For dog owners, the most common time to encounter problems is when they just take their dogs home. At this time, pet owners often lack experience. I believe that everyone will gain a lot from reading this article.

1. Puppy’s diet: small meals, frequent meals, professional feeding

1. Puppies have weak digestion ability, so human food is both tempting and dangerous to them. Therefore, owners must be ruthless and provide only specialized and high-quality dog ​​food to their puppies. Professional dog food is nutritionally balanced, easy to digest and convenient to feed. According to statistics, dogs who eat dog food for a long time live more than one-third longer than dogs who do not eat dog food.

2. The owner should develop the habit of regular feeding and do not give it random snacks. Many of the meat, milk, vegetables, and fruits we eat cannot be digested and absorbed by puppies, and can easily cause terrible diarrhea.

3. Puppies should follow the principle of eating small meals frequently, four times a day, and the amount each time should not be too much.

4. Do not give puppies the opportunity to swallow small bones such as chicken bones, ribs, or fish bones, because they will stay in the throat and then break into pieces. If they are not left in the throat, they will slip into the body and pierce the stomach wall and intestines. .

5. Never feed puppies human milk or other human dairy products such as ice cream. If puppies eat too much milk or dairy products at one time, they will develop gastrointestinal problems such as diarrhea.

6. Clean drinking water should be available at all times.

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2. Puppy’s excretion: choose a good location and be patient

1. When you get home, don’t rush to play with it. It may get motion sickness or tired. Let the dog drink some water, go to the selected place to pee, and then put it in its nest. As soon as your dog wakes up or eats, take him to a designated spot where he will most likely defecate.

2. Dip the dog’s urine in a newspaper and place it where you want it to defecate. This way the dog will gradually get used to excreting in an area with its own smell.

3. Some owners dislike their dogs and keep them on the balcony or in the bathroom. They also wonder why the dog urinates as soon as it enters the living room. In fact, it is a dog’s nature not to excrete within its own range of activities. If the place where it has been kept in confinement becomes its home, it will defecate in places other than the balcony or bathroom.

3. Puppy’s sleep: soothing emotions and cultivating habits

1. Puppies will sleep for more than ten hours a day. This is normal and there is no need to worry. Do not disturb it while it is sleeping. Lack of sleep can seriously affect your puppy's development.

2. The dog’s crib must be kept warm and clean, and can be padded with soft, dry oldClothes and the family scent carried by the clothes will make the dog get familiar with the owner as soon as possible, making it feel as if the owner is by his side and can sleep peacefully.

3. Dogs regard eating and sleeping as very sacred. In order for the dog to establish a sense of hierarchy and obey the owner's discipline, do not let the dog sleep on your own bed. It is recommended to keep it in a cage so that it realizes that the cage is its own territory.

4. In the first two days, the puppy will cry at night because it is not used to the new environment. At this time, you can stop it gently, but don’t be too loud to scare it; and don’t hug it just because it cries. It is easy to develop the habit of dependence and coquettishness.

You can wrap a ticking clock in a blanket and put it on the dog's bed. The puppies will think of it as their mother's heartbeat and calm down. You can also ask for something familiar to the puppy from the dog's previous owner, such as bedding in the kennel.

IV. Puppy’s activities: reduce danger and limit scope

1. Put away items at home that may cause harm to the dog, and consider the possibility of the dog rummaging through boxes and cabinets when no one is home. Puppies will bite and scratch at anything. For example, dangling electrical wires, kitchen waste, disinfectant, etc.

2. If there is no one in your home during the day, be sure to limit the dog’s range of activities. You can put it in a large, spacious, ventilated cage with plenty of food and water. This will not only protect the items at home from damage, but also avoid dangers that may occur when your dog wanders around the house alone.

5. Puppy psychology: pouring affection and building trust

1. You must be patient when dealing with puppies. When you complain about what it has done wrong, don’t forget how many things it has done right in a day. Don’t forget that it is just a puppy that is only a few dozen days old. Dogs and their owners have a deep relationship. Affection and trust are the indispensable foundation of any training.

2. It is best to take your dog home at the beginning of a holiday, so that you can spend a few days with it, take care of it, observe its character and habits, and also make it easier for it to get to know its new home and new owner. To correct a dog's mistakes, you must catch it in action. Punishing it afterwards will only make it feel confused and aggrieved.

3. You should give it a name as early as possible so that it will respond to its name soon. If there are children at home, they should be informed that the puppy is not a toy to play with, and improper care will cause pain to the puppy. Children should not pick it up suddenly, and do not make loud noises or movements to scare the puppy. Do not leave the care of puppies to children. Adults should supervise children and puppies when they are together.

4. If you already have other pets at home, don’t neglect them because of the arrival of puppies. This will arouse their jealousy and is unfair to both old and new pets. When the puppy first arrives home, do not let it be alone with other pets.things together. Puppies should be introduced gradually and under your supervision.

6. Vaccination time and precautions (deworming time)

40~60 days, first injection of vaccine (two doses)

TIPS: Large dogs can be injected earlier, small dogs can be injected later

After 10 days, conduct the second deworming

10 days later, give the second vaccine (quadruple)

20 days later, the third dose of vaccine (quadruple or six doses)

Dogs should be vaccinated against rabies when they are 3 to 5 months old

TIPS: Depending on body size, large dogs can be picked up earlier and small dogs can be picked up later

All the above steps must be done when the puppy is healthy, otherwise it will be life-threatening.

After completing the deworming and vaccination in the puppy stage, remember to deworm the dog externally every one to one and a half months, and deworm the dog internally every one and a half to two months. Every 11 months, routine annual vaccinations (six plus rabies vaccine) are performed.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. As time goes by and the relationship deepens, the dog will become more and more aware of the owner's preferences, personality and habits. I believe that when a dog grows from a puppy to an adult, it will accumulate a deep relationship with its owner. When the puppy grows, paying attention to the above matters will also make the time between the owner and the pet more relaxed and harmonious. hapiness.