5 Essential Tips To Care For Your New Puppy Responsibly

Now that you have seen your new puppy for the first time together with its litter mates and mum, you wish nothing more than cuddling it and spending time playing with this little cutie at home. You take over big responsibility as the new pet parent, so it is time now to arrange overall important basics of new puppy care and lay the foundation of a healthy life.

Taking home your new puppy for the first time and introducing it to your home and family is a moment full of joy and excitement.

It is crucial to let your vet examine your puppy thoroughly. This way you will be able to find out, if your newest addition to your family is healthy and if there is anything that will need medical attention.

You will be advised to give your puppy a special wormer designed for the use in young puppies in regular intervals over the first 12 weeks of age. Your vet will usually start up a basic immunisation course that will require regular updates during its further life.

This is also the best time to start with pet health insurance. Insuring a young and healthy companion animal is a good investment for unexpected health issues that may develop during its life. You will never have to worry about high vet bills in the case of an accident or illness.

Your veterinary clinic will have plenty of information material and promotions available for owners of new puppies and you often get discounted or free insurance coverage for the first month for a newly enrolled puppy.

Important is to know that you need to compare pet insurance companies and policies carefully to find the best pet health plan for your puppy dog. Insurance coverage and premiums are very much tailored to individual needs and circumstances of your pet and you can avoid grief and disappointment by doing your research right: pet insurance cannot be switched as easily as your car- or home insurance!

The integration into your life and household is a shock to this little creature: it has been taken away from its mum, its litter mates and the people it knew and was used to since it was born. And now it is introduced into a totally unknown environment: everything is different, the voices and noises, the smells, food- and water bowls and the bedding. Usually, a puppy feels scared and insecure and does not understand really, why everything has changed all of a sudden.

You can help your new puppy coping with this huge emotional stress and anxiety better, if you continue feeding the diet it was used to at its breeder. Puppies that are challenged with a sudden change of diet will develop very quickly digestive problems and symptoms, such as diarrhoea or vomiting. Give your puppy attention and try to distract it: play time and a new toy is always a good idea; challenge it with simple tasks a young puppy needs to learn, introduce it to the new daily routine and be consistent with what is allowed and what not.

Having these few essentials arranged and in place before your new puppy arrives will give your new pet the very best start into its new life and will ensure health, comfort and well being for a lifetime.

Dr. Ellen Schmidt is a veterinarian focusing on alternative veterinary medicine. If you found these 5 essential new puppy care tips helpful, claim your free monthly e-zine "Pet Health Tip", available at => http://www.pet-health-pro.com