{"id":3859,"date":"2022-01-01T17:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T22:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:14:04","slug":"five-things-puppy-owners-should-never-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/?p=3859","title":{"rendered":"Five Things Puppy Owners Should Never Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>By the American Kennel Club Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raising a puppy can be challenging for a new owner (or even an experienced one!). We need to find the line between being overprotective and providing the puppy with a safe environment to let his personality develop.A few of the don\u2019ts about puppy rearing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Puppies love to play, but&nbsp;<strong>don\u2019t get too rough<\/strong>. Be careful playing games like tug-of-war to ensure you don\u2019t hurt your puppy\u2019s developing teeth or allow him to swallow pieces of rope or fabric. Also, pups need to learn how to be appropriately rough when playing. This is all part of your dog\u2019s socialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t give your puppy too many treats<\/strong>. They can alter your growing puppy\u2019s appetite for his better-balanced, nutritious meals. Also, you don\u2019t want to spoil him. Puppies quickly learn that by begging, crying, and acting out, they may get their way.Treats can be used in moderation as training rewards and should never be high-caloric, human junk food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t change the rules.&nbsp;<\/strong>Decide which furniture or parts of the house are off-limits and be consistent. Don\u2019t scold a dog one day for being on the couch and then let him up there the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t allow your home to be a place where your puppy can get hurt<\/strong>, where he may fall or become trapped, or where he may blunder into substances that can sicken him (the garbage, medicine on nightstands, pesticides in gardens, rodenticides, and so on).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t let him go untrained.\u00a0<\/strong>That cute puppy misbehavior will become a lot less cute when he\u2019s older. Make sure you teach your dog good manners\u2014the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.akc.org\/products-services\/training-programs\/canine-good-citizen\/\">AKC Canine Good Citizen Training<\/a>\u00a0is a perfect starting point\u2014to help him have a happier, healthier\u00a0life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have a new puppy at home? We know it can be just as overwhelming as it is exciting. We also know that learning is always helped by seeing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akc.org\/products-services\/training-programs\/canine-good-citizen\/\">AKC training\u00a0DVD<\/a>\u00a0is as close as you can get to having a 24\/7 trainer in your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the American Kennel Club Staff Raising a puppy can be challenging for a new owner (or even an experienced[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,1],"tags":[264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859"}],"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=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3861,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions\/3861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smokymountaindoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}