• Once picking up your puppy take them straight home and keep there until they have adjusted to their new surrounding. Toy breeds can be easily stressed which can bring on issues, including hypoglycemia. Please never pick up a puppy and and go on a trip to a friends or relatives home, but rather take your trip FIRST, and THEN afterwards pick up puppy when you are on your way home

    How to Care For a Puppy

    • Do not drive all over to show everyone your puppy for at least a month or more.
    • Do not take your new puppy to a public area around other dogs until fully vaccinated.
    • Avoid putting them on the ground in public areas until their finished with their puppy shots.

    PLAYPEN is important. We will send you photos of ideas for playpens .

    Remember: Young puppies should not be travel companions until they are over 5 months old . Puppies don’t have body reserves like an adult dog and can burn up calories quickly.

    Puppy Care Advice: Don’t Leave Puppies Alone Too Long

    If you plan on leaving a puppy under five months alone at home for Three hours or longer a day, you need to provide visual and audio stimulation.

    • Place the puppy playpen near a television and put a children’s channel so the puppy can hear voices and see people.
    • Put the playpen near a window so the puppy can see outside. Careful of summer sun/ heat.
    • Have a baby mobiles hooked to the top of the playpen to provide visuals.
    • A radio can provide soothing music.
    • Consider buying a monitoring device so you can see and speak to your Chihuahua puppy while you are gone.

    Pups can get depressed if left alone more than a few hours a day while young (when older and mature minds they can handle time alone better)

    Puppy Care Tips

    When you bring a new puppy into your home, there are certain problems you may run into. Here are some puppy care tips on how to deal with these common issues:

    1. Flea Treatment
    The best way, I’ve found is to use a product called Revolution Drops. These drops also treat multiple worms . Revolution is by prescription . Give it on the nap of the neck every couple of months Starting at about 3 months old.

    Puppy Care Tip: Flea medications should NOT be given through the mouth. Ensure that you give the proper dosage of drops on neck! Please do not use flea collars.

    2. Pet Safe Heating Pads
    If the temperature of your house is under 72 degrees, a pet safe heating pad should be used at night. Human heating pads generally run hotter than dog heating pads, even on lower settings and are not advised

    Puppy Care Tip: Never force a puppy to remain on a heating pad!

    3. Calorie Supplement, Under the Weather Gel
    Puppies can burn through calories at an extremely rapid pace because of how active they tend to be. This can be dangerous because sometimes the puppy burn through more calories than they are taking in, which then leads to low blood sugar. Give your tiny Chihuahua an inch of this during the middle of the day. Also make sure your puppy that is under 5 months old gets rests every hour or so of playing.

    4. Children – Keep an Eye on Them for the Safety of Your Puppy
    If you have children at home, they are likely going to be excited about their new pet puppy. However, imagine being stuck on a rollercoaster with no way of getting off, you begin to feel nauseous and, well, that’d probably be the worst ride of your life. Similarly, small puppies can be put into this situation when young kids pick them up and carry them around. Being carried around can cause nausea, ruin a puppy’s appetite. Have children sit with the puppy.

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