PUPPY CARE

Grooming and trimming

Puppies need love, not baths. Labradors have a special coat that protects their skin. We recommend baths.......

Brush regularly and gently
Teeth: high quality dry food. Puppies like to chew. Give them knuckle bones, Kong, or rubber bones/balls
Ear cleaning: clean with a cotton ball dipped in diluted hydrogen peroxide
A blanket to carry and snuggle with
Declaws: we believe God gave dogs declaws for added strength and stability.

Crate Training

Crate training gives your puppy a "safe" place to sleep and helps with potty training.

When house training a young puppy (2-4 months), there are a number of steps you can take to prevent indoor "accidents":

Always take your pup outside just after it wakes from a nap, within 15 minutes after is eats, after "playtime", and immediately if it starts circling and sniffing.
Determine how long your pup can "hold it." For a pup 4 months old or younger, add 1 to its age in months to get a ballpark estimate of the number of hours it will have bladder/bowel control. Don't expect your pup to go longer than you can "hold it"!
Don't let an untrained, unsupervised puppy loose in the house. When you can't supervise your puppy indoors, confine it in a warm, comfortable crate.
Neutralize order at all indoor accident sites. (Ask your Veterinarian for advice on which odor busters to use, but avoid ammonia; it's urinelike smell is a "pee here" signal to your pup.)

If your puppy "slips", do not physically punish it--even if you catch it in the act. It may become afraid to "go" outside in your presence.