Puppy Advice

daviemore

I'm just about to get a new puppy. Is been a few years since I last had a puppy, so I was wondering if anyone could gvive me their "top three" pieces of advice for looking after a new puppy. Thanks.

anniehoo

1.Vaccination and decent diet
2.Socialisation
3.Consisteny with training from the off

My top 3 anyway..

jen_23

1. Don't bring him out anywhere until all vacs have been had + a week.
2. Ignore the crying at night! (unless it's loo time!) it'l be easier for everyone in the long run!
3. Training from the start! Start as you mean to go on

magconn

1. cuddles
2. cuddles
3. cuddles

what breed ?

oh, and none of that tinned sh*t dog food .........ee-yuk !

ghost_ie

anniehoo wrote: »

1.Vaccination and decent diet
2.Socialisation
3.Consisteny with training from the off

My top 3 anyway..

And patience...lots and lots of patience. Also remember to put anything you don't wish to see chewed up in a safe place well out of reach of the puppy

PetrovthePrat

1. Common Sense in buckets. 2. Commitment for the next decade or so. 3. A sense of humour when the place is wrecked!

spurscormac

The one piece of advice I would say is to start the puppy walking on the lead in the house and your garden as soon as you can.
Use the fact that they will want to follow you around anyway to your advantage, so that when they grow up, its you walking them, not the other way around.

If only I had heard that before I got my fella, walks would have been much easier. He's coming round to staying with me, but its not easy :-)

Other than that, plenty of socialising, puppy classes are great for you to learn how to train the dog - its a totally different mindset to dealing with humans, so its often us that screw up the training, not them.

Top Dog

Start as you mean to go on - don't let the puppy do anything you wouldn't want it doing when its an adult (jumping up on chairs/people etc).

Consistency & patience

Use your head (like waiting for vaccs before taking it out, deciding on a quality food)

They'd be my top 3 anyway, though they'd be closely followed by ignoring the crying and getting loads of socialising.

petangels

A tired puppy is a happy puppy

votejohn

petangels wrote: »

A tired puppy is a happy puppy

Not too much exercise while the puppy's bones are developing and growing.
five mins exercise per month of age (aka 20mins exercise a day for a 4 month old puppy).

Top Dog

votejohn wrote: »

Not too much exercise while the puppy's bones are developing and growing.
five mins exercise per month of age (aka 20mins exercise a day for a 4 month old puppy).

5 mins walking per month - exercise is an entirely different thing

CHICKENROLL

dont put ur puppy in any electrical applicances

lorebringer

1) Health issues - good quality food, vax, neutering, exercise etc. and build up a good relationship with your vet from the get go.

2) Training and consistency - start as you mean to go on, training in short bursts (little and often) and plenty of exposure to situations (going in the car, children, dogs etc.).

3) Bonding - patience and plenty of love and play.

Also, invest in a good enzyme cleaner. Most large pet stored sell them and they will save your carpet/furniture/nerves

star-pants

CHICKENROLL banned for a week - not funny

Confundor

1, Mix with dogs, adults, children as much and as soon as you can, also as many different sights and sounds (obv not in the one day but whilst young!)

2. VAcs plus WORMER dont forget to worm regularly as they can lose loads of their puppy weight from a bout of worms

3. Get lots of toys and chews but hide all good stuff

TAKE LOADS OF PHOTOS they grow way too fast!

daviemore

Thanks for all the friendly advice, We brought home our adorable springer puppy yesterday. I'm happy to say he's settling in very well

Top Dog

Good luck with him