How to Care for a Puppy Part 1

Hello! My name is Rex. I am going to help you learn how to take care of little dogs just like me. Alright, let's get started! In the following program you'll be introduced to many important concepts that you must understand before adopting a puppy. First concept: Top rules for adoption. Why do you want a pet? The wrong reasons : * You just want a pet because it looks so cute. * You made a spurt of the moment decision. * You want to stop the kids from asking you for a pet. All of these are the wrong reasons. Here are the right reasons: * You gave it a lot of thought and you were ready for a life-long commitment. * You have consulted your household, and everyone agrees to get a puppy. * Everyone is in agreement about adoption. * The family has agreed on who the puppy's master will be. Two: Do you have enough time for a pet? You should be able to answer Yes to all of the questions below: * Do you have time to train your puppy? * Do you have time to play with your puppy? * Can you offer up companionship? * Do you have time to feed your puppy regularly? * Do you have time to clean up after your puppy? * Do you have time to exercise and play with your puppy? * Is your home ready? Some things to consider are: Many rental places do not allow pets or restrict what type of pet you can have. Make sure your will have lots of space to roam around both inside and out. Have an area of peace and quite prepared for your puppy. Keep that area at constant temperature. Keep it drop-free and off the floor. When your puppy is outside, prepare a properly shaded area. We're now going to go over Adoption Tips. Here are the top nine things you need to have before you adopt your puppy. 9. Puppy food. 8. Ceramic or stainless steel feeding bowls. 7. Brush suitable for the puppy's hair-type. 6. A nylon leash. 5. A flat buckled collar, which will fit the puppy's current size. 4. Training Collar, which will fit the puppy at its current size. 3. A puppy safe-ball or other toy. 2. A suitable bed for puppy such as a cardboard box. 1. A plastic kennel. When you have your supplies ready for your puppy you are ready to consider a few other things about selecting your puppy. For example, you need to understand that if you get a female puppy, your female puppy will go into heat twice each year. This may mean you'll have other dogs around your house wanting to mate with your female puppy. So it would be a good idea to understand that upfront. We are now going to talk about, where can you get a puppy. Well, you can get a puppy from a breeder, a pet store or a shelter. First we are going to talk about getting a puppy from a breeder. Selecting a top breeder: Responsible breeders guarantee a puppy will be disease-free. They carefully select compatible males and females to parent the litter. Most breeders allow females to have their puppies in the home. They accustom puppies to the sounds and smells of an active family. They also spend time with puppies everyday handling them and checking them for problems. They know which puppies are dominant, which puppies are submissive. They have puppies inoculated and de-wormed when appropriate. Responsible breeders answers buyer's questions, keep puppies they cannot place and take back any puppy that does not work out. They consider puppies they produce to be responsibility of the life of that puppy, so they follow up frequently to see what's going on. Pet stores: Pet stores usually forget their puppies from a commercial kennel. Some, which are clean and well run and some of them, which are not. If a pet store is your choice, make sure you choose a clean shop and healthy looking puppies. Although pet store owners and staff may give advice, they are normally not equipped to handle training problems. Behavior problems or decisions about whether to breed a particular animal or to spay or neuter it. Animal shelters: If you are patient, you may be able to get a pure breed or a mixed breed dog at one of the public or private shelters for a very reasonable price. Most dogs that leave shelters receive veterinarian check-up including vaccinations and necessary short-term care. Many shelters include a discount certificate for spay, neutering surgery. Some shelters include a microchip to identify every animal. We are now going to talk about puppy selection tips. Our first tip is Puppy Selection Test. This test will be run on the pups from five-six weeks old. Each pup will respond differently. The easiest pup to train will be the one who's not the boldest or the shyest. Stroking for 30 seconds shows the pup social behavior. Some get up and walk away while others lie there and enjoy it. The ones that roll over and growl are not the ones you want. Restraining : By holding him or her down you will know how much the dog will take from humans. Some pups will fight hard and struggle, others will just lie there. We want a pup with little bit of fight. Irritating: The pup by holding him off the ground will show how he will accept your dominance in a training situation. Some pups snarl and fight and bite. A little struggle is good, but not too much. Tip number 2: When should a puppy leave its mother? Animal behaviors say you should always keep the puppies with the mother and siblings until they are seven-weeks-old. Until then they are still learning from the interaction with their mother and siblings. This will give the puppy more confidence when encountering new experiences. Tip number 3: Best family dogs: The ones that are good for children are the American Water Spaniel, the English Setter , the Labrador Retriever, the Basset Hound , the Foxhound , the Old English Sheep Dog, the Beagle, the Golden Retriever, the Pointer, the Boxer, the Great Dane, the Poodle , the Britney Spaniel, the Irish Water Spaniel, the Springer Spaniel and the Coonhound. No Bulldog, oh come on not there! Let's have a look. The dogs that are not good for children; puppies, not good for children. Cocker spaniel, Husky,Pekingese, American Toy, Fox Terrier, Italian Greyhound, Pomeranian, Japanese Spaniel, Saymoyed, Chilhuahua, Kerry Blue Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Malemute, Spitz, Dachshund, Maltese Terrier, Toy Manchester, Doberman Pinscher, Mexican Hairless and Wire-haired Fox Terrier, German Shepherd, Miniature Pinscher, and Yorkshire Terrier. I don't see British Bull Dog listed anywhere. Anyway, let's continue. We will also have some dog book recommendation listed to your right in the more information window. But we really like to point out that we recommend that you watch the Dog Whisperer with Caesar Millan, my favorite show!