Give me some GOOD tips for bringing home a new puppy.?
Question by *Sweetheart*: Give me some GOOD tips for bringing home a new puppy.?
I’m getting a new toy Pomeranian puppy tomorrow morning and was wondering if anyone could give me helpful tips aside from the basic google lists. I have two other dogs, and have gone to school to be a Vet Tech, and was a Pet Nutritionist so I know my health and behavior basics. I’m really looking for just puppy tips because I usually adopt adult dogs. So anything about sleeping tips, or potty training, or even introducing them to other dogs would totally get you an easy 10 points!!!
These were pretty helpful so far, thanks guys! My other two are pretty small as well, and only one is semi-dominant, we already know he’s sleeping beside our bed. At the moment he fits in a hand so we’re using a laundry basket not a crate.
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Answer by Monica Snyder
First off, congratulations! I love bringing home puppies for the first time! 
Usually puppies adapt pretty well to other dogs, the only problem would be if your other dogs are way bigger or aggressive. For potty training, the best way for the puppy to learn is to watch your other dogs! No joke! We got a small mixed breed puppy with our quite large Labrador and the way we trained him was letting our older dog show him around! It’s really easy and usually works. haha. If that doesn’t work I would recommend taking him/her to a specific place each time you take them out, and wait for them to go to the bathroom there every time. You could also try puppy pads for indoor training. If just showing them doesn’t work then you could use a spray (found at your local pet store) that will create a smell that the dog will want to go to the bathroom on, and spray it on the spot you want him/her to go. It may take some patience, but it won’t be too hard! For sleeping tips, have them sleep with your other dogs (if they get along) and he/she will be fine! The main reasons puppies have trouble sleeping is because they get lonely, or have to go to the bathroom. Just try to get up and take them out whenever they need to go or there will be accidents! I think that’s about it! I hope you enjoy your new puppy! And I hope this helped you!
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Get a crate and put the puppy in it by your bed. Every time it makes a peep or whines tell it gently to “go to sleep”. Knowing you are right there it will sleep longer than it will if you don’t. It is a pup that is used to sleeping on top, under or next to someone in the litter. It will feel all alone. Leave the door to the crate open during the day in the kitchen with the puppy. Be sure to put it’s toys in the crate so it sees the crate as a pleasant place to spend time in. Be sure the crate is small enough so that all it can do is stand and turn around. That way it won’t be tempted to poop in one end and sleep in the other end
with puppy’s and older dogs never just bring the puppy home because older dogs are dominant and they will act aggressive toward the puppy if you introduce them at your home try a dog park or take them with you.with sleeping never just put it in a separate room in-till its used to the fact of being alone. with potty training buy puppy pads if no doggy door
Well, get:
-Bed
-Leash
-Food
-Dishes
-Toys
And most of all give it some space. You probly want to cuddle your puppy as soon as it comes home, but let it explore your house a little. Also, you may want to keep it in an enclosed area for the first few days so it is not too freaked out. Bring family and friends over so it can get used to them and MOST OF ALL:
SOCIALIZE IT WITH OTHER DOGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AFTER IT HAD SHOTS!!!
remember just because it’s smaller doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be held at the same level as a large dog (like a Rottweiler, Great Dane, or Labradors) growling, jumping on people, biting and other stuff should deemed bad and corrected immediately.
it’s amazing how many people I met that find all that stuff cute because it couldn’t do enough to you.
Young puppies, around 9-12 weeks often develop a mild depression when they are first brought home. If you’re puppy does, make sure they have a warm sleeping place, either next to another creature, or on a heating pad. Put a ticking clock near their bed, and trying to keep the same bedding the previous owners used. The heat source will mimick the warmth of the mother, the ticking clock a beating heart, and the bedding is just added familiarity. these three things usually help the puppy sleep quicker and longer and can help transcend the pup to the new home.
Most new puppy owners claim that their pups stop whining at night after using these tricks. If the dog persists in whining, bring it in your room.
Puppies, especially those of small breeds, have a tendency to break their legs from jumping off things such as the couch, or accidently being stepped on. Make sure that for every peice of furniture she can get on is over a softer flooring like carpet, or make sure to train her not to get on to these surfaces. It is also for this same reasoning that puppies are not advised to sleep on the bed. They can roll off, or you might roll over on them. Either way can have devastating results.
Dog’s don’t tend to have… nice reactions to pups that are recently introduced. You’re current dogs are more likely to assume the pup is an omega, or not as a family member at all, and will likely pick on it, whether it’s small growls as the pup passes, pushing themselves between the pup and the human, stealing the pups food, or actual attacks, it is not acceptable. For the first few days after getting the pup, introduce it to your current dogs slowly. Keep the dogs in a separate room, and for feeding time, put them in crates, and bring the puppy in another crate, before feeding them. Usually, after three days, the dogs will begin associating the puppy with food, and will be more tolerable.
Before begining this, simply keep the puppy in a room separated by a baby-fence only. For about an hour or two a day, let the dogs into the same room. If they get along, you won’t need to resort to the above, but if the dogs show aggression, the crate-feeding might be needed.
Puppies can be exhausting, since they need a lot more training then adult dogs, tend to have more energy, and tend to be a lot more ‘talkative’. While socialization is crucial in their first nine months, you ought to wait at least a week after getting the pup before introducing it to friends, taking for long walks, and introducing more dogs, so it has time to settle down. Puppies tend to get very stressed when owners introduce a lot of new people/dogs almost immediately after moving.
DO NOT USE THE POTTY PADS. They don’t help potty-train a puppy. On the contrary, they re-enforce the idea that it’s alright to pee in the house. It is one of the biggest mistakes new puppy owners do. Another no-no is getting onto the puppy -after- the fact. Dog’s don’t have a large memory, and if you scold them after finding poop, they wont know what act you’re scolding them for. If you shove their nose in the poop, they’ll assume poop is bad, and start doing it in places you don’t normally go, which isn’t always the back yard.
Instead, scold them when they are in the middle of the act, or about to begin it.
When they are caught peeing in the house, shout ‘bad’ or ‘no’ and immediately move them to the outdoors. Don’t let them back in till they’ve gone outside as well.
Also, puppies that sleep in crates are reportedly quicker at picking up potty-training. This is because dogs don’t pee where they sleep. They’ll have to hold it till you’re awake, and can get them outside in time.
Always take them for a short walk in the morning, after noon, and dinner time. Let them out in the yard for 10-30 minutes between walks.
Puppies do have a tendency to chew up things a lot. Especially the walls, and getting chew toys doesn’t always solve the problem. There are bitter-tasting sprays that are safe for dogs that you should invest in if the pup’s chewing get’s out of hand. Simply spray it on the objects they chew on a lot. Also, individual dogs are different. Some don’t like chew toys. I had a dog who wouldn’t play with any toy, but thought raw potatoes where the best thing since sliced bread. So if they ignore the chew toys and continue chewing other things, try seeing if there’s a specific texture Pooch is chewing, and if so, try to get toys that have the same sort of texture.