door to the outside yard. Once he
knows this try the front door with a leash on for protection. Next use the same
thing inside the car before getting out of a car.
I have seen dogs bolt out of a front door when someone is at the door or out a
car door and run out into danger. This is such an easy and important thing to
teach your dog or puppy. If the dog is used to a leash put the leash on for the
whole exercise. If not used to the leash yet don't use one until you get to the front
door part and the car part of the lesson. Work over two weeks to complete the
lesson. Ten minutes a day is long enough and only 5 to 6 days a week.
a leash?"
"Wait" command is the next thing I teach my puppy. This can save a puppies life.
This is so important. Have the puppy inside a room and stand at the door with
the puppy by your side facing the door to a larger room. Stand there and say
"Wait" give your puppy a stop hand signal for wait and stay. Open the door and
step through alone. Say "wait" again and then call the puppy to you. Say "come".
Try to use one word commands as is easier to learn than two or three words like
"come here" or "wait for me". Let the puppy go through the doorway to you. Shut
the door and do it again. Once the puppy has the idea of waiting until you step
through the door and give the command to "come" before he goes through the
door way you are ready to try it at the back door to the outside yard. Once he
knows this try the front door with a leash on for protection. Next use the same
thing inside the car before getting out of a car.
I have seen dogs bolt out of a front door when someone is at the door or out a
car door and run out into danger. This is such an easy and important thing to
teach your dog or puppy. If the dog is used to a leash put the leash on for the
whole exercise. If not used to the leash yet don't use one until you get to the front
door part and the car part of the lesson. Work over two weeks to complete the
lesson. Ten minutes a day is long enough and only 5 to 6 days a week.
"My puppy hates his new collar?"
First, get him used to having a collar on. The first two days they will scratch at
the collar trying to get it off. They feel it and think it is something to get off. Just
give them a couple of days to get used to the idea. Take it off several times a
day and then put it back on and immediately give him a treat and say "Good
Puppy". Give him praise in a happy voice. A great idea is to get one of those tags
with your phone number, cell number and your last name too. Get one ASAP or
even before you bring the puppy home.
First, get him used to having a collar on. The first two days they will scratch at
the collar trying to get it off. They feel it and think it is something to get off. Just
give them a couple of days to get used to the idea. Take it off several times a
day and then put it back on and immediately give him a treat and say "Good
Puppy". Give him praise in a happy voice. A great idea is to get one of those tags
with your phone number, cell number and your last name too. Get one ASAP or
even before you bring the puppy home.
"How do I teach him to walk on a leash?"
Go easy with the leash. They all react differently. So put it on. If it reacted like a
bucking horse to the leash or extremely afraid, then just let it drag along for a few
hours each day for 5 days. Use a short leash so it doesn't tangle on something.
When you put the leash on, give a little treat and be sure to give nice happy
praise of "Good Puppy". Take a couple steps and if the puppy doesn't follow you
hold the treat, such as a piece of hot dog in front of him. Give him a bite when he
takes a couple of steps. Give praise in a happy and high tone. Keep giving him a
bite when he takes a couple of steps. Then I use the technique of walking across
either a hall way or across the room. When we get to the end give a bite of hot
dog with happy praise. They after only a few times of going back and forth
realize that when they get to the wall they are gonna get a bite of hot dog and
quickly are going with you eagerly. I have a wooden deck 16 feet long and use
that. It only takes a few minutes and the puppy is eagerly going to the other side
of the deck in anticipation of getting a hot dog bite treat. I carry the hot dog
weenie in my cheek, so I have my hands free. You will notice dog handlers at the
dog shows getting a bite of some kind of treat out of their cheek to reward their
dogs. Works well.
Go easy with the leash. They all react differently. So put it on. If it reacted like a
bucking horse to the leash or extremely afraid, then just let it drag along for a few
hours each day for 5 days. Use a short leash so it doesn't tangle on something.
When you put the leash on, give a little treat and be sure to give nice happy
praise of "Good Puppy". Take a couple steps and if the puppy doesn't follow you
hold the treat, such as a piece of hot dog in front of him. Give him a bite when he
takes a couple of steps. Give praise in a happy and high tone. Keep giving him a
bite when he takes a couple of steps. Then I use the technique of walking across
either a hall way or across the room. When we get to the end give a bite of hot
dog with happy praise. They after only a few times of going back and forth
realize that when they get to the wall they are gonna get a bite of hot dog and
quickly are going with you eagerly. I have a wooden deck 16 feet long and use
that. It only takes a few minutes and the puppy is eagerly going to the other side
of the deck in anticipation of getting a hot dog bite treat. I carry the hot dog
weenie in my cheek, so I have my hands free. You will notice dog handlers at the
dog shows getting a bite of some kind of treat out of their cheek to reward their
dogs. Works well.
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"How do I start house training?"
First thing is to let him sleep in the crate he came in or a new one you have for
him. It is a good thing for the puppy to have his own place to rest that he knows is
his own spot for a nap.
If you are wanting to be close to your puppy during these crate training times, you
may look at investing in a wood dog crate. Wood dog crates are a little more
expensive than your typical wire crates but serve multiple functions. It not only
serves as a place for your dog to call his own, it also serves as a piece of furniture
for you. If you are wanting to be close to your puppy during these crate training
times, you may look at investing in a wood dog crate. Wood dog crates are a little
more expensive than your typical wire crates but serve multiple functions. It not
only serves as a place for your dog to call his own, it also serves as a piece of
furniture for you.
Make him sleep in it at least the first 3 weeks and there will be plenty of time to
sleep with your puppy later on. It is key in starting out well with house training.
First thing when you wake up is to take your puppy outside to grass to go potty.
Hand carry him out so he does not stop on the way to potty on your floor. He will
need to go. After going potty give water and food. Always take outside
immediately after eating or sleeping. They will go potty after these times. I like to
feed outside if weather permits. A young puppy will eat and then walk about 15
steps away from the food and go poopy so feeding outside can be good. After
your puppy has gone potty outside take it in to play in the house about an hour,
then put back in the crate for another 45 min to an hour. Now he may need to go
potty outside so take immediately outside and after he goes potty bring back in for
a play time for around an hour. Then put inside the crate again for 45 min to an
hour again. Then take out to potty again. You will soon find how often he eally
needs to go potty and as he grows and gets used to going out for the potty can
increase the time to play inside and the time between going outside. Keep in th
crate all night unless you get up and want to take it out for a late night potty.
Starting the day with going out to potty after being in the crate is a good way to
begin his day. More information on "crate training" for house breaking is on the
internet. I am against puppies or dogs having to live all their life or day in a crate
but for half their day when you are house breaking in helpful. Also a young puppy
usually sleeps half his day anyway. I always give a chewie or something for them
to chew on when I put them into the crate as a reward. Cow hoof or cow knee
caps work great.
First thing is to let him sleep in the crate he came in or a new one you have for
him. It is a good thing for the puppy to have his own place to rest that he knows is
his own spot for a nap.
If you are wanting to be close to your puppy during these crate training times, you
may look at investing in a wood dog crate. Wood dog crates are a little more
expensive than your typical wire crates but serve multiple functions. It not only
serves as a place for your dog to call his own, it also serves as a piece of furniture
for you. If you are wanting to be close to your puppy during these crate training
times, you may look at investing in a wood dog crate. Wood dog crates are a little
more expensive than your typical wire crates but serve multiple functions. It not
only serves as a place for your dog to call his own, it also serves as a piece of
furniture for you.
Make him sleep in it at least the first 3 weeks and there will be plenty of time to
sleep with your puppy later on. It is key in starting out well with house training.
First thing when you wake up is to take your puppy outside to grass to go potty.
Hand carry him out so he does not stop on the way to potty on your floor. He will
need to go. After going potty give water and food. Always take outside
immediately after eating or sleeping. They will go potty after these times. I like to
feed outside if weather permits. A young puppy will eat and then walk about 15
steps away from the food and go poopy so feeding outside can be good. After
your puppy has gone potty outside take it in to play in the house about an hour,
then put back in the crate for another 45 min to an hour. Now he may need to go
potty outside so take immediately outside and after he goes potty bring back in for
a play time for around an hour. Then put inside the crate again for 45 min to an
hour again. Then take out to potty again. You will soon find how often he eally
needs to go potty and as he grows and gets used to going out for the potty can
increase the time to play inside and the time between going outside. Keep in th
crate all night unless you get up and want to take it out for a late night potty.
Starting the day with going out to potty after being in the crate is a good way to
begin his day. More information on "crate training" for house breaking is on the
internet. I am against puppies or dogs having to live all their life or day in a crate
but for half their day when you are house breaking in helpful. Also a young puppy
usually sleeps half his day anyway. I always give a chewie or something for them
to chew on when I put them into the crate as a reward. Cow hoof or cow knee
caps work great.
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