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Always have fresh water available for your puppy. Be the boss and set the rules for your puppy. Chocolate is toxic to dogs. Don't even give them a taste. Don't leave puppies unsupervised. They chew and will swallow everything. Exercise your puppy every day. Exercise is good for your puppy's health, it helps them release extra energy, and it helps minimize undesirable behavior. Feed your puppy a nutritious puppy food. Food allowances can be found on the back of the package. Give your puppy praise when he/she does something right. This reinforces the correct behavior. Household cleaners are poisonous to puppies. Place cleaners out of the reach of your dog. Invest in a training class for your dog. Jumping up to greet you is a common puppy behavior. Train your puppy not to jump-firmly say no and tell it to sit, then greet it. You may think jumping is cute when he's 10 pounds, but when he's 100 pounds he's going to knock you over. Keep your puppy away from electrical cords, wires, household cleaners, coins, and other objects your puppy might like to chew on and swallow. Love your dog, give it a lot of attention, take it to the vet for regular check-ups, feed it a healthy diet, train it, and play with it. Make sure you get a dog license for your puppy and have an ID tag on its collar. An identification chip such as "Home Again" can be easily inserted at your veterinarian's office. Nylabones, Kong toys, or sterilized bones are good chew toys for your puppy. Opportunities to meet other pets will help socialize your puppy. Puppies learn what behavior is acceptable by the way that you react to their behavior. If you praise a dog and pet it when it does something right it will want to repeat that behavior so it receives the positive attention. Quiet dogs are trained to be quiet. Puppies learn what behavior is acceptable by the way that you react to their behavior. If you run to your puppy every time it barks or whines, it will bark and whine every time it wants your attention...and it won't stop until you give it your attention. If you ignore your dog when it is barking and whining it will eventually stop-just make sure he's not barking because he has to go to the bathroom. Read books and websites about proper puppy care. Spay or neuter your dog when it's the appropriate age. Thousands of dogs are put to sleep each year because they don't have homes. Toys that contain small hard parts, such as squeakers are dangerous if swallowed. Supervise your dog when they are playing with these types of toys. Use every opportunity to train your dog. Vaccinate
your puppy and schedule check-ups every 2-3 weeks until he/she
is 16 weeks old. Whining and barking should not be rewarded with attention. If your puppy barks or whines when you put it in the training crate, ignore him/her-if your sure it doesn't need to go to the bathroom. Otherwise, your puppy will learn that if it barks or whines you'll let it out. X-Rays and vet care treatments are costly and avoidable. Keep your dog on a leash so it doesn't run into traffic and get hit by a car. You are the most important person to your puppy. You are the key to his/her happiness. Your puppy will behave only as good as you train it. Z-best, most caring Doctors around.
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The
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