Making New Puppy's Arrival in Your Home a Highly Successful Adventure

It is so exciting to bring a new puppy into your home. In this article, I will help you make the transition from breeder's home, siblings, dog mom and dad to your home a great success. With a little planning you can make the entire occasion more joyous than anything you ever did before.

Above Photo Courtesy of Puppy Luver Bichon's

Puppies are notorious for curious behavior. They are exactly like little toddlers waddling around your home not understanding what is safe and what is not safe. If a puppy can get something into its mouth, that puppy is in heaven for a few moments in time. This is why it is so important to do a thorough check of your home for puppy proofing before the little rascal arrives. Puppy proofing your home will protect your house, prevent bad habits from forming and most important will keep your little curious puppy "safe." 

Here are some tips for puppy proofing your home:

• Begin to look at  your house like your puppy will look at it by getting on your hands and knees crawling around the place (if possible) looking for things at ground level that could spark curiosity in your new room mate.
• Lock up anything dangerous like cleaning supplies or place them way up high from sticky puppy paws and drooling mouths for something they think would be extra yummy, but actually very dangerous. Life's Abundance offers two great pet and children safe cleaning products, however, you still would not want puppy to drink any of the mixtures. Bio-Base Floor Wash Concentrate makes up to 64 gallons of floor wash you can use safely on tile, hardwood, brick, quarry title and concrete. And best of all, it’s non-toxic, fully biodegradable, has a neutral pH and contains no harmful phosphates. Unlike other serious cleansers, ours emits no noxious odors. The other pet and child friendly cleaner is Bio-Base Biodeodorizer. This product is safe to use on tile, carpet, trash bins, hampers and more, even litter boxes. It is non-toxic with a heavy duty sprayer nozzle and reusable bottle.
• Tie electrical cords out of puppy's reach. Electrical cords to a puppy is like a perfect chew toy.
• Put all your valuables way out of reach of a new puppy. Things like cell phones and little keep sake items cannot be destroyed if you put them in drawers or a high shelf.
• Your shoes and house shoes will seem like perfect chew toys to little Fido. After all, they have your scent on them. The best way to protect these items is just to keep them out of reach of puppy's paws and mouth. There are so many other nutritious chew treats you can have laying around to take their place.
• Use garbage cans with lids on them. Puppies and dogs can smell the food inside and search for it. Oh what fun it is to turn over a garbage can and see exactly what is inside. This is like Disney land to a puppy. Of course, even with a lid on the garbage can, puppies can manage to overturn them. If possible keep all garbage cans out of puppy's reach. I have learned to have little tables to place garbage cans higher than if they were sitting on the floor which makes it tougher for the dogs in my family to overturn them.
• Toilet paper and paper towels are wonderful items for a puppy to tear up and destroy, however, you really don't want to waste your toilet paper and paper towels on Fido. Just think of the mess this is to clean up. You can keep toilet paper and paper towels out of reach. It is not such a big problem to keep your puppy from making your home look like a snow storm just swept through.
• Use baby gates or exercise pens to keep your puppy off limits to certain places. It is absolute best to only allow puppy to investigate the place with you nearby. Otherwise, place puppy in secure enclosures and spaces with only puppy's toys and treats nearby. Remember everything is a play ground to a puppy. You want to keep puppy in it's own personal Disney Land playground and out of your real living space at least until you can trust the puppy to behave.
• Examine your back yard for puppy hazards. Look for holes in the fence. It seems if there is a hole in the fence even you can't see, the puppy will find it as soon as you put him in the back yard. This is a horror story about to happen. Be sure all the holes are covered. Remember puppy napping is on the rise. It is probably best to never leave puppy alone in the back yard.
• Look for toxic plants that your puppy might think is his favorite meal.

Now go shopping! It actually is a lot of fun to go into pet supplies retail outlets, the bigger the better, and some of them you can take your puppy along with you. Place puppy in the cart and do some shopping together. However, you should already have done the basic shopping before puppy arrives. 

Here are some necessities to have in place when puppy enters the door:

• a crate
• plenty of chew toys
• a good supply of treats and nutritious chew treats
• collar and leash 
• harness depending upon your dog breed
• ID tag on puppy's collar
• puppy food
• food and water bowls
• exercise pen and/or baby gates
• chew toys (teething puppies need plenty of chew toys)
• grooming tools
• training treats

Get the paperwork out of the way. You can register your purebred puppies with AKC and your mixed breed puppies with AKC partners program. Mixed breed puppies registered with AKC partners can participate in some of the most popular AKC dog sports like agility or rally and earn certain titles for achievements.

Other points to remember:

• Don't overwhelm your new buddy. He or she most likely will miss its former home and family at the start. Give puppy plenty of time to settle in. Be patient.
• Show your puppy around the place. Show him where to find his crate, food, and water bowls and where he will be using the bathroom. Do not change these areas in early puppy hood. Dogs and puppies like consistency and routine. They can be thrown for a loop if you move their things from place to place. Pick a place and maintain it for all puppy essentials.
• Introduce a new puppy to people gradually. Some puppies become stressed and get sick if too many people handle the puppy when first arriving in a new home. Be sure each introduction and experience is a happy one.
• Start basic puppy training once your puppy settles into new environment and start potty training on day one.

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