DOO SOUTH LABRADOODLES

               NEW DOODLE CHECK LIST

 

1)      WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE YOUR PUPPY TO ANY PUPLIC PLACE WHERE  THERE IS OR HAS BEEN LOTS OF OTHER ANIMALS(PETSMART, DOG PARK)  FOR ATLEAST 2 MORE MONTHS. ASK YOUR VET.

2)      TAKE YOU DOODLE FOR VET EXAM WITHIN 72 HOURS OF PICKUP.

3)      BUY CRATE AND BEGIN CRATE TRAINING RIGHT AWAY.

4)      THINGS YOU NEED TO BUY,  ( SLICKER BRUSH, NYLON BONE AND TOYS, NAIL CLIPPERS, RAKE COMB, PUPPY FOOD, LEASH, METAL FOOD AND WATER BOWLS,

5)      START CHECKING INTO TRAINING CLASSES. ( WE DO NOT RECOMMEND PET SMARTS)  FIND PRIVATE OR CLASS TRAINING.

6)      DO NOT ALLOW YOU PUPPY TO HAVE BAD EXPERIENCES, (FALLING, GETTING STEPED ON, OTHER AGGRESSIVE DOGS.  ETC).  YOU WANT TO SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS BONDING WITH YOUR DOODLE AND GAINING ITS CONFIDENCE.  YOU WANT YOUR PUPPY TO THINK THERE IS NO ONE BETTER IN THE WORLD THAN YOU.

7)      MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO UNSAFE THINGS OUT IN YOUR HOME OR YARD THAT COULD HARM YOUR PUPPY.  (PLANTS, CHEMICALS, WIRES, TOOLS, ETC.)

8)      DO NOT GET YOUR PUPPY USED TO PEOPLE FOOD AS TREATS.  IF YOU WANT TO USE SOMETHING USE CHEESE OR SOMETHING GOOD.  FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE AS A TREAT AND THEY SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR TRAINING OR WHEN THEY DO A BEHAVIOR THAT YOU WANT TO REWARD.

9)      START PLAYING WITH THERE FEET, EARS AND MOUTH/TEETH EVERY DAY SO THEY GET USED TO IT FOR GROOMING AND VET CARE.

10)  GET A NEWSPAPER ROLLED UP FOR CORRECTION EVERY TIME YOUR PUPPY HAS AN ACCIDENT IN THE HOUSE.  WHEN THEY DO, TAKE THE NEWSPAPER AND HIT YOURSELF. WITH IT.  IT IS YOUR FAULT.  NEVER LEAVE THE PUPPY OUT OF YOUR IMMEDIATE SITE AND REACH SO YOU DO NOT ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES.

11)  USE CONSISTANT COMMANDS (DOWN= LAY DOWN, OFF MEANS GET OFF BED/COUCH, DON’T USE GET DOWN OR YOU WILL CONFUSE THEM).  USE THE SAME COMMANDS ALL THE TIME.

12)  MAKE SURE YOU TAKE MUCH CARE TO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO ROUGHLY HANDLE OR CHASE OR SCREAM AT YOUR PUPPY.  THEY MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL HURT THEM OR MAKE THEM VERY AFRAID.  

13)  PLEASE CALL US ANY TIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS!