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Puppy Care Congratulations on the impending arrival of your new puppy! HomecomingIt is important that you give your puppy time to become acclimated to its new environment AND to prepare your environment for your new puppy. There is no need to walk on eggshells, but when your puppy arrives, give him/her some time to explore and bond with you and your family prior to inviting lots of visitors to come see the puppy. Changing homes and leaving its littermates can be stressful on a new puppy, so give him/her time to adjust to new sights, sounds, and smells, as well as time changes, new people, different water supply, etc. You also will want to “puppy proof” your home prior to his/her arrival. Puppies LOVE to chew! Whatever they can reach is fair game! Ensure that all medicines are off tables or countertops and stored safely in a drawer or medicine cabinet. You do not want to be making a trip to the emergency clinic in the middle of the night! Also, there are several foods that are harmful/toxic to puppies/dogs that you will also want to keep safely stored out of their reach. For a list of these foods and an explanation of each, visit the ASPCA website here: also have a 24 hour hotline you can call if you think your puppy may have ingested something toxic (888-426-4435), however they may charge a fee. Alternatively, you can contact your local veterinarian or emergency veterinary clinic for advice. Other household items that can be dangerous to your puppy are balloons, rubber gloves, electrical cords, household cleaners, antifreeze, de-icer, insecticides, rodenticides, plants, fertilizer, batteries, etc. Anything you think may harm your puppy or anything you don’t want your puppy to harm should be stored up high or safely in a drawer or cabinet.Your puppy will come with its own collar and leash. We know everyone loves to go and buy their new puppy a harness or collar, but have found more often than not, the collar or harness you bring with you to pick your puppy up does not fit! Wait until you get your puppy, then go shopping if you would like a different collar or leash (we will gladly take back used or outgrown apparel)! For other things you may need, there are some items listed below. We also have a page on our website called “Puppy Store” (you must view in “classic view” rather mobile in order to see this page) that has direct links to many items!FeedingWe feed TLC Pet Food to all of our dogs and puppies. We highly recommend this pet food because of its high quality ingredients. It is corn and soy free and contains all natural sources for ingredients including three protein sources, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and more. It is rated 4 ? stars out of 5 by (very few foods receive 5 stars!). You can see the attached brochure from TLC for more details. TLC Pet Food is only available online but shipping is free with their convenient Autoship program. Please order some TLC puppy food via the link on our “Puppy Store” several days prior to picking up your puppy (delivery is normally only 48 hours from order placement). This will help to ease the transition to your home and will help to prevent tummy upset from abruptly changing foods. If you do choose to use a different food, use this food that your puppy is accustomed to at first; then gradually change his/her diet to their new diet over the next few days to a week. Use more of the food provided, mixed with a small amount of the food you intend to use. Gradually move to a fifty:fifty mix, finally to more of your new food and less of the food provided until your puppy is totally on his new diet. This will help to prevent tummy upset. Do not feed the puppy one large meal upon arrival, it is better to feed it a few small meals a day at first in order to give its tummy time to adjust. If you do not choose to use TLC, we recommend feeding your puppy one of the premium brands of commercial dry foods like Acana, Origen, Merrick, Taste of The Wild, Loyall Life, Royal Canin, Canidae, Innova, Eagle Pack, or Wellness. This is not an exhaustive list. The goal is to feed a quality puppy food for the first two years (yes, your puppy does not completely finish growing until two years of age!), then switch your puppy to a high quality All-Life Stages, or adult maintenance food.Do NOT feed grocery store brands as they can be low in nutrients and high in fat (feeding grocery store-type brands will cause our Health Guarantee to be voided). Do NOT feed table scraps! Although often tempting, most table scraps are not healthy for your dog! A dog that is overweight is more prone to developing hip problems, etc. Also, if you start feeding your puppy table scraps while you are eating, you will soon have a dog who begs and tries to steal your food!How much and how often should you feed your puppy? Puppies up to six months of age should be fed three meals per day. Afterwards, you may feed twice per day. There are several ways to determine the amount to feed your dog: one is per the instructions on your bag of food. Another is to feed free-choice (as much as they want). During the house training phase, you will want to put their food out three times per day for about an hour, and then pick it up. You will also want to make sure you take up both their food and water a couple of hours before bedtime to help prevent overnight crate accidents or dreaded middle-of-the-night potty breaks! After they are house trained, you can leave their food out all of the time. We personally use this free-choice method. We believe that using a high quality food (without added fats, fillers, or low quality ingredients), along with a constantly full bowl helps to prevent three things: a dog who gobbles down his food too quickly (because they are worried when they will see their next meal) causing possible choking or bloating problems), an overweight dog (food is not so “special”, thus they graze or nibble at their food, rather than overeat), and finally, a food aggressive dog towards other dogs or even people, especially small children. SupplementsWe highly recommend NuVet Plus wafers or powder (sprinkled on top of food) and NuJoint Plus supplements for your dog from puppy stage to throughout his life. We have been using these supplements on my older dogs, Mom's and puppies and have personally witnessed miraculous results! These supplements help build your dog's immune system and by keeping your dog's immune system at peak performance, their bodies are better equipped to prevent ailments and diseases. As an added bonus, they love them as treats! We will send you more information on NuVet products in a separate attached document. If you want to go ahead and order now, so you already have your supplements on-hand before your puppy arrives, you can order via our Puppy Store on the website, visit or call 1-800-474-7044, order code: 30421, 8-5 Pacific Time. Dogs LOVE NuVet supplements They are our dogs favorite treat of the day! We use them to train our dogs to go into their crates at night by saying, “Go to your room!” They all rush into their crates to get their NuVet wafer treat.Toys and TreatsPuppies love balls and squeaky toys! Stock up! We like Kong toys and Kong tennis balls because they come in different sizes and they also squeak! We prefer stuffed animal squeaky toys over the rubber ones. They can easily chew up the rubber ones! Frozen Kong toys with Kong paste or peanut butter placed inside the Kong will help with teething and give them hours of entertainment. Frozen Nylabones are also good for teething pups. Another simple and favorite toy is an old sock with a knot tied in the center. You can also wet and then freeze this sock and it then becomes a teething toy! Dogs also LOVE empty water bottles and milk jugs (without the lids)! They will play with them for hours! You can make them even more enticing by adding a few pieces of kibble or treats inside and watch them try to figure out how to get them out. Please remove the water bottle or milk jug from your puppy as it begins to deteriorate so that they don't swallow bits of plastic!Bully sticks, real beef bones, and deer or elk antlers (if at first they are not interested in them, try soaking them overnight) are fabulous for your dog's enjoyment and entertainment. Natural chicken jerky is also great, but does not last as long as bones or antlers or bones. DO NOT give your dog rawhide strips! They are not easily digestible and are not good for your dog. Pig ears are a good alternative to rawhide.For training purposes, we like to use small, soft training treats. You can break them into tiny tidbits for training and keep them in a training bag strapped to your waist. The key to a good training treat is what we call a “high value treat.” High value does not be necessarily mean expensive, or even nutritious. It means something your dog goes crazy for! You may have to experiment with different treats to find what works best for your puppy. Some dogs respond very well to just a piece of their kibble, while others may need a tidbit of cheese, cooked chicken or beef! Just remember, treats are not meal replacements. Don’t give them too many, and give them just a tiny bit, enough to motivate them!Sleeping ArrangementsWhen you return home with your new puppy we recommend using a wire crate for sleeping and for while you are away. Use a command and a treat to entice your puppy to go into its crate. We use natural chicken jerky strips or a NuVet wafer and say, "Go to your room!” If the puppy cries a lot, place the crate next to your bed in order to provide the puppy comfort for the first few nights. Let the puppy be able to see you, or smell and touch your fingers. Your puppy should stop crying and settle down in about 30 minutes or sooner (before long, he will settle down immediately and go to sleep). If your puppy goes to sleep, then wakes up in the middle of the night crying, DO not ignore this cry! He needs to go potty! Or sometimes he is also thirsty! Take him out, as outlined below, but do not take the time to play with him. Otherwise, he will learn quickly that if he cries, he gets out and gets to play! Nighttime is for sleeping! Praise him for going to potty, offer him a little water if he is thirsty, and put him right back in his crate!Do not put your puppy in an extremely large crate at first. You do not want your puppy to be able to go potty in one end of the crate and sleep in the other. If necessary, partition the crate (we recommend a crate that comes with an adjustable divider), where the puppy has room to sleep, but not wander around. Some people believe that placing your puppy/dog in a crate to sleep, or to stay in while you are away is cruel; however, once your puppy becomes accustomed to it, they LOVE their crate! If you leave the door open, they will go to it on their own to sleep. It's their special place: their "den" or "cave". Placing a light sheet over most of the crate makes it dark and even more inviting to your puppy, as long as the covering does not make the crate too hot inside. Please place your puppy in its crate while you are away. This is not only for the safety of your home and furnishings (puppies will chew on anything they can find when they are bored (furniture, baseboards, trash, you name it!), it is also for the safety of your dog. I had a friend who owned a service dog, whom she did not crate while she was away. One day, he chewed on a DVD and the shards punctured his intestines and he died!Remember: Whatever you let a puppy do, the adult dog will want to do as well. For example, if you allow your puppy to sleep in the bed with you to comfort it, he/she will become accustomed to this and will expect to do the same as an adult. This goes for couches, etc. Always keep in mind how you would like your adult dog’s habits to be and treat the puppy accordingly. If you don't want your dog to beg for food while you are eating, do not give him people food!Potty TrainingTake your puppy out immediately when he/she wakes up. Do not get excited or talk "sweet talk" to your puppy when you take it out of its crate. It is actually best not to say a word. Talking will get your puppy excited and he/she will lose control of their bladder and piddle in its crate or on the floor. Make sure that the first time your puppy goes potty that you carry it directly to the spot where you would like it to go on a regular basis. Do not play with your puppy while it is looking for a place to go. Give a command such as ”Go potty” or “Go to the bathroom”. We prefer to use two separate commands, "Go Pee Pee" and "Go Poops." Be prepared to spend some time as it may take a few minutes before he or she decides to go. Some puppies will pee and or poop a few times during one outing (especially first thing in the morning), so give him plenty of time and be patient! You will most likely need to walk slowly around in order to get your puppy moving until it starts sniffing for a spot to go potty. When your puppy does go, give praise that matches the command. (i.e. for the command ”Go potty” the praise would be “Good potty!”). The praise should be in a high-pitched excited tone. My dogs will do their respective business by each command. Now is also the time that you can excitedly say, "Good Morning!", etc. Remember: A puppy has to go potty about every 1 to 2 hours during the day (by 8 weeks, they should be able to sleep through the night for about 6-7 hours). If your puppy has eaten, they will need to go out in about 20-30 minutes and also immediately if he has just woken up from a nap. Their bladders are not very strong, so initially frequent trips are necessary. As he ages, he will be able to hold his bladder for longer and longer periods of time. If he/she is pacing or walking around in circles and sniffing, these are signs that they need to go potty. You are bound to have accidents in the house but don’t panic. Attempt to catch the puppy while or just prior to voiding, interrupt them, give a firm “No”, then carry him/her to the designated potty area. Again, when they do successfully void in the designated potty area, give them lots of praise in an excited voice (ie. “Good potty!” or whatever word you choose) If you are diligent, you will have your puppy potty trained in a very short time. There are many great YouTube videos on housebreaking your puppy. Many people use bells hanging from their doorknob to teach their puppy to let them know when they need to go outside. We will also send you a sample schedule for potty training created by a veterinarian. If you have rugs in your home, we recommend rolling them up and putting them away until your puppy is completely house broken.We also advise you to buy a gallon of Odoban (WalMart, Amazon, Lowes, Home Depot) or Nature’s Miracle (Pet Smart, Amazon). Either of these are fabulous to have and use for accidents in the house (carpets, rugs, hardwoods, any flooring and upholstery), which you are bound to have! They are both disinfectants and odor eliminators, which destroy odors, rather than just mask them.If you and your spouse work full-time during the day, you MUST make arrangements for your puppy to be able to go out to potty and play during the day, preferably more than once. Not only is this too long for your puppy to hold its bladder, it will get bored and be so wildly happy to get out of its crate each evening, that he/she will be harder to control and train. Look at doggy day cares, see if you can take your dog to work with you, dog-walkers, neighbors, etc. Anything that can allow your puppy to potty and play to get some energy out!MedicalPlease make sure that your new puppy is examined by a veterinarian as soon as possible upon receiving the puppy (see the Health Guarantee Section B and/or C for specific guidelines - I will send that in a separate email). Also you will be provided a record of the preventative de-wormings and vaccination your puppy has had to date. Remember that your puppy will not complete his vaccinations until they are about 16 weeks of age so avoid frequent public outings to pet stores, dog parks, etc. (anywhere that other dogs might frequent) with your new puppy. A common vaccination schedule is 8, 11, 14, and 16 weeks of age. Please consult with your veterinarian. Monthly heartworm and flea/tick prevention begins at about 8-10 weeks. When you take him/her to the vet, hold the puppy on your lap as the floors can have numerous bacteria, viruses, etc that they are susceptible to prior to being vaccinated. After the visit to your vet, please be sure to return the health guarantee certificate to Ausm Labradoodles.TrainingThere are several means in which to train your puppy. We highly recommend Teamwork 1 from Although it is written for people with disabilities to obedience train their own dogs, it is easy to follow and we recommend it to all of our customers, disabled or not. Another means are the puppy classes offered at your local pet store. Although they don't always delve deep into training, it is not only a great way to get started, it is also a great place to socialize your puppy with other dogs. Socialization at a young age helps to prevent fear or aggression towards other dogs in the future. Also, you can Google local trainers or group training classes in your area. Remember, your dog cannot train itself. Either you must train it, or you must get help. A well-trained dog is a joy to be around. A dog who has had no training is a challenge for everyone!Please you and each member of your family watch all of the videos at . Understanding how your puppy might feel and how to correctly interact with it is crucial.We will send you some additional documents on training that you may find helpful. We hope you enjoy the new Australian Labradoodle addition to your family, your puppy will provide you with years of love and enjoyment! Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns at all about your puppy.Jennifer and Matthew CorreganAusm Labradoodles650 Lane Mill RoadBennett, NC 27208(919) 478-6129info@I have read this Puppy Care document and understand that I must follow Ausm Labradoodles recommended food for my puppy and keep my puppy up to date on vaccinations heartworm, and flea/tick preventative or the Health Guarantee will not be honored by Ausm Labradoodles. Each member of my family has watched _______________________________________________________BuyerDate_______________________________________________________SellerDate ................
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