As mentioned in the before article about little Vicki , well here are few tips or steps that we followed in order to get our puppy to be comfortable in the new environment.
\(a) Puppy proofing your room
since the pup is just a month / 2 months old, he/ she will not have that much of a bladder control. so we suggest that you use waste plastic sheets or papers to cover his room floor. so that cleaning would be easy.
(b) Two heads are better than one
Itz bit hard for a single person to handle the pup all by themselves, so you will need all the help you can get. well its all about making your pup comfortable & making him/her feel at home. Oh one more thing..... get ready to sacrifice your sleep (the more the merrier).
(c) The days and the NIGHTS
Puppies are like new born babies, they also need the utmost care & affection. Well don't expect your puppy adjust to you as soon as you get him. Remember he has spent his life till now playing with his brothers & sisters and has always been beside his mum. So of-course he is gonna realize that they are missing.
Do trust me when i tell you this, there will be a lot of waking up in the middle of the night, changing his papers, feeding him, his crying (and its a LOT LOT). But don't forget that he is your responsibility now.
And now all of sudden he is in a strange place with strange people, well obviously he will get scared at night & starts calling to them. He might howl, bark or even bite you when you are trying to comfort him.
So here are a couple of things that we did to calm our little darling down.
Well during the day taking care is kinda easy, the young pup eats at-least 7 times per day. So always keep his food at the ready. He'll play with you, but mostly he'll just sleep.
So here comes the NIGHT & along with comes the tough task of calming your pup.
If you are putting your pup in your bed with you there might be less of the howling, but we do not suggest that. Instead of that trying giving your pup some space where he can walk around at night when gets up (which he will)..
(1) He will have trouble sleeping at nights, because, as we told you he is used to sleeping with his mum & his siblings. You can substitute the body heat by filling up an water bottle with hot water & wrapping it with a fuzzy cloth around it. Put it beside your puppy, it will comfort him.
(2) Try music, there are loads of puppy music available on You-tube, which can be played to clam him down (they do work beautifully).
(3) ALWAYS KEEP HIS FOOD & WATER AT THE READY. If he is not falling asleep by the above methods then he is probably hungry (A puppy whose tummy is full is a happy puppy).
There are a lot of support groups online which will help you through the first week, i'm listing a few which we used
(a) www.dogster.com
(b) www.thedailypuppy.com
P.S : Don't forget some air freshener. Best of luck!!!!!
\(a) Puppy proofing your room
since the pup is just a month / 2 months old, he/ she will not have that much of a bladder control. so we suggest that you use waste plastic sheets or papers to cover his room floor. so that cleaning would be easy.
(b) Two heads are better than one
Itz bit hard for a single person to handle the pup all by themselves, so you will need all the help you can get. well its all about making your pup comfortable & making him/her feel at home. Oh one more thing..... get ready to sacrifice your sleep (the more the merrier).
(c) The days and the NIGHTS
Puppies are like new born babies, they also need the utmost care & affection. Well don't expect your puppy adjust to you as soon as you get him. Remember he has spent his life till now playing with his brothers & sisters and has always been beside his mum. So of-course he is gonna realize that they are missing.
Do trust me when i tell you this, there will be a lot of waking up in the middle of the night, changing his papers, feeding him, his crying (and its a LOT LOT). But don't forget that he is your responsibility now.
And now all of sudden he is in a strange place with strange people, well obviously he will get scared at night & starts calling to them. He might howl, bark or even bite you when you are trying to comfort him.
So here are a couple of things that we did to calm our little darling down.
Well during the day taking care is kinda easy, the young pup eats at-least 7 times per day. So always keep his food at the ready. He'll play with you, but mostly he'll just sleep.
So here comes the NIGHT & along with comes the tough task of calming your pup.
If you are putting your pup in your bed with you there might be less of the howling, but we do not suggest that. Instead of that trying giving your pup some space where he can walk around at night when gets up (which he will)..
(1) He will have trouble sleeping at nights, because, as we told you he is used to sleeping with his mum & his siblings. You can substitute the body heat by filling up an water bottle with hot water & wrapping it with a fuzzy cloth around it. Put it beside your puppy, it will comfort him.
(2) Try music, there are loads of puppy music available on You-tube, which can be played to clam him down (they do work beautifully).
(3) ALWAYS KEEP HIS FOOD & WATER AT THE READY. If he is not falling asleep by the above methods then he is probably hungry (A puppy whose tummy is full is a happy puppy).
There are a lot of support groups online which will help you through the first week, i'm listing a few which we used
(a) www.dogster.com
(b) www.thedailypuppy.com
P.S : Don't forget some air freshener. Best of luck!!!!!
This article made taking care of puppy much easier. Thank you. If I get a puppy in future. I will definitely remember this ��
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