How to care for Nova Scotia duck hunting retriever puppies:
Before bringing the puppy home, you should put away items that are dangerous to the puppy, such as wires and fragile items, and things that cannot be touched by the puppy. At the same time, in order to allow the puppy to quickly adapt to the environment, If possible, bring your puppy home in the morning on a sunny day. Movement after evening will cause the puppy to feel restless.
When accepting a puppy, be sure to ask the pet store or previous owner (breeding farm, etc.) for detailed information on the health status and eating habits, and ask for things that smell like the female dog or toys that the puppy likes.
When driving your puppy home, placing the puppy on your lap so that it can feel human body temperature can eliminate the puppy's uneasiness more than placing it in a basket or suitcase, and can also prevent the puppy from motion sickness. When taking other means of transportation to go home, the puppy will feel nervous due to the shaking, the noise of the crowd, and various smells. Therefore, keep it next to the owner as much as possible and talk to it from time to time. In order to prevent the puppy from sudden vomiting, diarrhea and other emergencies, towels, newspapers and plastic bags must be prepared in advance.
After returning home, first take it to the toilet, put the things and toys that smell like bitches next to it, and let it have a good rest. Be patient for a while, don't hug it or touch it, wait until it takes a nap and comes to play with the owner, and then become its playmate gently. Playing too hard at the beginning will increase your puppy's stress.
On the first night, the puppy may growl because of loneliness. Don’t pay attention to it. As long as two or three days later, everything will improve. If you feel pity for it and sleep with it in your arms, it will think that the bed is a place for it to sleep, and then it will be difficult to train it. Meals can be fed at the same time as before, but only give half the amount. Even if the appetite is affected at first, it will soon return to its original appetite, and then it will take another week to slowly adapt to the new dishes.
