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For Your Living With A Puppy **Puppies are not born knowing which behaviors are appropriate and which behaviors are not. They have to be taught with positive reinforcement. They can be taught good behaviors or bad behaviors. Surviving your dog's puppy hood can be a challenge. It requires much patience, understanding, training and time to mold a puppy into a great well adjusted adult. " Puppies bark more than they should Yelling at a dog or puppy will only teach it to fear its owner. Always reward a puppy or adult dog for good behaviors, not bad behaviors. A good obedience instructor will be able to help you and your puppy make this time of learning easier for you and your loving puppy. This will help form a lifelong bond between you both. Make sure you interview the instructor. Never use abusive tactics like holding your puppy or dog up off the ground with its leash, etc. Always use an instructor that teaches with kindness treats and/or clicker training. Heartworm Prevention Monthly prevention should begin between 8-12 weeks of age and should be given year around. Consult with your vet before using any heartworm medication. Ivermectin is not good to be used with collies this is found in Heartguard and other medications. Grooming Handling and brushing your puppy on a daily basis will help the puppy to accept this when he/she gets older. A weekly brushing will also help. If you do the brushing in a quiet atmosphere and take your time and not pull on it hair when knotted (use a scissor to cut off any little matting you may find) you will find that your puppy will look for to the brushing, as it gets older. Feeding Your Puppy Puppies that are under 3 months old should be fed twice a day, puppies that are 5 months and older may be fed once a day. Some breeders suggest to fed puppies 3 times a day and when older twice a day. We recommend a good high quality dog food. Puppies should be kept on a good formula that is high in protein and fat until they are at least 1 years old. Their food should be soaked for about 10 minutes in warm water before being given to them. Soaking helps the digestion process. Never let your puppy or dog play rough before eating or after eating so that they easily digest their food or your puppy or dog can in be in for a really bad time. Wait at least an hour before his any exercise and hour after before any exercise. Feeding Your Adult Dog Feed your adult dog once or twice a day. Food is always well soaked in warm water for about 10 minutes before being given to them. Soaking the food helps with the digestion process. If fed a good quality food that is highly digestible an adult dog should require no more than 2-3 cups of food per day. Wait at least an hour after your dog eats before you allow him/her to exercise. It is also a good idea to wait a least an hour after you do any exercises before you feed him/her, so that the dog has had time to cool down. Socializing Your Puppy Socializing your puppy should begin at an early age. Take your puppy to as many places as possible, as often as possible. Take puppy to training classes. Expose him or her to other dogs, new sights, sounds, and people. This all will help to make a more confident dog. Socializing your puppy should help with a more stable, outgoing temperament. Leash Training Leash Training should begin as early as possible.
Here's a few tips: Remember…….*PATIENCE is the key and always praise the puppy when it does well. NEVER…….punish
the puppy if it does not do what you expect.
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