Special management for new Poodles
1. Special early care
If the newly purchased Poodle is a puppy, because it has just left its mother, Or a group of puppies that are not accustomed to the new environment. In the first few days after arriving, they are often unhappy during the day, huddled in a corner of the house, and bark sadly at night. In this regard, when purchasing, it is best to ask the original owner for a small object with the female dog or its familiar scent, and place it next to the cub, so that it can sleep peacefully. You should take good care of the new dog. Do not scare it loudly or scratch it roughly. Do not scratch the skin of the neck or waist with your hands. Pay attention to the correct holding posture.
2. Pay attention to disease prevention
When purchasing a Poodle, regardless of whether the original owner has been vaccinated and dewormed, vaccination and deworming should be carried out as soon as possible; if Having been vaccinated and dewormed will also let you know when you need to be vaccinated and dewormed again. Puppies are still developing and have weak resistance, so special attention should be paid to prevention.
For puppies that are three months old, the most important thing is to be vaccinated against canine distemper and other mixed vaccines, as well as against viral enteritis (do not bathe within three weeks after the injection to avoid the occurrence of diseases) , parasites should be completely eliminated from the body before vaccination.
Feeding of 2-month-old dogs
(1) Food: For puppies that have just been brought home, it is necessary to understand the type, amount and feeding of the food given to the puppies by the original owner. Keep the same time as the previous owner as much as possible, and then slowly change his eating habits after a week. Otherwise, a series of drastic changes such as changing eating habits, changing the environment, changing to a new owner, or long-distance transportation from other places will cause a strong stress response in the dog's body, resulting in a decrease in the dog's resistance. Gastrointestinal dysfunction can easily cause disease.
In addition, it is also necessary to consider that the gastrointestinal digestion ability of puppies is weak, and the food should contain less fiber and should be soft and easy to digest. Some families give them large amounts of meat out of pampering. Gastrointestinal dysfunction will occur after 1 to 2 days. Generally within 3 to 4 months, it is appropriate to eat porridge-like food or dry food soaked in water. Some other foods often cause indigestion, diarrhea, etc. Dogs eating milk can also easily cause diarrhea. The protein content of dog mother's milk is high, which is 3 times that of cow's milk and 7.5 times that of human milk. It is a kind of milk with high protein, high fat and low lactose, while cow's milk and milk powder used by humans are low in protein, low fat and low lactose. The substances in high-lactose milk are different from those in dog milk. Insufficient lactose-digesting enzymes in the dog's intestines (genetic factors). If the milk (or food) fed to the puppies contains a large amount of high sugar, it often causes fermentation in the intestines and causes diarrhea. Therefore, 2-month-old puppies should be fed high-protein food plus vegetables (equivalent to food for 4 to 5-month-old babies). For example, give chicken breast or beef with less fat, add a small amount of vegetables, cut them into thin strips, add some bread crumbs or rice and mix well. Feed 3 to 4 times a day. Add some calcium powder (or bone meal, active calcium, etc.) to the food appropriately, and add 1 to 2 drops of vitamin A and D liquid to meet the needs of bone growth and development.
(2) Excretion: Pay attention to whether the urine and feces are normal. The frequency of bowel movements varies with age. Several times a day when 1 month old, and about 3 times a day when 2 months old. The frequency of defecation is related to the type of food. For example, when meat is added to rice, the amount and frequency of feces will be less. When more starchy foods are fed, the frequency and amount will be greater. Also pay attention to the color, smell, or presence of worms in the dog's stool. Normal stool is strip-shaped, moderately soft and hard, and usually slightly yellow. But it is also affected by food. For example, if there is too much meat or some liver is added, the feces will turn black. Frequency of urination also changes with age. When 1 month old, it is about once every 2 hours, and when 2 months old, it is about 5 to 6 times a day. Urine that is light yellow or clear and transparent is considered healthy. Generally, the color of urine for the first time in the morning may be slightly thicker. If the urine color remains thick, it may be a sign of illness and you should go to the animal hospital for examination.
(3) Education: Education on good habits should be carried out from 2 months onwards. At this time, first name the canine, call her name frequently, let her know that you are calling her, and establish a conditioned reflex to make her come immediately. Another name for education is to urinate and urinate at designated points or to go to the "toilet" to defecate. Generally, puppies before 4 months cannot hold back their urine and will urinate when they have it. By 4 months, they can urinate in large volumes.
(4) Health: Make the dog’s life regular. Feeding should be done regularly and quantitatively, and nutrition should be balanced. Don't let your puppy be picky about food to prevent nutritional disorders. Be careful to prevent hypervitaminosis (especially vitamin A or D) or calcium deficiency. It is not advisable to let the puppies overeat, generally 70% to 80% full is appropriate; do not give spoiled food to prevent diarrhea or poisoning.
Puppies are afraid of the cold. Whether in winter or summer, keeping warm is an important task for dogs. If the dog's abdomen always catches a cold, it can cause diarrhea or a cold.
Sunbathing and exercise. Regardless of whether it is a small dog or a full-sized dog, it is not advisable to take it for a walk on the road before 5 months of age. Due to the dog's bones, walking for a long time can cause bone deformation in the limbs, and it is also susceptible to diseases outside. Appropriate play and exercise can be done indoors or in the courtyard. Exposure to the sun when the sun is not too hot is beneficial to bone growth.
Health examination: A monthly physical examination, stool and urine tests, and removal of intestinal parasites if necessary (look for an animal hospital with a high reputation and good conditions).
Vaccination: 2 months after birth, the antibodies brought from the mother have been almost eliminated, and various viral diseases may occur. Therefore, the most important thing is to vaccinate against canine distemper and canine parvovirus first. Vaccines against viruses and infectious hepatitis. It takes approximately 2 weeks after vaccination to develop resistance (antibodies). At about 2 months, if you are unable to get vaccinated and there is an epidemic or there is a possibility of infection, you can directly inject anti-virus serum to directly enhance the body's resistance, and wait 2 weeks before getting vaccinated.
Don’ts when caring for Poodle puppies
Don’ts when caring for puppies
1) When the puppy comes home, do not place it too high to avoid falling and breaking bones;
2) Be gentle and do not rely on interest in your attitude at this time, let alone yell at the puppy to frighten it. Do not roar suddenly at the puppy, so as not to frighten the puppy;
3) When hugging the puppy, you must place one hand on the puppy's chest and the other hand under the puppy's buttocks, paying attention to stability.
4) Don’t overtire your newly purchased puppy. If it wants to sleep, you must not scare or disturb it.
5) The owner must first develop the habit of regular feeding, and do not give it random snacks to avoid affecting gastrointestinal indigestion or causing diarrhea.
6) Don’t hug or feed your dog when you are happy, and ignore it when it is unhappy. Don't trick or tease your puppy, build trust with it.
Feeding of 4-month-old dogs
(1) Food: 4 to 8 months is a very important growth period for puppies, and the various nutritional needs of the dog should be met. Dogs aged 4 months can be fed dry dog ??food and rice. Cooked meat, fish, vegetables and broth can be added to special foods to prepare, or mixed with rice and pasta. Add some calcium powder and vitamin A, D liquid to the food, and add a small amount of salt and sugar, but remember not to overdo it.
The amount of food depends on the breed of dog and the size of its body. If there are several dogs, it is impossible to give the same amount. Generally, dogs with similar head sizes are fed at each meal. The amount of food is enough to feed twice a day in the morning and evening. The owner must know and control how much each dog can eat.
2) Excretion: Generally, there are two stools in the morning and evening, and the volume is large.
(3) Education: When puppies are 4 months old, their deciduous teeth begin to fall out and their permanent teeth begin to grow, causing itchiness at the roots of the teeth and random biting. This bad behavior should be stopped.
(4) Health: physical examination, monthly health examination and urine and feces tests. Preventive injection: After the first two injections of vaccine, if necessary, boost the immunity again and perform repeated injections (according to the vaccine usage requirements). It should be particularly emphasized that due to increased weight and increased nutritional needs, especially when calcium cannot meet the needs, dogs may develop rickets, deforming the long bones of the limbs or enlarging the joints, resulting in "O" or "X" shaped legs. For large dogs of medium size or above, more attention should be paid to observe whether there are any changes in the shape of the front and rear limbs. Adjust the balance of calcium and phosphorus in a timely manner, frequently irradiate ultraviolet rays (basking in the sun), and supplement vitamin A and DE deficiencies. The time for walking the dog should not be too long. Generally, dogs of 4 months old should not go for a walk on the road to prevent their limbs from walking. Deformation.
(5) Beauty and ear plastic surgery: For dog breeds that need to be sheared, such as poodles, etc., they should be trimmed and sheared starting from the age of 4 months (choose a beauty shop with good conditions and high reputation) ) to prevent the spread of disease and cross-infection. For hard-haired dogs, you can pluck a small amount of hair every day at home to promote its growth. Puppies aged 4 months can take a bath twice a month, but they should be prevented from catching cold. In ear plastic surgery, for unsatisfactory ears with erect ears, a plastic plate can be placed inside the ear for corrective treatment.
Feeding for 5-month-old dogs
1) Food: Based on the food for 4-month-old dogs, not only the amount of food should be increased, but also rice, noodles, and beans should be added. Equal portions, combined with eggs, etc., can improve the digestibility of plant protein. For large dogs of medium size and above, start feeding meat, chicken heads, etc. cooked over high heat. In addition, adding some plants to the food is good for the dog's skin and coat.
(2) Excretion: Usually 2 bowel movements in the morning and evening.
(3) Education: Stop her from chewing things indiscriminately. The dog may occasionally urinate and defecate everywhere. This may be due to some reason that the spiritual requirements are not met, such as the owner is often not at home. Factors such as feeling lonely or being severely scolded, being mentally shocked, or being unable to urinate or defecate due to uncleanness, etc., can lead to "angry" behavior in dogs. Not only should the dog be severely reprimanded, but at the same time, it should be considered whether the dog's requirements can be met, improvements should be made, and this bad habit should be corrected together.
(4) Health: Health examination, monthly urine and feces tests. Do not take a 5-month-old dog for a walk on the road to prevent infection. You can let your dog play and exercise freely on the balcony or courtyard, using leather balls or artificial bones. Diseases that are easily infected include colds, gastroenteritis and canine distemper.
After four and a half months, the dog's body's disease resistance gradually increases and the disease decreases. You can take a bath 2 to 3 times a month and pay attention to prevent colds. Feeding of dogs aged 6 to 7 months
(1) Food: The age of 6 months is the period when a dog eats the most according to its body weight in its life. This is the stage of increasing body length and height.
The food provided should be rich in nutrients and comprehensive, which will play a decisive role in the dog's future body. Please refer to food for 4 to 5 months of age.
(2) Walking: Feed medium-sized dogs or above. When they reach 6 months of age, wear a collar and a drawstring on the dog and go for a walk outdoors. At the beginning of a walk, many dogs are timid and unwilling to walk. Take her out first to find a quiet place to stay for a while, then let her walk back. After doing this a few times and getting used to it, she was willing to go out for a walk.
The appropriate walking time is once in the morning and evening. Generally, each walking time is 10 minutes for small dogs, 20-30 minutes for medium-sized dogs, and 1 hour for large dogs.
After developing the habit of walking, the dog will regard walking as a pleasure and a necessary part of life. Once the owner is a little lazy and does not take her out for a walk, it may cause body dysfunction. For example, some dogs may have adverse reactions such as increased appetite, constipation, or inability to urinate. Therefore, it is the owner's responsibility to take the dog for a walk.
(3) Education: The age of 6 months is the peak time for dogs to bite things randomly (the dog’s deciduous teeth fall out and permanent teeth grow). In the future, the chewing habit will ease.
When a 6-month-old male dog is in estrus, humans, especially women, often rush forward to hold their hands or feet, arch their backs and swing back and forth, and sometimes the penis secretes mucus. When you see this kind of behavior, you should stop it and direct your attention to other places. At this time, do not touch the penis with your hands, otherwise you may ejaculate and develop the habit of masturbation.
4) Health: Have a physical examination once a month.
When going out for a walk, you should prevent food poisoning from eating randomly. In addition, there are many opportunities for walking, and there are many opportunities to come into contact with external disease sources. Care should be taken to prevent infection by parasites, bacteria and viruses. Sometimes it is easy to get bitten or stabbed by foreign objects in fights with other dogs. Children aged 6 months are susceptible to colds, gastroenteritis, canine distemper, infectious hepatitis, parasitic diseases, rickets, etc. The frequency of bathing can be increased, once a week in summer, 2 times a month in spring and autumn, and once a month in winter. The feeding and health management of 7-month-old dogs are basically the same as those of 6-month-old dogs. Pay special attention when going out for a walk. As the dog ages, its strength also increases. Especially large dogs of medium size and above often pull people along when walking, so they should be corrected.
Teaching puppies to go to the toilet on their own
When puppies are young, their bowel and bladder are irregular, so it is difficult to train them. As the owner, you must be patient. Before you train it to relieve itself in a designated place, make sure it understands its own name and the tone of your praise and criticism. When your puppy gets up every morning and after each feeding, take it to the place where you want it to urinate and defecate, wait for it to be convenient, and praise it in time if you do it right. If it is not convenient in the place you specified, if you find it, tell it in a stern tone that it is wrong (you can slap the ground with a newspaper roll as a warning), and then clean the ground thoroughly and spray it with deodorant. Repeated many times, the puppy will be able to remember where it is convenient and where it is not.
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You can do this:
1. I I heard from a dog trainer that puppies usually poop about 30 minutes after eating or about 15 minutes after drinking water. You can pay special attention at this time. If you find your dog sniffing everywhere on the ground, please be extremely vigilant. He is looking for a place to go to the toilet. In addition, dogs usually excrete once after waking up in the morning (including peeing and defecating). After you see the dog wake up, you can take him to the place where you want him to go to the toilet, let him stay there for a while, and at the same time say "hurry up" and other commands to the dog in a special tone ( You must keep doing it, and even use this command often when he grows up. The dog will really understand it, and they will gradually understand that your command is urging him to go to the toilet)
2. Puppies urinate a lot, so most people like to let them go to the toilet on a paper changing pad or newspaper first. Some dogs will use paper changing pads, but some dogs hate them very much. My dog ??will tear the diaper pad to pieces. So I ended up using newspapers. At first, my dog ??didn’t know that newspapers were for him to excrete, so I used newspapers to soak up his urine, and then put the soaked one on top of many newspapers (about 7 or 8). , don’t throw it away yet. The next time you see your dog sniffing everywhere, pick him up in time and put him on the newspaper. He will smell the dried newspaper. You have to stand by and watch him. If he runs away Go out, catch him again and put him in the newspaper. (You can spread the newspaper over a larger area at first, and then gradually reduce the size of the newspaper). What you have to do after that is, whenever you see your dog going to the toilet (sniffing everywhere) or going to the toilet (in the wrong place), you should immediately pick him up and put him on the newspaper. Leave a newspaper with his excrement on the paved newspaper every day. Generally, after a few days, the dog will know that it needs to be solved on the newspaper. Once he gets familiar with it, congratulations, you succeeded in the first step. You can put a clean newspaper every day, because the dog will know the smell of the newspaper to go to the toilet.
2. The next step is relatively simple. You need to slowly reduce the size of the newspaper (it can be from the size of two newspapers to the size of one newspaper, and then to the size of half a newspaper.
And you can slowly change the location of the newspaper, and slowly move the newspaper towards the door. After the dog gets used to going to the toilet on the newspaper at the door, you can take the newspaper away, and the dog will look for it at the door when it wants to go to the toilet. Newspaper, after you see his behavior, you should immediately go outside to use the toilet for him.
3. Then you can first choose 5 basically fixed times in a day to take the puppy out. (It is best to choose the time 20 to 30 minutes after the dog has eaten). If the dog wants to go to the toilet outside the 5 hours, you should also take him out. These will be extra and not included in the 5 times. Over time, the dog will know that those 5 times are for him to go to the toilet. Keep using the toilet command you gave him outside until he completes the task. After finishing, you'd better wipe them and give them verbal encouragement and praise to let them know they did the right thing. Since dogs have a biological clock, it is best to keep the five times relatively fixed. In this way, the dog will realize that it needs to go to the toilet first before going outside. After the dog can fully use these 5 times to complete the excretion task and does not go to the toilet at home, you can continue to do this for a while, and then slowly increase the time from 5 times to 3 times. (Generally, if the dog is still young, if you want to feed him 4 times a day, take him out 5 times, once after getting up in the morning, and take him out half an hour after each meal, 5 times. Wait for the dog Once he gets used to going to the toilet outside, and as he gets older, the number of times you feed him becomes 3 times a day, then you can reduce the number of times he goes out to 3 times, which can be once when you get up in the morning, once half an hour after lunch, and then Just once before going to bed.
3. After that, your dog may be able to go to the toilet regularly. It should be reminded that in the early stages of training, take the dog out and only give it a maximum of 5 minutes. It’s time to go to the toilet. If he doesn’t move for 5 minutes, take him home and put him in the cage immediately. Let the dog know that if he doesn’t go to the toilet outside, he won’t have a chance. He won’t have a chance until you take him out next time. .
There are some things you should pay attention to. Please put the dog in the cage until you can hold it at home until you take him out. You lock the dog up 24 hours a day. Dogs generally don't go to the toilet where they sleep, so there is only enough space in the cage for the dog to turn around and sleep. If the cage is too big, the dog will be in it. It will be troublesome to use the toilet anywhere in the cage except where he lies. It is recommended that you buy a cage that the dog can use when he is an adult. When the dog is young, put cardboard boxes and other things in the cage, leaving only the toilet. Just make a place for the dog to sleep, and then gradually take out the carton as the dog grows. This way you don’t have to buy many dog ??crates for the dog to keep after eating. Go into the cage. This will prevent the dog from urinating everywhere. Secondly, the dog will not be prone to strenuous activities after eating, which is not good for their stomach. Wait half an hour after the meal and take him out to go to the toilet. You can let him out to play for a while, and then put him in the cage until you take him to the toilet next time (this method is suitable for training during the newspaper period and outside toilet period). When he plays, pay attention to see if he wants to go to the toilet. If so, take him to the toilet immediately.