So you are getting a puppy! How exciting! How scary! Yes it can be such a wonderful time in your life and also an intimidating task all wrapped up in a cute little ball of curly hair and hugs and kisses. So what will you need? Here is a short list of the basics.
Seem OVERWHELMING!!!! Let me help you out…below are some Puppy Packages that I have put together to make your life a little easier….take a look.
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2 Week Foundation Training is no longer offered as of 11/2020 – We decided that 4 week F/T is much more effective in solidifying all the training we promise to complete. The pups simply needed more time to perfect the promises made below. We are sorry to see it go, but know you will appreciate the change.
4 Week Foundation Puppy Training ($1200.00 Total as of 1.1.2021)or some, potty training, crate and boundary training seems a bit overwhelming. This can be due to a busy schedule, the lack of know-how, or simply just being a huge task that takes a few weeks at the minimum. It can deprive you of sleep and much more. The crying at night, howling, the constant accidents and laundry at times seems ridiculous. Well I have devised a program that might assist you with this. Basically I will get your puppy on a feeding, playtime, potty, sleeping schedule for you. It does not create the perfect puppy, but it will create a foundation for you to be able to function the next day without being up through the night with a new puppy.
The program is basic really, from the 8 week old, pup will remain with me but be brought into our home (instead of our puppy area outside) and put into a crate where we will crate/potty train your pup for you. At night your pup will sleep in a crate or in the play pen….silently and happily. Your pup will be fed, treated, and trained as one of our own. At the end of the 4 weeks your pup should be trained to the best of THEIR ability in the following:
If you are interested in this additional training please let me know ASAP as spots are limited per litter and not offered on all litters due to scheduling.
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Home Ready Puppy Package – $400.00 (2 day notice required)
Don’t know what to purchase for your new puppy? Frustrated with dimensions and making sure you got everything you need to make you new puppy safe and comfortable? I have put together a list of everything you need to take your puppy home and be ready for anything. Let me do the driving and work for you, take home my Home Ready Puppy Package which includes:
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Want to do it all yourself…..keep reading…….I have put together a list for you to assist in cutting a little stress out.
A puppies diet seems to be surrounded by so much controversy. Should you feed them food with corn in it, or a raw diet? What name brand is the best? What ingredients should you look for that should be avoided? All of these are good questions AND all of these questions have many, many answers. So I would like to share what I do for ALL my dogs.
I feed ALL my dogs the Costco brand Puppy Food below. I like this brand for several reasons, a few of the most obvious are that my dogs love it! They keep weight on with this food even though my dogs are very active, it has no corn, it easy to obtain by anyone no matter where you live, and it is very affordable for those of us with multiple dogs. To me there is no science to my decision….I use what works!
Fresh chicken, multiple whole grains, and fruits and vegetables make this formula the best choice for the best start to your puppy’s life.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein | 28% | Minimum |
Crude Fat | 17% | Minimum |
Crude Fiber | 3% | Maximum |
Moisture | 10% | Maximum |
Calcium | 1.2% | Minimum |
Phosphorus | 1.0% | Minimum |
Zinc | 225 mg/kg | Minimum |
Selenium | 0.4 mg/kg | Minimum |
Vitamin E | 250 IU/kg | Minimum |
Omega-6 Fatty Acids * | 3.0% | Minimum |
Omega-3 Fatty Acids * | 0.5% | Minimum |
DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) * | 0.05% | Minimum |
Ingredients:
You can visit the site that I used to research this information – http://professionalpetfood.com/products/dogs/dry_food/chicken_rice_and_vegetables_puppy_formula/
Questions about corn and other foods in a dogs diet?
Questions about raw dog food diet?
Ok, Ok, These are two bad examples!!! They are funny though!! I crated an entire litter in one crate for a few minutes while I cleaned up poop, and of course my boys are jokesters! Poor Penny!
Dog kennel, crate, carriers. Soft sided, wood, plastic, metal. What size should you purchase? What brand is best? Should you get a bed to fit inside? Should you buy one that grows with your puppy, or get several different sizes? So many questions…. and I will have a few answers for you. They may work for you…. and then again…. you may find a better solution. So here goes.
I am a firm believer is crate training! By definition crate training is: “Crate training is the process of teaching a pet to accept a dog crate or cage as a familiar and safe location.” (Wikipedia) Why crate train? I think that there are several reasons to crate train, and here are a few:
– What do I mean when I say “Teaches your dog that you are in control”? What I mean is that when you introduce your puppy to a crate, put him/her in it and then close the door behind them, you just took all their freedom away. You are now in control of when your puppy comes out. Crate training teaches your puppy that you are the Alpha, you have the say so. Of course you never want to abuse that control and you always want to reward your puppy for going into a crate willingly.
– How does it assist is Potty Training? Well basically stated…. an unsupervised puppy will pee and poop anywhere and everywhere they want to. But a crated puppy (in the proper sized crate) will not generally do their business in their own sleeping quarters. My rule of thumb is: Unless I am holding or directly interacting with a puppy, they are crated. About every hour or so I take them outside to do their business, get a drink, run around and then off to the crate again for another hour. Slowly I extend the time the puppy stays out of the crate and within an established boundary to see whether they will have an accident or not. It works like magic. However! The key is YOU! You must be consistent!!!
– Safe place? Isn’t the crate a punishment? The answer is Yes/No. Yes it is a punishment in the sense that a dogs freedom is taken away and is now in our hands. No it is not a punishment in that the crate is viewed to be your dogs domain. My dogs LOVE their crates, and they all know who gets which crate. When they are nervous, they run to their crate. When they want to be left alone, they go to their crate. I teach everyone in my family that when the dogs are in their crates, they are off limits because that is their space. And my dogs know it and love it!
So now, the next question is – How to choose a crate?
Next – Putting bedding down in a crate, when and what? When I have a new puppy, I put a towel in the crate. The reason behind this is that they have accidents sometimes, and it makes cleaning up after one, easier than if it was a nice, soft, 1in thick sleeping pad. After I feel comfortable with the fact that they won’t have an accident, I put in a nice soft bed for them. Never use newspaper or a pee pad, this will only encourage them to use their crate as a bathroom. Below are a few links that I think have some useful information for your review.
Crate Training a Puppy or Dog – http://www.perfectpaws.com/crt.html
I hope all this information was useful to you, and if you can think of anything else that you would like this page to contain that you think would be helpful, please drop me a message using my “Contact Us” page.
Have a great day!
LeeAnna
Puppy Stages of Development – The following is copied from the website below:
https://www.cesarsway.com/dog-behavior/puppies/the-stages-of-puppy-growth-and-development