\n\nYour puppy\u2019s first few days away from their mother and siblings will be a big upheaval. So when you bring them home, you\u2019ll need to give them your undivided attention. If you can spend time showing your puppy around, feeding them and playing with them it\u2019ll all help to get them nice and tired before bedtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sniffing and exploring<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Start by letting your puppy sniff around, and then introduce them to their bed. Put a blanket from their old sleeping place that smells of their mother in your puppy\u2019s bed. Then let them explore their new surroundings at their own pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let your puppy sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have young children, they can easily play with the puppy too much and overtire them. Make it a rule that they must never wake the puppy up. Unlike babies, puppies know when they need to sleep, so once your puppy\u2019s asleep, don\u2019t disturb them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep other pets happy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have other pets, make a fuss of them as well so they don\u2019t get too jealous. Start by keeping them apart and feeding them separately. But once they get to know each other, they should end up the best of friends. Even your cat can learn to get along eventually!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start house training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t get cross with your puppy if they urinate or defaecate on the floor \u2013 you could end up making them feel insecure, instead just ignore the undesirable behaviour so that they receive no attention and be ready to give lots of praise immediately as a reward when your puppy relieves himself outdoors. Try leaving out lots of newspaper or special puppy mats and take them outside every half hour or so, as well as after each meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get them settled in<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Try and get them used to being on their own. For the first few nights, your puppy will probably be restless and whimper when they\u2019re left alone. A hot water bottle and a ticking clock wrapped in a blanket can be very reassuring. But don\u2019t worry too much – they\u2019ll soon feel at home.\u00a0 When you check a whimpering puppy it is important that you enter the room in the instant they are quiet \u2013 this way the puppy is rewarded for quiet behavior and doesn\u2019t learn that you visit them when they cry.\u00a0 This is a handy technique to follow and is referred to as \u2018Ignore the bad, praise the good and interrupt what you can\u2019t ignore. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your puppy\u2019s first few days away from their mother and siblings will be a big upheaval. So when you bring[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[77,129,15,18,133,7,92,5,13,14,118,130,131,79,8,84,99,132,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions\/2410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}