A Simple Way's To Care Your Puppies....

Taking your puppy home… The puppy must be at least eight weeks old because a good breeder will never separate his puppies from their mother before then. Don’t forget to ask the breeder for a feeding plan. The first day in it's new home is an enormous change for your puppy. You have to keep remembering that, for your puppy everything is totally strange. But a dog can easily adapt completely and be happy. Choose a place in the house where it's not lying in people's way but where it can see everybody. This must be dry and draft-free. Feeding your puppy… Newborn puppies live on their mother's milk for the first three of four weeks, after which the breeder will slowly start to give them solid food. Your puppy is still developing both physical and mentally so a good energy rich food is still important. From the moment you bring your puppy home, it needs four meals per day. Once it's three months old, you can switch to three times per day. Once a dog is a year old, two meal per day are sufficient (mornings and evenings). Use the guidelines printed on the food packaging as a guide to the quantity per meal/day. Caring for your Puppy… Proper care is extremely important for your puppy. A well cared dog has much less chance of becoming ill. Coat. An eight weeks old puppy is like a disarming little bear with woolly fur Get your puppy used to a grooming session from the start to keeps akin and hair in good condition. Longhaired dogs must be brushed regularly. Brushing shorthaired dogs too often can lead to skin irritations and extreme hair loss. Eyes. Clean your puppies eyes daily. Remove mucous deposits and little lumps of dried moisture from the corner of the eye. Wipe them downward with your thumb or use a piece of tissue or toilet paper. Teeth. Cleaning the teeth with small brushed daily. Poor dental can lead to bad breath and gum infections. In the bath. A well cared puppy won't get dirty very quickly. But even the cleanest dog will sometimes roll in something that stink. Then a good wash with dog shampoo is needed. Veterinarian carry various medicated shampoo for specific skin conditions and it maybe necessary to bathe your dog in a flea dog shampoo. Rinse out the foam well with clean water. Only let your dog outside when it's properly dry...