Bringing my new baby home tomorrow!

gettingready

Watch out for the soft toys you got her - you do not want her to rip them and eat the stuffing.

I buy all flea treatment/worming from:

https://www.animeddirect.co.uk - free delivery, UK based, great prices

Has your pup got insurance from the breeder or none at all?

get one sorted ASAP.

Petplan if you can afford it - if not, Argos Platinum gives very good cover (and pays when needed, they paid 20k for my dog and cat in 2 years)

Photos - upload to Photobucket and post a link on here

nonnatus

What breed of dog is it?

Sounds like it's all going to plan!

Definitely register with a nice Vet.

Most Vets now offer Advocate or Advantage which is a multi purpose "Spot-On" that covers worms, fleas, ticks, even ear mites. It really is superb and not a great deal more expensive than Frontline. I think Frontline is pants now. Because they can sell it everywhere, it just can't be strong enough in my opinion. By the time you've bought the Frontline for fleas, the Drontal for worms and the Otex for ear mites etc, you might just as well have paid fro the All-In-One Advantage...?

The nice Vet may also offer puppy socialisation classes

Fosterdog

nonnatus wrote: »

I think Frontline is pants now. Because they can sell it everywhere, it just can't be strong enough in my opinion.

Frontline have an over the counter version that you can buy everywhere but they also do a stronger prescription strength that you can only get from your vet or via a prescription from the vet. Most vet's wont let you buy it unless they have seen the dog/cat first, the same as with most prescription drugs.

bright_side

Sorry for the delay, have had my hands full :rotfl:

Meet my precious little lady

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Sukey

Awwww, she's gorgeous! Enjoy her!

minimad1970

She is so cute. Good luck

joansgirl

Advocate spot on wormer and flea treatment also treats lungworm which frontline etc doesn't. Lungworm is carried by slugs and snails and my (not so) little one was prone to picking up any and everything she saw so it was good for peace of mind. If your dog gets lungworm (symptoms similar to Kennel Cough) it will be treated with Advocate. Word of warning. Advocate is prescribed by weight, same as frontline, but I had probs when my puppy was nearing 10 kg. They only sell it in packs of 3 and she only needed one more dose (it's given monthly) before she was due to go over 10kg but the vet was reluctant to only sell me one as it meant they had to split a pack. Eventually they did split a pack when I told them that I would go back to using Frontline and Drontal and take my chances with the lungworm threat, and that I would buy my supplies online, where it is cheaper than the vets. However, as far as Advocate is concerned it is prescription only and if you get it online you need a prescription from the vet first and the vets usually charge (extortionately) for a prescription so you have to pay that charge as well as the cost of the meds, so in that case the vets is usually cheaper. Don't want to scare you with horror stories but lungworm is apparently on the increase. How ill it makes them I don't know. I've had dogs before and not worried about lungworm but my current pest was prone to picking up slugs and snails so I was wary. Anyway, good luck. Oh, and don't give your puppy an inch. They really aren't stupid and they take advantage and learn soooo quickly who is a soft touch. You have to be strong!:rotfl:

Sharon140

Oh my days that is one cute little puppy saying no to that little one is going to be so hard;);)