Shopping For Your Puppy

Suggested shopping list to include toys.

We prefer pedigree puppy actually although any good puppy food should be fine we use pedigree as one of the brands that can be found anywhere. noting purina has changed in recent years and empirical evidence shows the degradation of their foods.  Watching several sets of siblings grow over a year on pedigree vs purina has caused us to change our minds on purina products. There are a lot of regional good foods – Bil-jac being one. Basically avoid cost cutters grease balls for dogs…Also recommending cooked chicken livers with meals for a while also = so many good nutrients and fats.

Toys. bottled water for neutral transition from our farm water to you water. Rabbit water bottle in leu of bowls for crate as they learn to drink form one here - avoids playing in the water bowl in their crate. Crate should be a wire suitcase model. The suitcase model folds flat in 30 seconds and can be carried much like a ‘suitcase’, there are many good brands. Plastic crates can absorb odors and offer little ventilation or visibility for pup as well as an excited pup could over heat in one during warm weather. Soft toys such as stuffed toys - fleecy and latex toys are both good. Doggie bones and treats. A product such as nature’s miracle for cleanup.

Toys. Plain old table salt is excellent for soaking up faux paux's on the carpet as it is so hydroscopic it dries the wetness up completely leaving no odor nor stain. Slicker brush with the soft tines. Toenail trimmer. More toys. Crock style or non-tipping food and water bowls. Ceramic crock or stainless steel preferred. Baby gate - the wood slat type is less climbable than the mesh. Puppy pee pads. An ‘exercise’ pen can be useful for more freedom than the crate without having run of the house yet – heights vary so consider the size you pup will be at 3 to 4 months while still in training.  

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