New Puppy Tips

What Supplies You will Need for your new puppy:

Dear Responsible New Puppy Owner,

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Thank you,

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FOOD:

We feed Royal Canin Golden Retriever Adult and Puppy food here- It is

recommended to stay on the same food that we are feeding for less chance of

stomach issues. This food is available in many stores in almost every area as well

as Chewy.com It is not inexpensive but neither was your dog so for the best

health and nutrition use a proven trusted brand, use Royal Canin. And yes

supplementing with vitamins helps the changing weather conditions that we see

in the east coast area…

We suggest that you start feeding 3X a day, feed in the am, mid-day and pm. See

the label of the bag of Royal Canin for the quantity of food to feed and check this

regularly as you will need to increase the amount of food as your puppy grows.

Leave food down for 15 minutes if it is not all eaten in 15 minutes pull it up and

wait for next feeding, this will get puppy used to your feeding schedule.

Between meals: Use treats for good behavior, potty outside, basic training as well,

treats between meals will not hurt a young puppy, they are growing!

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CRATE & HOUSING:

We highly recommend crate training; it makes life a LOT easier!!! The Midwest

brand crate is one with a divider for growth, dogs are den animals and they see it

as a ”den” or a safe place to sleep.

The crate is a great way to potty train, during potty training keep the dogs area

of the crate just big enough to turn around, giving too much area will encourage

potty inside crate and dogs don’t like to lay in excretions so they will learn to

hold it while in the crate!

F1 Goldendoodles 45-65# the crate size should be 36”L X 24”W X 27”H

Goldens the crate should be 42”L X 28”W X 31”H

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Best way to avoid crate potty accidents:

Puppy should be offered the “bathroom” at least once and hour while out of

crate and awake, at 8-9 weeks old puppy has a very small bladder and not as

much muscle control in the bladder and urethra so it is important to offer

bathroom frequently to prevent accidents. Prevention is key to learning!

Use the same door for potty every time! Consistency is key to remembering

where to go!

Take puppy out right before he/she goes into crate at night or when you leave

him/her. Remove food and water at least 2 hours before puppy is going to be put

to bed.

The first couple of nights you might want to get up mid-way through the night

and take puppy outside. If puppy whines in the crate this is not indicative of the

need to relieve him/herself this is most likely a whine because he/she is alone in

the crate. So if whining occurs try to wait until the whining ceases before taking

puppy out of the crate to potty unless you are 100% sure that puppy has to go

potty. If you take puppy out of the crate when he/she whines or barks it is only

going to signal to puppy that he/she can whine to get you to let him/her out of

the crate ☺

Crates should be placed in a central location, NOT your bedroom, kitchen, living

room or anywhere close to the door puppy goes out to use the potty.

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GROOMING:

We recommend you use NuVet brand shampoos,

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oatmeal is a good one for puppy coats as they tend to require more frequent

bathing and it will keep the skin from drying out. Brush daily and handle feet and

body daily when they are young, this helps maintain the stimulative development

we have begun here.

For brushing Use a wire pin brush, use nail trimmers and trim their nails biweekly,

but still handle the paws daily so they continue to feel safe with examinations and

trimmings. You can fully groom or just trim F1 pups every 3-6 months, the first

cut is typically around 6 months of age.

Brush:

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Dog ATTIRE:

COLLAR:

Neck size is approx. 6-12” at 8-10 weeks of age, we recommend you get an

adjustable collar flat buckle style. Do NOT use retractable leashes they are not

safe!

Leash:

No Retractable leashes!!!!!! Leashes should be 4’ long, for training later you may

want to add a long leash for recall.

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Safety & health precautions:

If you pick your dog up from us at the ripe age of 8-9 weeks of age, they have

not been fully vaccinated so be careful to avoid dog parks, pick up puppy and

carry through the vet office, avoid pet stores that allow dogs to enter or have

dogs for sale, diseases can stay on surfaces for years if not sanitized properly.

Puppy should be fully vaccinated by 4 months of age which is when those visiting

locations are acceptable, they can walk into the vet office at 4 months of age and

they are protected from deadly diseases. *Professionally speaking regarding

behavior, I still suggest avoiding dog parks…

Avoid stuffed toys that they can chew up and swallow, potentially choking on,

when they are older and if they don’t chew them up then go for it, but they are

babies now and everything needs to be baby proof!

Toys and Treats:

Use Nylabones and similar products, Kongs and balls that are not too small for

them to swallow but not tennis balls that they can and will chew to shreds. Avoid

rawhides they also can be dangerous.

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Puppy Proofing:

Puppies are capable of getting into everything so puppy proof the house before

the baby comes home, set up an area where puppy can be semi attended to

which will be an area that has no wires, no garbage cans, no kid toys (they will

chew them up). When puppy is able to be in an area where they can socialize

with the family and be watched just make sure puppy is being attended to so

that they don’t get into everything… When you can’t have eyes on puppy put

puppy in the safe place or in their crate.

PARASITES:

Parasites such as Coccidia and Giardia will appear periodically, they are in

everything and everywhere. Be sure to deworm your puppy with your vet and

have regular fecal samples sent in and tested for. Giardia will present as

symptoms of deadly disease but as long as you keep up on the deworming

treatments your puppy will be fine and it is NOT a disease, it is a parasite that is

ubiquitous in nature. We test all litters prior to leaving here for deadly diseases

and we vaccinate regularly to prevent any diseases.

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TRAINING:

Sit:

The sit is accomplished by having a treat in your hand, sit on the floor

with puppy and let puppy sniff the treat while raising it up above

puppy’s head, this will make puppy fall into a sit position, say the word

sit after he/she accomplishes the sit and then give the treat, timing is

essential so try to treat as quickly as you can. Do 5-6 of these in a row

and by the 4th one puppy will most likely sit on command. Now the

problem will arise when puppy is being trained in another room or

outside vs inside so start all over from the first step because puppy

has to learn it from scratch in a new area of the house, this is called

generalizing.

Come:

Calling puppy to come to you is the single most important command

you can ever teach, gather up some treats and distribute them to your

family members and sit down in a circle with puppy in the middle and

start calling one by one to come, give treat right after puppy comes to

you, this will be a game make sure puppy only gets treat when he/she

is called to come and actually comes to you. Now start to generalize

this into different rooms and outside, on leash, off leash.

Once and a while grab puppy’s collar after calling to come and then

release it, this will be a great tool in the event of puppy escaping

because he/she will be familiar with you grabbing his/her collar and

then releasing it and won’t think that he/she is getting taken away

from the fun.

Down or off?

When puppy jumps what do you say? If you are going to use the word

down for laydown then do not use down for jumping, use “off”.

Down:

On a tile or linoleum floor gather some treats and make sure puppy

has mastered the sit command (85% compliance is fine). Without

saying sit (or down) lure puppy with the treat into the sit position then

hold the treat directly between the chest area and allow the puppy’s

nose to follow the treat to the floor, once the elbows have touched the

ground say “down” this is a down (make sure the butt did not go up as

the down requires the entire body to be flat on the ground).

Misc Tips:

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Try not to mix up too many commands at the same time, for instance

train the sit then later on or the next day work on the down this way

puppy doesn’t get confused between the commands.

Consistence is KEY! Timing is KEY! Make sure everyone in the home is

using the same words, with young children having mom or dad assist

and guide the puppy in the training session and allowing the kids to

help out by praising and treating when it is appropriate.

Dogs learn best from food reinforcement so use the treats!

Potty:

Potty should occur as soon as puppy wakes up in the am, any time

after a nap after eating, after excessive play and after drinking water.

Puppy is going to have to go potty about every half hour when puppy

is outside of crate, right now at between 8-9 weeks’ puppy can hold it

at night for 4-6 hours, in the next few weeks’ puppy will be able to

hold it longer and longer at night.

The best way to reinforce potty outside is to give a bland but good

treat immediately after he/she goes outside. Don’t wait to treat after

puppy comes inside because then you are only reinforcing the puppy

coming in the house not the potty.

What to do when puppy has a potty accident in the house?

DO NOT rub puppy’s face in it, that DOES NOT WORK! If you catch

puppy in the act, make a loud noise and take puppy out STAT!

Sometimes picking puppy up with a towel will help prevent the pee

from dribbling out all over your floor ☺

If you see a potty accident after it has already been done do NOTHING

except clean it up, once the deed has been done it is too late to

reprimand, and note that you must have not been paying enough

attention to puppy and he/she was out of your sight long enough to

oops inside. Cleaning with Natures Miracle or Vinegar and water can

help keep them from going there again by cutting the odor of the

pee/poo.

PROBLEM PREVENTION:

Chewing:

Puppy is going to be teething for the first several months, well until

around 5 months when they get their big dog teeth, yes they will lose

their baby teeth just like kids do ☺ So if you notice blood on toys and

such do not worry it is probably from their baby teeth, they may also

swallow some that’s no big deal they break down in their gut!

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Some great things to do are to take a wet wash cloth ring it out and

freeze it, when frozen give it to puppy to chew on, this will soothe the

gums and ease the chewing. Use Nylabones, Kongs, anything that can

be durable enough to be chewed.

Puppy is going to be exploring things in the house so keep him/her

confined when he/she is out of the crate, attend to him/her constantly

or your furniture could become the next chew toy! They will seem to

gravitate to the furniture, they are babies they are exploring but just

redirect them to a toy that they are allowed to have. Most of those no

chew sprays are a waste of money because some dogs like them, if

you have an item that puppy really likes to chew that is off limits

either remove it from the room or try to put some hot sauce like

Tabasco on it, that may work, not too much or there may be diarrhea

if puppy does actually consume it.

Nipping/mouthing:

This is natural as dogs think of their mouths as we think of our hands,

their mouths grab the toys, fetch the ball where humans use their

hands to grab things. So, puppy needs to be taught how to and how

not to use their mouth on human skin. If puppy puts his or her sharp

little baby teeth on any human’s skin yell “OUCH” loudly. This is

teaching bite inhibition and it is a similar noise that puppy’s littermates

made when puppy would grab them and it hurt.

Then give puppy a chew toy to chew on replace the human skin or

even human clothing with the chew toy.

Chasing:

NEVER chase puppy, make puppy chase you. If you chase puppy then

puppy will start to think that running away from you is a game and in

the case of an emergency puppy will run away rather than come to

you and this could be a dangerous situation. Call puppy to you and

turn away after making eye contact with puppy and he/she will be

encouraged to follow you rather than run away from you.

Children & Puppy:

Children should not be allowed to be alone on floor/ground with puppy

unsupervised.

Children should be taught to reinforce dog with treats for basic

commands, a firm “no” should be used to stop dog from

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nipping/grabbing at hand, clothing and other objects that humans

don't want dog to grab at. If child cannot deliver a firm “no” parent or

other adult needs to use the command for them.

IF a shaker can or a squirt bottle is used for training be sure to not

allow children to use these items as the timing and consistency of

children is erratic.

Adults should sit on the ground with puppy and child and work

together with puppy, if puppy is nipping or grabbing at hands adult

should teach leave/take procedure first for manners. *

*Leave/take is a manners procedure where adult holds treat that is

motivating but not overly salient to puppy in hand and when puppy

approaches adult says “leave” and closes hand with treat in it until

puppy backs away and then once puppy backs away adult says “take”

and gives puppy treat. This will ensure that puppy will understand that

grabbing, nipping, licking, at hand does not give them a reward. This

and other training should be done several times a day but not for a

very long period of time as puppy's attention span is short.

Adults and children together should sit on floor with puppy’s food bowl

and hand feed the food but food should not be given of biting, nipping

is occurring. Teach children to open hand wide with food in palm

where puppy can take it without nibbling hand as well.

Feed treats to puppy while cuddling puppy and touching feet and ears,

have children sit with adults when this is occurring.

Teach children not to pull on, ride, or move too erratically around

puppy and all other dogs as well, children move fast and that can

scare puppy and other dogs, holding hand out with palm up lower than

the dog's muzzle in front of dog is the best way to greet dog rather

than holding hand above the dog's head.

Children who cannot properly command puppy should be allowed to

work commands only with adults and not alone with puppy.

Children should not run from or chase dogs or puppies, if teaching the

"come" command get pups attention by making eye contact and

heading in the opposite direction to allow pup to "follow" you but be

sure to do this with children not allow them to do it without adults.

Remember that if the dog growls it is not necessarily the dog’s fault as

children's behavior can cause undue stress onto the dog. Remember

that despite dogs being a part of our families they are still animals and

have to be respected for their own species-specific traits as well.

It is common for puppies to growl and grab and tug at clothing or toys,

do not encourage this behavior and if puppy does it replace object with

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desirable chew toy such as a nylabone. Growling is not indicative of

aggression; puppies are learning and they learn to growl during play

with littermates and once they enter the home, they need to be taught

that growling is not acceptable so a time out* and/or replacing the

unwanted garment or body part with an object they are allowed to

chew on is a way of teaching them the wanted behavior.

*Time out should be used if puppy is overly excitable or wound up and

becoming frustrating to humans (this is common they are young).

Time out is when you encourage puppy to go into crate or solitary area

with a gentle lure (milk bone, chew toy) and they are closed into that

are to simmer down. Time out should not be used a s a punishment

but merely a time for people to separate themselves from puppy while

puppy is high strung.

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