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New Puppy - what are the must-haves?
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Most important is you need to provide your puppy with high quality food and love.0
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Elizabeth_B said:RichardGB said:Don't waste money on expensive toys (you will, though!). Empty plastic juice/milk bottles are great fun for puppies. The most important thing you can give a new puppy is your time and love when the initial gloss has worn off. Good dog/puppy training courses get booked up in advance. Enquire now, visit and book your place if it looks a good course. We chose a vet 15 minutes away from where we live, partly because it ran regular puppy socialising courses, even though there was another vet 50 metres from our front door! Be prepared for puddles and poo while you are house training your puppy: it's just like a baby and can't control it's bodily functions to start with. Then it has to be trained with praise and rewards for doing it outside when it can. Again, this is where time and love come it. No good having a puppy and going out to work all day. If that's your situation, a puppy will be very wrong for you; please change your mind now.
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sheramber said:Elizabeth_B said:RichardGB said:Don't waste money on expensive toys (you will, though!). Empty plastic juice/milk bottles are great fun for puppies. The most important thing you can give a new puppy is your time and love when the initial gloss has worn off. Good dog/puppy training courses get booked up in advance. Enquire now, visit and book your place if it looks a good course. We chose a vet 15 minutes away from where we live, partly because it ran regular puppy socialising courses, even though there was another vet 50 metres from our front door! Be prepared for puddles and poo while you are house training your puppy: it's just like a baby and can't control it's bodily functions to start with. Then it has to be trained with praise and rewards for doing it outside when it can. Again, this is where time and love come it. No good having a puppy and going out to work all day. If that's your situation, a puppy will be very wrong for you; please change your mind now.
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DCFC79 said:sheramber said:Elizabeth_B said:RichardGB said:Don't waste money on expensive toys (you will, though!). Empty plastic juice/milk bottles are great fun for puppies. The most important thing you can give a new puppy is your time and love when the initial gloss has worn off. Good dog/puppy training courses get booked up in advance. Enquire now, visit and book your place if it looks a good course. We chose a vet 15 minutes away from where we live, partly because it ran regular puppy socialising courses, even though there was another vet 50 metres from our front door! Be prepared for puddles and poo while you are house training your puppy: it's just like a baby and can't control it's bodily functions to start with. Then it has to be trained with praise and rewards for doing it outside when it can. Again, this is where time and love come it. No good having a puppy and going out to work all day. If that's your situation, a puppy will be very wrong for you; please change your mind now.
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Does anybody know what is the cheapest solution for flea control in puppies? I use flea color on my big dog, but my puppy is going to overgrown it in a month0
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Ask your veterinary surgery.
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