Our breeder is going to teach me some basic grooming techniques when we go to pick ours up so I'm also packing all kinds of grooming stuff.
Plus, don't forget the items you intend to use for dental health for your home supplies. I've also purchased plain canned pumpkin and puppy shampoo/creme rinse, etc. I see someone has already mentioned the Nutrical.
I hope my husband doesn't see this but since our drive is going to be 7 hours, I've also purchased some soothing CD's for dogs...easy listening and classical. (Lest, you think I've totally lost it...I think I've finally found a way to hear something besides bluegrass on our drives...LOL
I'm doing it for the puppy, you understand...LOL) I like bluegrass in small doses only...my husband really, really likes it.
We're also taking a small gift to our breeder as a thank you from our family for being such a good, nurturing person to our puppy. She has been so extremely kind and helpful and a token of our appreciation seems appropriate. (From what I've read on here, our continuous personal interaction with our breeder seems a bit rare but I have enjoyed reading about our puppy's stages of maturity, etc. Living so far away, we've had to rely on her to give us the anecdotes about our puppy. She has surpassed our expectations of keeping us involved even though we are geographically distant.)
Our puppy will be 13 weeks old when we bring her home. Our breeder is keeping her an extra week because we couldn't get lodging near her the weekend before. I have bought a microwave pet heating pad to use in her bed when we get home. I also brought one of those heartbeat pillows but probably don't need it.
I also think one of the greatest safety things I've bought are some bells for her collar. With our age and clumsiness on a good day, both the puppy and we needed the bells for an alert. Somewhere on the internet I found a chart associating the number of bells/size to the optimal sound of the alert. I went with several smaller bells instead of the larger but they are equal in the volume of noise to the human ear plus the weight was lighter.
One other reminder...don't forget to schedule your wellness check at the vet to comply with your breeder's guarantee. Most contracts give less than a week to get this check done. |