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The day when you pick up your puppy,you
should do this (if possible)before 12 o clock in the the
morning.This is necessary because of when you get home with
your pup,it needs the whole day to feels itselves a bit
comfortable to its new home.
You have to
understand that all and everything is strange to him,and he
surely will miss his littermates and his mother.Take care
that you don't get too many visitors on the first day wich
want tot watch your new puppy.Give him a few days to get him
feel comfortable,and if he feels well in the house,you can
ask the people to come and visite him/her.
The first
time in the car:
when you take your
puppy home by car,place him on the backseat or on your
lap.If the pup starts to cry(because of he does not like it
to be in the car)don't start to comfort him or pet him.If
you do,you will confirm his fear,and you will have a whining
dog in future,or even a dog that gets carsick.
The first you have
to do when you get home with your puppy is go outside to the
place were he has to go for his natures call.Wait untill he
did something,and give him a reward and tell him he did
great.
After he was out
you can go inside,and give something to drink in his new
waterbowl.When your puppy had all this new experiences he
will get sleepy.Bring him to the place were he has to
sleep,and stay with him untill he sleeps.
If your puppy
sleeps,don't touch him,and let him sleep.He needs his
rest.If you do have children,keep them away from
him.Ofcourse it is a very moving scene,but let him sleep.
When the puppy
wakes up,his housetraining will start.Lift him up,bring him
outside to go potty.After he was out he probably will be
hungry.See if he can find his new food and waterbowl.Give
him some time to eat.10 to 15 minutes.
Young pups are not
clean so long.You have to housetrain them.After his sleep,when
he ate,and when he played he mostly needs to go out.Bring
him to the place were he is allowed to do his natures call,and
wait untill he does something.Pet him,and tell him it is a
good puppy when he did it on the place you wanted.If you
watch your puppy's behaviour you exactly can see when he
needs to do something.He will whine or turn around before he
sits and does it.Bring him outside immediately and wait
untill he is finisched.Be patient with him,and dont punisch
him if a little accident happends.He has to learn a lot and
he still is a baby.Don't allowe him to scratch on the door
or that he starts to sream when he wants to go outside.This
way he learns that if he screams YOU will run for him,even
if he does not has to go out.
It is also
important that you teach your puppy to do its nature calls
on another place as only in your garden.This is important
because of if you only let him go in your garden,he never
will do something on another place(Vacation,showarea etc)As
you know a dog works with smells,and in his own garden he
only has his own smell,and that feels safe for him.If he
never was outside of the garden,he never will trust other
smells,and never will do something outside of the garden.
The first
night in his new home:
Feed your puppy for
the last time around 20.00 hours,ans give the last water
around 22.00 hours.Before you go to bed,he has to go outside
for the last time that day.Be sure that he did something,otherwise
he needs to go outside in the middle of the night.
If you go to bed
you take your puppy with you to the bedroom.Give him a
kennel were you put a blanket in,or a vetbed wich is
comfortable.Put a hand next to him to let him know you are
in his neighbourhood.He will stay calm,and will not start to
howl,and fall asleep very fast.If he gets restless in the
night mostly he needs to go outside to go potty.If he did
something,hug him,and teel him he is a good dog,and bring
him back to his sleepingplace.After a few nights he wil
lsleep the whole night on,and when your puppy feels
himselves at home,you can place him for the night on the
place you planned for him in the future.If you use a kennel
also during the day if he is tired,he learns that he has a
trustfull place were he can go to sleep or rest.
Feeding
your puppy:
Give your pup a
place were nobody can disturb him when he eats.In the
beginning you need to feed your puppy 4 times a day.This is
because of a puppy's stomach is very small,and this way your
puppy has the time to get all the nutritions out of the food
wich he needs.When he is 6 or 7 months old,you can feed him
twice a day.This scedule is for his entire life.
Give him 10 to 15
minutes time to eat.If he did not eat at all,don't worry.If
he was hungry he would have eat.Sometimes puppy's wich just
arrive in their new homes feel themselves alone,and need
some time to get setteled.If he feels himselves well in his
new home he soon starts te eat well.
Dont give your pup
other food if he does not eat!!!If you do,you will create a
dog that has a low appetite,and knows that you will give him
something else.This way he'teaches'you what he wants,and
that is i think not what you want.
Give the food
allways on the same time,so the housetraining will get
easyer.
NEVER give your
puppy the oppertunity to have his food during the whole
day.You will create a picky puppy wich only eats when he
wants.And this way he will take much longer time to get
clean in the house,because of most of the timea pup has to
go out after it ate.
Watch his stool
allways.If he does not eat so well for a few days,and the
stool is thin,go immediately to the vet for a check.If the
stool is watery or with blood you
msut go the first day you see he has it!!!!!!!!Better onr
time too much as too late.
The pup needs his
wormcure every 3 months(In his first twelve weeks more often,but
the most of them are given by the breeder)in his first year
of life.Than it will be enough to give the wormcure twice a
year.
In the beginning
your puppy has to go outside after you fed him,but when he
is older you have to teach him that he first has to go
outside,and than feed him.This is because of if your dog
will run a lot after it ate(Especially big sized dogs)they
can get peoblems with their stomach.So dont let your dog run
a lot after he ate.!!!
Learning
to stay alone at home:
Our dog is from
nature a social feeling creature(he lives in a group and
needs that company)But,he needs to learn to stay alone.It is
the best that you train him from the beginning.Dont give him
the oppertunity to walk after you the whole day.If he can
follow you everywere ,he does not learn to stay alone,and
you take him a lot of independence.Start to bring him to
"his"place(crate or basket)you gave him in the house,and go
for a short time out of the room he normally sleeps.Go
upstairs,or in another room.Go back after a few minutes.If
he still is quiet you can tell him he did fine.This way of
training you can develope for a longer time.Don's stay away
for hours in the beginning,because of you have to give hime
the confidence that you allways come back,and that is what
he has to learn.If he really understands that he is a good
dog when he is qiuet during your absence,you can build out
the time you leave for a longer time.
If your puppy has
to stay alone,and it starts to scream or bark,DON"T go back,because
of when you go back,you do confirm his complaints,and he
will win in asking attention from you,and that is exactly
what he wants,your attention!!It also does not work when you
get mad at him,because of he than also gets your attention,and
negative attention IS also attention.Try to get him quiet by
give a small bounce on the door.If he is quiet for a
moment(few minutes) you can go to him,and tell that he did
fine.But be sure he is quiet at the moment you go to him.
If you come
home,and your puppy destroyed something or did his nature
calls in the house,don't get mad at him.He does not
understand that you are mad because of he did something
wrong,but he will relate it to your arrival at home,and you
can create a dog wich is shy when you come home.If something
happened,just ignore it(Also when he ate some very expensife
fournitures,or your shoes)and clean it up.You only can say
something if you catch him in the act,else he really does
not understand what is going on.Dogs don't think the same
way as we people do.
Put the
teeth in all they can find:
Why does a pupy
bites in a lot of things???There are several reasons,but one
thing is for sure!!He does not do this to tease
you.Sometimes they do it because of their teething(Between
12 weeks to 26 weeks),It can be because of they are boring
themselves,or just to be anxious to find out etc.If you give
him something to chew on will not automatically say that he
does not chew on your fournitures,shoes,etc.Give him from
the beginning no chance to bite in things he isn't allowe to
bite in.If you cvatch him in the act,tell him not to do that
with a voice that he understands you are serious.Don't run
after him to punish him,he will feel himselves be hunted,or
he means he can run away for play with you.following some
tips when your puppy chews on things:
1.Throw a can were
you did put some marbles in,or a bunch of keys next to the
puppy when he chews in an object he is not allowed to chew
on.You must not hit him.Its only to get his attention away
from the object he chews in.If he looks at you,call him and
give him a hug or treat because of he came to you.Be very
friendly at that moment.If he return to the same object you
can tell him not to do that.,if he stops,reward him again.
2.Another methode
is when the object itselves is the punishment.When your
puppy is pulling the tablecloth from your table:put a closed
can with marbles on the table.If the pup pulls the
tablecloth off,the can will fall down,makes noise,so your
puppy will have a reaction of fear,and learns that he is not
allowed to do that.The motivation to go back and try again
will get lesser if you are being strictly with this way of
training.Ofcourse you have to find out wich way of training
is the best for your puppy,because of every pup has its own
character.You should NEVER lay a hand on him for punishment!!!!!!!!!!
You have to imagine
that it is easyer to teach a puppy something as tell him not
to do it.That way a puppy feels as pretty he will repeat,and
that what he does not feel as pretty he wil lstop doing it.
Some
important tips:
The best age to
pick up a puppy is around eight weeks.This means he starts
with his socialisations phase.In this age untill 12-13 weeks
the puppy needs to go to do all the things he will do in
future to get an open and self for sure character. A few
minutes a day is more than enough.It does not take that much
time to get your puppy well socialized.If you never take
your puppy to another place as home,you wil get a shy dog in
future when he comes in new or for him unknown situations
If he will get
afraid for new things,NEVER lift him up to tell him not to
be afraid.He only will learn from you that if he is afraid
you lift him up,and the conclusion is that he gets more and
more shy,as youtell him he has to be shy.
If you want to pet
your dog,don't pet him with your hand over his head(read
eyes).He does not like that and sees it as a treatment.You
take him away his sight.If you allways pet him over his head,he
can start to bite in your hands.If children will do the same,your
puppy will start to bite in their hands:the children lift up
their hands,and the puppy means it is a play when they do
this.Be serious and tell children also not to pet him over
his head.The best is to pet him under his chin.This way
there is no reason to bite in hands.You also have to imagine
that a dog sees our hands as mouths,what can give
corrections.(A dog sees our two hands as two mouthes)
Don't give your
puppy his toys during the whole day.This way he does not
need you for playing.If you play with him,every time with
another toy,you will create a better bond with him.
You have to make
the walks not too long in the beginning.15 minutes is more
than enough.You better can go a few times 15 minutes,as once
a day one hour.This is not good for his young bones.Learning
new things take a lot of energy from your puppy.
Do not allowe your
puppy to bite in the lead:arms:jacket during the walks.And
do not allowe him tobark to other dogs during his walks.This
is not good for future socialisation.
As last tip i want
to say that what the pup is NOT allowed to do when he is an
adult dog,you must NOT learn him when he is a puppy.If you
don't want him to jump up to you,lying on the couch,bite you,dig
out the tulipbulbs,growl when he is eating or having a bone,tell
him from the beginning.They do not think like people do.Be
consistant from the beginning,so you will ge a dog in future
what understands you.He will be thankful for that,because of
he did understand you from the beginning.
If you do have any
questions about these tips or you have problems with raise
your puppy feel yourselves free to send us an email:
sumanshu.tibetans@planet.nl
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