& Miniature Australian Shepherds
We have all been through it. You bring your new puppy home and it cries all night in the crate. Here are some tips to help Make your first few weeks run more smoothly.
1. We send all of our puppies home with a blanket, stick that in the crate with them. This has the smell of our home and helps him feel like he is in a familiar place.
2. Make some Puppy Popsicles.(see recipes on this page). Give them one when they go in the crate as a treat.
3. Leave a TV or Radio on in the area your puppies crate is in while they are in the crate. if they hear voices they won't feel abandond and scared.
4. Feed you puppy their food in the crate. When they go in say "IN" and close the door. When they are finished take them out side to do their business. This teaches your puppy that the crate is a safe good place to be and we all want to be in a safe good place!
5.Your puppy's crate is always set up in a main family gathering area. ie: Kitchen, Living Room etc. Never EVER put a crate in the bacement. A puppy is not an out of sight out of mind item. This seriously could detrimentally affect your puppy!!!!!
6.My phone # 705-424-2423
Keep an eye on your puppies teeth. Make sure their baby teeth are falling out. To Help them loose them rope chews and bones are excellent. Sometime with the rope chew I soak them in a broth or clear soup and freeze them. If teeth are having trouble falling out, as with children puppies need a tooth a two removed by a vet.
We start of with the puppy loos in the main living area, and all exits blocked. The puppy is always suppervise and if you can supervise the puppy it goes in its crate with a treat or favorite toy.
Now you put down a layer of newspaper or puppy training pads next to the nearest exit he will have to useing to go out side. At the door we hang X-mas bell. When you see your puppy circling to go potty on the paper or pad say good puppy and pick them up before they go. Ring the bell as you say over andover "Do you want to go out side?" and "good puppy!"
Take them out side immediately and to the spot you with them to always go. Dogs are creatures of habbit and Mini Aussie's are not exception.
For Practice Sit by the door and say very excitedly "do you want to go out side?" Ring the bell and send them out. Do this through out the day, randomly over and over and over. Soon you will have a dog who rings a bell to tell you to let them out! WOW!
Puppy pops can be made out of about anything that can be frozen that your dog can eat.
1 individual yogert
Freeze it and serve.
Low sodium Broth
Pour into anything from ice cube trays to food bowls. Freeze and serve
Other ingredients to add if you wish,
Carrots, pumpkin, kibble, raw meat (chicken, beef, fish, deer etc.) This make a wonderful treat on hot summer days. Bedtime snack and so on.
(you can add meds to these mixture as a means of administering)
Kongs are wonderful chew toys for puppies and dogs of all ages. I put Sugar free Peanut Butter or Cheeze wiz in our dogs and then I freeze them. Make the puppies work longer to get their prize!
Yep thats right paint rollers. We get dollar store paint rollers as toys. They are easy to through and they can chew the heck out of them because they are cheap. Puppies like them because they help them loose their baby teeth.
6541 County Rd 21
Alliston, Ontario, Canada
L9R1V2
(705) 424-2423
info@hhcminiaussies.com
