To get your puppy off to a good start, schedule a veterinary checkup within the first 48 hours back home. You can then obtain a certificate of good health, a calendar of future vaccinations and spay / neuter surgeries and counseling on nutrition, training, pest prevention and coach recommendations. Points to consider before buying a puppy? * Consider races and mixtures .* You will learn this with the adult size of the breed and personality traits .* estimated cost of regular veterinary care, flea / tick and heart worm prevention .* Estimated costs of grooming, feeding and how it fits into your lifestyle or family life. How to protect your puppy? * Create a safe environment at home. A puppy, like a human baby, which is the little nooks and crannies to get into and often have trouble playing with computer cables, electrical cables, cleaning supplies, adhesives, etc. or contain child Hide the cables, put baby locks on cabinets lower (smaller legs and nose can open doors), contains the missing lines, needles, clips, cords, and move valuables, books and fragile to new heights. * Crate – look for one with enough space for your puppy to turn around, lie down to sleep, but not too broad, leaving room for her to eliminate in areas where no sleep. * Until your puppy has completed all rounds of vaccination, do not mix with lots of strange dogs or be where there is a high volume of other dogs, hiking, because they must be fully protected before venturing into public places. What are useful things to be taken to care for a puppy? * Use metal food stores and water dishes – This will prevent the sliding plates. * Buy the stain and odor neutralizer – your puppy will always be attracted to areas where “accidents” have occurred, a neutralization of the desire to eliminate odors from urine or feces. * Buy a brush, nail clippers, a comb, if your puppy will eventually become a dog with a medium length coat. * Get an adjustable collar, identification tag and six meters of nylon or leather strap with clips. Try to avoid neck chain or belt. How to house-train (pot-train) your puppy? * House training a puppy is not difficult if you are consistent and stick to a timetable. Probably going to eat three times a day. Early in the morning, take the dog from its cage and quickly take out of the removal. Be patient, and the beginning of your puppy to eliminate silent praise “good dog” (or whatever term you want to use). When your puppy has finished all the business, take a minute to play or cuddle her. What they want to teach your puppy as soon as it is removed faster than it comes to playing with you. When recess is over, take in, feed your dog breakfast and let him have water. In about 15-20 minutes, take off again and repeat the routine. Once back inside, if you have time to watch your puppy, you can stop to explore their surroundings. After that, put it back in his cage. * Never leave your puppy in the crate for more than its limit on bladder control. Generally, a puppy can be maintained for longer hours than their age in months. For example, a 2-month puppy can stay in the cage for no more than 2 hours, until it was withdrawn before being placed in boxes. Repeat the feeding, elimination, routine play for lunch and dinner, and then more water or food 2 hours before bedtime. If the weather is very warm, some ice cubes in a bowl of water your puppy quench his thirst, but not to stimulate the bladder, such as water. In general, at 8 weeks to 3 months, your puppy will have developed better control of the bladder and intestine and is able to sleep all night. But remember to take your puppy first thing in the morning! * When the dog pees on a point, tends to return to exactly the same place several times because of your puppy recognize the smell. Take your puppy to the same place every time. If your puppy does in the right place lavished with high praise! Use your happy voice, your puppy will soon learn who was right and who are willing to do the next time. * If your puppy had an accident somewhere in the house, make sure you clean the floor or the carpet thoroughly to neutralize the smell. A quality Pet Odor Remover should be the case. * Every time you want your dog to defecate or urinate, you teach a puppy word, repeating the same word several times, for example, “go shit”, “toilet”. repeating the same words each time, will become another symbol for her cub, and he will be able to do when you quote the order. * Ideally have a dog door installed so that your puppy can be trained to go outside when it is necessary to remove. If this is not possible, keep an eye on your puppy, try to observe how your dog is acting normally before he pees, and take him outside when he sees the signs. You can also teach your puppy to ask the door, but could take some time. * Establish a routine – for example, after a nap or before game time, take your puppy outside to eliminate. What are the stages of development and behavior that we can expect a puppy dog * The juvenile stage: 3 to 4 months The juvenile phase usually lasts 3 to 4 months, and meanwhile, your puppy is behaving a little more independent – which could start ignoring the commands he has learned recently and trying to exercise their new found independence, with its “I’m listening to” the attitude You need to apply firm and gentle strengthening and training command at this time. Your puppy might even begin to bite, chew or even play a real attempt to challenge his authority. Strong “No!” or “No bite!” command, followed by several minutes to shelve it is faced with this problem. When a bond with your puppy, avoid games like tug of war or struggle with it. Ve May tug of war as a game of dominance – especially if he wins and wrestling is another game that can quickly become out of control. This force your puppy grows, will play the battle to see who is stronger – even if you win, the message your puppy receives is that there is no evil to fight with you, but it’s not the message you want to send < ; / p> * The Brat Stage: 4 to 6 months Your puppy will demonstrate even more independence and stubbornness Brat phase which begins in about 4 months and runs until about 6 months. You can observe a decrease in their need to please you – expect to see more “testing the limits”-like behavior. Meanwhile, it will go through a teething cycle and also look for things to chew to relieve pain and pressure. frozen dog I can help soothe her during this period. ; Your puppy may try to assert their dominance “news” about family members, especially children. It is common for puppies of that age to ignore orders to return or come to their owners, who may be dangerous, even fatal rupture of the reaction of your dog for you. If you turn loose in a public place, and the arrows, the risk of injury or death can result – so do not risk it. more basic commands and obedience training, but make sure it never left him with his leash during this time, unless in a confined area. Your puppy will now start going through the hormonal changes caused by increasing sexual maturity and can see signs of rebellion. (Think of the young teen age boy!) If you have not already, you should have your dog neutered (or sterilized, if you are a woman) during this period. * The young adult stage: 6 to 18 months From 6 to 18 months the young adult stage takes place and usually a settling time in the life of your puppy. He is young, he was exuberant, energetic and still learning all the things that must become an adult dog in its own right. Be realistic in your expectations of your dog at this time, only because he was approaching his full growth and may seem an adult dog is not as seasoned and experienced than you think. Gradually increase the scope of activities and training for your dog. You can start more advanced training during this period, such as breeding or training of ‘agility. Otherwise, expand its activities to include more people and other animals – allow you to interact with non-threatening or aggressive dogs.

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