 New Puppy Care
Hello! This is my first post, and I am going to apologize in advance for it being long!! ...in preparation for my baby Winnie coming home I have been pouring over information on raising and caring for a Yorkie baby. This is where I have been finding the most helpful information...there are a lot of breeder pages and most of them say something different!! My husband and I are long time pet owners, our husky is 11, our weenie is 10 and our Cassie was 12 when she passed from bone cancer 2 1/2 years ago. Our Cassie (a 3# chihuahua mix) I raised from five weeks. Our husky we have had since she was 12 weeks and our weenie we adopted from a sad situation almost four years ago now....so it has been some time since we have had a puppy!!! I did work as a veterinary technician for 6 years before my children were born, and dealt quite a bit with hypoglycemic kittens and pups. Thank God I never had any issues with Cassie (that was before I knew any better, too early etc!)but reading all this about how to avoid it is scaring the mess out of me!!! We do free feed our dogs now, so thats not an issue. So now...my confusion lies here. Some breeder pages I've visited recommend sprinkling sugar on food and in water, others recommend a twice daily dose nutrical, some say using honey nut cheerios as treats is ok also. Some of them recommend all of those things together. So in short...I'm lost. Our dogs eat Iams. All of them have their whole lives. Our husky turns her nose from blue buffalo....seriously picky. So we stick with that. I just could really use some general "keep this puppy healthy" advice! I have plenty of time since she won't be coming home until August 16th. Thank you in advance for any advice...direction...help!!! |