5 Steps To Responsible New Puppy Care

Is there something cuter than becoming the pet parent of a new puppy ? Finally, after weeks of waiting for the day you take your new pet home, you will be very excited to introduce it to your family. Find here a check list that will help preparing properly all the basics a young puppy will need to get a healthy start into its new 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.

Make sure you arrange an appointment with your veterinarian and let him or her do a thorough puppy health check. This can help to give proper treatment straight away, in case your vet would find anything that needed veterinary 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.

Accidents and unexpected health problems do happen quite often and it does make sense to insure your new puppy right from the beginning: you can be sure to be able to pay high vet bills in case your pet unexpectedly needs veterinary care or specialist surgery whenever throughout its life.

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.

Before you purchase a pet insurance policy you need to find an insurance company you are comfortable with now and also in years still to come. To compare pet health plans you need to get a quote and read the sample policy carefully. Doing this now properly will ensure you get the best pet insurance tailored to your new puppy's individual needs.

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.

Check, if everything is organized and in place when you need it, so you can enjoy every moment during your new puppy's first time in its new life without having to worry that you might have forgotten something important.