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Feeding & Caring
Preparing for your new Fur Baby!!!
Your puppy's best protection against a
small health problem developing into a life threatening situation is you, the
puppy owner. Your intimate knowledge of your puppy's body, vital signs, eating,
drinking and bathroom habits all make you the very first line of defense against
potential problems. Pets &
Vets Organic Health Supplement is a must for your new baby and their health
and well being.
Go straight home. Do not take the puppy to visit friends, relatives or neighbors en route. Do not allow visitors to the house for several days. Lock away all other household pets, particularly adult dogs. The puppy will be going through a traumatic experience. Keep the confusion and distraction to a minimum. The first few days are crucial to a puppy's emotional stability and can have a strong bearing on how it behaves in your family. Puppy-proof your entire home before you pick up the puppy. It only takes a brief moment for tragedy to strike. Do not place your puppy up on a sofa, bed, or chair. Dislocated or broken bones may result from even very low falls to the floor.
Bring the puppy into the house and place it in a semi-darkened and quiet room. Stay with the puppy. One or two people are plenty. Allow the puppy to roam and explore its new surroundings. Show it its food and water dishes, allowing it to drink as much as it wants. Kids will want to play and lavish attention on the puppy. They should be discouraged from doing so during the initial hours. There will be plenty of days and years of that ahead. Explain to them the frightened state of the puppy and the need to maintain a quiet and peaceful environment at first. Continually reassure the puppy but do not "overdo it". The puppy may or may not go to the bathroom soon after its arrival. Each puppy will be different but it is something to be aware of. A small radio turned low will help the puppy feel comforted when it is left alone. If your puppy cries when left alone, do not respond to him unless it is an obvious emergency. Cries for attention should be ignored. It will only encourage him to cry when he wants attention and this is an awfully hard habit to break.
I give my fur-babies 1/2 cup of Science Diet Puppy Formula dry food in the morning. In their food I mix Pets & Vets Organic Health Supplement. About 5:00 PM I give them another 1/2 cup of food. As a treat I give them yogurt their favorite flavors are Vanilla and Strawberry and Canned food as a treat. The Pets & Vets is very important this gives my fur-babies extra vitamins, also helps them digest their food better, preventing diarrhea. When digesting the supplement it helps their stomach breakdown the food more, then they gets more nutrients. If my fur-babies gets more nutrients they don’t eat as much because they are getting everything they need out of the recommended serving size. The benefits of this also is it makes their poops smaller and hardly smell. It deworms them and removes parasites naturally instead of you paying a Vet to give them medicine antibiotics. Fur-Babies must have access to water at all times.
Problems
- Diarrhea - generally caused by environmental change (normally water or food supplies). Ensure that the puppy is on the "home" supply Science Diet & Pets and Vets Organic Health Supplement. High levels of stress also may induce an upset stomach. If it persists past two days, see your veterinarian immediately.
- Coughs - the puppy is susceptible to coughs because of changes in its environment. The changes cause stress which in turn, lowers your puppy's resistance to colds. Watch for sneezing, runny eyes and/or a runny nose. Upper respiratory infections are one of the most common ailments seen in puppies. This often cannot be avoided (it is similar to children all sharing colds at school). This is a matter of severity. If there is evidence of a little bit of a cold, this is common. If there is enough sneezing and green discharge to make you uncomfortable see your veterinarian.
- Worms - your puppy has been wormed several times already. Repeat dewormings are a must, in order to kill any remaining or newly introduced live worms. Remember, you cannot kill the eggs, only the hatched live worm. This is why you must continue the dewormings. The puppy was started on the deworming process at 6 weeks of age. Pets and Vets is a natural dewormer and parasite remover.
- Parasites – Roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, Giardia, tapeworms, and coccidia are common intestinal parasites in dogs and puppies. Understanding the life cycles of these and other parasites of the digestive system will help in providing the correct treatment and prevention. Puppies can become infected with hookworms and roundworms while they are still in the mother's uterus. The larvae (immature forms) of the worms migrate through the mother's uterus and into the developing fetus. Puppies can also be infected with roundworms and hookworms through their mother's milk. Coccidia are small protozoans (one-celled organisms) that multiply in the intestinal tracts of dogs, most commonly in puppies less than six months of age, in adult animals whose immune system is suppressed, or in animals who are stressed in other ways (e.g.; change in ownership, other disease present). A puppy is not born with the coccidia organisms in his intestine. However, once born, the puppy is frequently exposed to his mother's feces, and if the mother is shedding the infective cysts in her feces, then the young animals will likely ingest them and coccidia will develop within their intestines. Since young puppies, usually those less than six months of age, have no immunity to coccidia, the organisms reproduce in great numbers and parasitize the young animal's intestines. Oftentimes, this has severe effects. Most disinfectants do not work well against coccidia; incineration of the feces, and steam cleaning, immersion in boiling water, or a 10% ammonia solution are the best methods to kill coccidia. Coccidia can withstand freezing. Cockroaches and flies can mechanically carry coccidia from one place to another. Mice and other animals can ingest the coccidia and when killed and eaten by a dog, for instance, can infect the dog. The coccidia species of dogs do not infect humans.
This is information just to be aware of, your baby
has not had a case of hypoglycemia, but I rather be on the safe side. Anybody
adopting a baby from me I want them educated and prepared for anything!!!
Hypoglycemia is a disorder of the Central Nervous System caused by drop in Blood
Sugar. It occurs mostly in toy breeds, but it can also occur in other sizes as
well. Hypoglycemia can occur without warning when:
----A pup goes to a new home or is separated from littermates
----Undergoes a stress--like travel or flying
----Misses a meal or does not eat full meals, also if he/she doesn't get enough
protein
----Becomes chilled
----Is overtired/exhausted from too much play/handling--Just like your child, if
they don't eat, no playing!
Signs to look for are as follows: depression, weakness, being wobbly or jerky,
and the head appears to be tilted to either the left or right. More severe
signs are: neck appears stiff or in a locked position (body may appear the same
way), teeth may be clamped tightly, convulsion, seizures, or come--all of these
will result in death within a short period of time if not treated. If you pup is
this severe, head to a vet immediately after doing "treatment", shown below.
*****TREATMENT*****
The blood levels of glucose MUST be restored immediately! DO NOT HESITATE,
don't wait to assume he/she will feel better later, or he will eat more later,
HIS/HER LIFE IS AT STAKE. If your puppy is conscious, rub some honey/syrup onto
it's gums and tongue. (do not put excessive amounts into it's mouth, because it
is not coordinated enough to swallow correctly and will aspirate it into the
lungs, which could kill it for sure) The pup should begin to improve within
about 10 minutes. At this point, give 3cc honey, just a tiny bit at a time and
wait for the pup to swallow before adding more. If the dog showed severe
symptoms before administering, head immediately to the vet. (or if the dog does
not improve)> The vet may need to start an IV drip.
*****PREVENTION*****
Have food and water available 24 hours a day. The best place for your puppy is
in a confined area where he/she does not have to travel far to reach its'
bowls. Little ones often get discouraged during cold days or nights to go long
distances to eat/drink because they want to stay in their warm beds. The best
bed we have found is a child's playpen. They can have a warm bed on one end, and
their wee-wee pad and food/water on the other end. MAKE SURE YOU WATCH YOUR
PUPPY EAT 3 MEALS A DAY--Don't put it down and assume he/she will eat. Give
your pup 10 minutes to eat, if he eats nothing, you will need to syringe feed
4--8 cc of Gerber baby food (amount depends on size of pup). You may also add 1
tbsp of honey in his/her water--change every 24 hours.
As the pup gets older and used to its surroundings, constant care will not be
required.
You will be given the names of the foods you need for your puppies diet before
she/he is shipped or picked up.
Here are some of our favorites for meals (3 a day)
---always leave down a bowl of Science Diet puppy--dry food, can be found at
Petsmart or Petco
---yogurt this is regular yogurt found at your grocery store the live cultures
are very good for your baby
The following items is if your baby won’t eat the above listed food.
---Gerber baby food (human baby food) stage 1--chicken and
chicken gravy--this is what we syringe feed if the pup decides he wants to be
picky and not eat. (NO skipped meals allowed for the tinies!)
---deli turkey--cut into very small pieces
Do's and Don’ts
- Do not expose your puppy to "outside" animals until its immunity is fully up and running (at about 16 weeks).
- Don't bathe him until he is four or five months old, unless he is entirely filthy. Puppy's skin is very sensitive and dries out quite easily.
- Do not pick the puppy up by the scruff of the neck.
- Do not allow children to roughhouse or maul the puppy. You wouldn't let the neighborhood kids do so with your ten-week old baby. Puppies aren't any different.
- Do get Pets and Vets Organic Health Supplement for your puppies food.
- Do continue his vaccinations and heartworm medicine.
- Do not forget to get rabies shots as required by law. (If not received it yet under 12 weeks of age)
- Don't let the puppy near stairs until he has entirely mastered them under strict supervision.
- Do keep the puppy well confined during the first several weeks home. A puppy that gets loose may wander away and forget, or not know, where home is.
- Do housebreak and train your dog with kindness and attention to detail.
- Do give your puppy all the love and attention you can possibly spare. He is going to need it and will return it to you, with interest.
- Do get an oatmeal based shampoo (This will not dry out your puppies skin)
Pets and Vets Organic Health Supplement:
100% Organic
Pets & Vets is ALL ORGANIC, multiple enzyme nutrient supplement providing: enzymes, minerals, trace minerals, vitamins, probiotics and fulvic acid electrolyte.
It is a local company here in Utah founded by William R. Jacks PhD. I have found this product to be a must in my dogs diet they are healthier and have a strong immune system. It also deworms and removes parasites from your dog which saves you money from having to go to the Vet.