New Puppy - What do I Need?

hughm

I plan to bring home an 8 week old puppy at the weekend.:D

Please help me out and tell me what I need in terms of
Food
Bedding
Toys
etc

We have 2 cats and 4 young kids.....any tips on how to make the intorductions:eek:

The puppy has had it's first injections at 6 weeks, so i understand we need to do another at about 12 weeks.

Any advice welcome

Ruu_Old

Plenty of good tips located here. Just remember how different cats and dogs are, how they communicate and keep everything in a controlled environment. Don't want anyone getting hurt. Best of luck with your new puppy.

tylerdylan

I really recommend you get a crate.Argos sell them a good prices.
A crate is brilliant for sleeping and letting the puppy have a secure area.
especially when you eh I mean the puppy needs quiet time:rolleyes:
The crate is also used to help house training.
Puppy is
in crate empty..
on empty under your supervision
making its self empty also under your supervision!
But make the crate a comfy place that puppy will like with a soft waqshable blanket and a safe chew toy:D
Best of luck with your new puppy!

hughm

Thanks for the advice.

Nala

Also don't bother buying a basket/dog bed til he's older, he'll only chew it when he's small. A cardboard box is a great bed

Sigma Force

How come there's going to be a 6 week gap between the vaccinations, that doesn't sound right, mabey contact your vet first, the most important thing is health care so contact the vet and see when exactly the pup is due the next vaccinations/worming etc.

Other than that a crate, newspapers, a galvanised bucket and stringy mop (very very handy), pet safe disinfectant, heavy ceramic food bowls to start off with like what guineapigs or rabbits would have to safe puppy spilling all the water out.

Collar, tag (google go tags or dog tags there's loads of companys that do them and they're really cute too) puppy lead, puppy kong,old blankets/jumpers.

Being so young somewhere safe is important, the crate might not suit at the very beginning if the pup can squeeze out but it's a good infestment.
A baby gate which you might have already is handy for keeping them confined to one room when you want to wash floors etc.

A quiet place to sleep is very important esp. so young where they sleep a lot.
Lots of cuddles, handling and socialising with other pooches once the vax are done.

Most young pups just want to sit on your lap and sleep so a comfy chair for youself as well (pref by the fire ..it's a good excuse for not having finished any work that needs doing..sure you can't disturb the pup while sleeping)

gypsygirl

Puppies, like babies need to sleep lots, make sure he has a "safe" place where he can go without the kiddies waking him up; (just as you would give a new baby quiet time) That said, when he's awake, be sure all your family play and bond with him, also introduce him to the cats as soon as possible, but one at a time at first, (that way he won't feel to intimidated by them) but if you're raising four kiddies, one puppy shouldn't pose too many problems for you, use your judgement & instinct, best of luck.