Bringing Home Your Puppy

Bringing Home your new puppy

Hello Future White Pine Goldens Puppy Owners,

What to expect when picking up your pup:

Food & Supplements.....We feed Diamond Naturals Large Breed Puppy, and/or All Life Stages Chicken and Rice blends. We will be sending a small bag of Diamond Naturals along with you on pick-up day to mix 50/50 with whatever food you choose to feed. We ask that you choose a HIGH QUALITY Large Breed Puppy food or an All-Life Stages food. I also supplement all my dogs with NuVet. These supplements are full of antioxidants, vitamins & minerals, amino acids, and other natural nutrient rich ingredients. I will have a starter pack sample of NuVet added to your puppy pack. Your puppy will be started on this supplement when they are nursing on Mom, and also when they start eating solid kibble. I highly recommend keeping your growing puppy on these supplements for his immunity, health, growing body, and joint support.

NuVet can be ordered by calling 1-800-474-7044. Use coupon code: 895636 and select autoship to save 15%. Or order online at www.nuvet.com/895636

Pet Insurance..... All puppies will go home with a FREE 30-day health insurance coverage thru TRUPANION. The offer must be activated within 24 hours of your puppy going home. You get instant coverage and there are no upfront costs to you.

To activate: Call 1-855-266-2156 and use Code: BR1WP43021

Micro-chipping....We use AKC ReUnite micro-chips for our new puppy owners. You will get the information to register your chip with your personal contact info and vet info, once you get your puppy pack.

Traveling home with your pup.....I would bring a crate if you have one. (a small/medium pet taxi would work) If the weather is warmer, the pup might become too warm while being held. It is ok to hold your puppy on the way home, they just might get a little uncomfortable if they are too hot and may feel more content to just lay in the pet taxi, or on the floor by your feet. Also make sure you have a leash and collar if you need to stop to let them go potty. The pups will be in the collar that adjusts 8"-14". At the time that they go home (7-8 weeks), they will be about 10"-12" in collar size.

Many families ask about what size crate they should buy.....If you only want to buy a one and done crate, I recommend getting a large wire crate with a divider so you can adjust the size of the crate sleeping space to the size of the puppy as they grow. Or you can purchase the plastic pet taxis, but you may need multiple sizes for as your puppy grows. I find the pups like these, as it is a little more like a "den" for them, and kind of goes along with their natural instincts.

Final Payment....Cash for the balance due is appreciated. Cashiers checks are okay, or if you want to use a credit card, that will have to be done using paypal. If using paypal for the balance due, a 3% paypal fee will be added to your balance at time of pick-up.

Training your puppy- "Golden Manners Off-Leash Dog Training"

www.goldenmannersdogtraining.com

We offer an e-collar training program for puppies as young as 4 months old and up. All puppies/dogs must be fully vaccinated and have their rabies shots before coming for this program. There is a 1 week-3 week board & train program. The length of stay depends on each individual dog and the goals that their human has for them. Each program is laid out in the website above. I only train 1-4 dogs at a time, so your pup will get alot of individual attention and care compared to most training programs that have upwards of 10+ dogs at once. Please plan and book ahead, as my training schedule fills up fast.

The e-collar is used as a tool to get your pups attention and focus on their handler. Once we have their attention and focus on us, we build on their commands such as Sit, Come, Down, Place, Stay, Wait, Leave-It, Heel, and walking on a loose leash. Eventually, when we get to be 100% on your pups recall (responding to "come"), your pup will be able to be off-leash. This means taking walks and enjoying being a dog while off- leash! We also work on Threshold Manners, Mealtime Manners and Greeting Manners. Learning to "wait" to cross a thresh-hold, or be released to eat are invaluable manners that are learned.

Week 2 of training, is where they will receive training for the "real world" as we continue on in our public access training. This is when I take your pup on field trips to places such as Fleet Farm, Lowe's, Mishicot Country Store, a park or beach, and maybe other places. This is done to "test" your dog in the "real world" with real world distractions and new environments. They will learn to greet people nicely, without jumping. They will learn to "place" even in a new environment and on different objects. They also will be allowed "off-leash" in different environments (parks & beach, state park trails) as long as it is safe to do so. The 2 week program is the most popular as this allows your dog a more solid foundation with hundreds more repetitions.

The 3 week program is designed for your more reactive, nervous, anxious or stubborn dogs. This program allows more time for your dog to work through their insecurites with the trainer.

On pick up day, plan for about 1.5 -2 hours of "human training". I will not be sending you home clueless. You will learn, and practice all commands here and be comfortable with everything before being sent home to continue on with your dog and his training at home. Sometimes we may meet at a store to practice commands if desired. You will also be sent home with paper instructions with all things written down to remind you of what we went through. It can be alot to learn, as this is kind of a new, more CLEAR way of communicating with your pet. You will be set up for success!