PUPPY TIPS:
The first few days of your puppy's life at home are centered around socializing, kenneling, and potty training. You will continue to ease your puppy into your absences with "home alone training", so she will adapt to your work schedule quickly. Then you are ready to add tethering.
Puppy Emergency Numbers
Make a list of the following numbers and put it on your refrigerator or in another easily accessed place:
Veterinarian
Emergency Animal Clinic
Poison Control Center
Kennel Do's and Dont's:
Never keep a puppy in a kennel if he is distressed. If the puppy whines, paces, paws, or drools for more than 20 minutes and will not settle down, it is necessary to call a professional trainer.
In the meantime, put your puppy behind a baby gate in the bathroom or kitchen.
Better yet, put the puppy in your bedroom in an exercise pen with an open kennel inside it. The extra room provided by the exercise pen often reduces the puppy's stress.
Victoria Schade (Puppies)
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