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| Care of Your Cupidtown Adoption.
CONGRATULATIONS! On your new adoption from Cupidtown Kennels. You should have peace of mind knowing that your new member of your family has been loving reared inside the home, not outside in a kennel, and way before conception, his mother and father were fed the best quality food, vitamins, minerals, and have been housed and maintained for the optimum health. Here, at Cupidtown, we endeavour to raise, happy, healthy, babies whom have been well socialised and every humanely possible to give our fur babies the best start in life. We offer you this booklet to ensure you continue with our good work to ensure your new adoption continues to do as well for you. THE FIRST NIGHT Be patient, baby will not know who you are, you are a stranger to him. He won’t know where he is, your home will become his in due time. He is away from his littermates and breeder, his home, and it is all a matter of readjustment. During this time, he may cry, but reassured in knowing it is a passing thing and soon enough, he will bond to you and your home will be his safe haven where he will feel relaxed. You can try one of the following. 1. Feed him, make sure he has water, toys (safe for dogs) his own bed and warm blankets, newspapers in case he needs to go to the toilet when you are not there, and put him away in his own room, put a radio in with him on low, so he can hear human voices and hopefully comfort him. Close the door and get him use to that allocated room being his room where he is expected to sleep. 2. If you are not strong enough to do this and his sleeping area will be a crate or puppy pen, place that in your bedroom where he will be able to see you. 3. If you do not intend to crate, move his bed into your bedroom where he can sleep and know you are there. 4. WHAT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND is to sleep with the puppy. Too many accidents have been known to happen and resulting in broken limbs or worse, from falls off high beds. DIET This is what we feed all our dogs as their main evening meal. DOG STEW Two kilos of good quality grade minced meat, beef or chicken. 2 cups rice, 1 cup very small type pasta (mostly used for making soups). Two carrots, small amount of parsley, two sticks of celery. One packet dried soup mix ( can get the no brand types from supermarkets in chicken flavour). Boil the minced meat. Boil the pasta and rice with the soup added. Put enough water in it to make it like a porridge consistency. Add the meat to this. In a food processor, finely grind the vegetables raw and add this to the meat, rice and pasta. Stir it altogether and add to this amount, 10 mls liquid Calcium (available from Pet Shops) I heaped tablespoon Petvite Multi vitamin and mineral Powder, two tablespoons vegetable oil, and shredded cheese. Mix it all together well. When cool, add some shredded cheese and mix well. This mixture can be placed in plastic containers and frozen then used as needed. It keeps well. One a week, to the above mixture, the following can be added at different times. Mix in some sardines, ( we use the cat tinned food variety) or boiled and diced eggs, or tuna, or cottage cheese. A couple of times a week for variety, we will feed the VIP chicken loaf instead of the above. This is available at most all leading supermarkets. We dice it into small pieces. For a change, we also offer boiled and finely cut up chicken. Depending on your puppy’s age when you have adopted from us, they may still need their Pets Own Milk (available from the pet section of the supermarket) glucose and Farax meal. Make it up to a porridge consistency and to a small bowl add one teaspoon glucose powder. This applies to puppies of three months of age. The dry kibble we use, which they are free to eat at random all day, is Pal Puppy Food dry food, especially formulated for puppies. Fresh water should always be made available. TOYS All toys should be dog proof. There is a big range of soft latex toys available for dogs in most leading pet shops and some department stores. You can give them soft toys, provided the eyes on teddy bears are removed first and the holes sewn over. SAFETY CONCERNS Think like a puppy would think! Electrical cords are good to chew on, but could pose a serious danger for your puppy. High stairs seem like a breeze……to fall down from. Couches are good……until we try to jump off them. Kids are nice…….until they drop the puppy. Small puppies find the most smallest areas to play hide and seek, which could include behind the refrigerator. Table cloths are pretty…….until it is pulled with a hot cup of tea poured over him. Think puppy, think safety. BATHING AND GROOMING Chin babies will have already been used to their baths and being blow dried by the time you get them from us. Pom puppies usually do not require bathing, but if you want to bath the puppy, it will probably be his first time with you. None of our babies adopted will need bathing when they come to you. Make sure the room is warm, water is at the right temperature, and we usually use our laundry sink to bath our babies. Blow drying is taken place on top of our washing machine which has been covered with towels. Saves the back! Both hands on the puppy at all times please…….well, if you use a hand held blow dryer, one hand on the puppy. Poms can be brushed and combed once a week. There are many grooming preparations on the market to keep their coats looking good and smelling beautiful. Their ears can be trimmed, mind you do not cut the leather of the ear. Feet trimmed round to resemble cat paws, and hair under the paws trimmed away. Also trim around the anus to keep them clean. Paws can be done while holding the puppy on your lay, his back against your chest. The rest of a secure non slip table. The tail makes a good handle when trimming around the anus. Nails should be cut for both breeds. With Poms, you may also cut away any bits of hair in a round circle which is growing uneven around the head and body, to keep them looking the same as when you got them. SOME DO’S AND DON’T’S 1. Never leave your dog/puppy outside in extremes of temperature, either too hot or too cold. 2. Chins are susceptible to cold and hot as are Poms. We do wear little dog jumpers for warmth during Winter. Summer, they are not allowed outside during the extreme heat. 3. Do not leave your dog unattended in the car. 4. Do not feed your dog bones or raw chicken wings, necks etc. 5. Do feed your dogs snacks made for dogs only, and especially dog biscuits. 6. Do not walk your dog off lead. 7. When out for a walk, always be weary of bigger dogs whether they are on lead and appear to be friendly or not. We advise, picking up your baby and walking at a safe distance until the bigger dog has gone. 8. Lead train your baby as soon as you have settled him into his new home. 9. Keep vaccinations up to date and worming. 10. Use Revolution spot on treatment on your dog once a month. We trust this information will help you get on your way to enjoying a long and satisfying life with your new adoption. If you have any questions at any time, we are just an email away. We love to hear from new owners and see pictures of your baby when you can send them. |
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