Puppy Care Tips: How to Care for a Puppy
Bringing a new puppy home, especially when you have young children, is a wonderful experience. To see your children's faces light up when they see the new puppy for the first time. With all of the joy and fun it is easy to forget that a new puppy has a lot of needs that an adult dog does not. Without the right puppy care tips and advice it becomes difficult to raise the puppy right. How to Care for a Newborn Puppy If you decide to get a newborn puppy there are a few important puppy care tips that you need to keep in mind. * Protect the newborn puppy from being accidentally stepped upon or falling down the stairs. * A newborn puppy is not able to regulate its body temperature that easily, they need to be kept warm. A simple way of doing this is to put an electric blanket under one half of the puppy bedding. This will allow the puppy, when it gets too warm, to move over to the unheated side to cool off. The Basics of Caring for Older Puppies When the puppy litter reaches about eight