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This play pen is recommended as a safe potty zone & hang out area! 

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We have started to potty train puppies, first using blue pads them having a designated potty area to wet/poo on then we will transition placing the blue pad under alfalfa pellets. They then learn to potty on the tray with the pellets. You can do this too until they are completely potty trained. In the puppy play pen have a designated area for the alfalfa tray, eating area & sleeping crate.  In our puppy pens we also have a doggy door they are able to go outside and do their business. With this being taught they are used to going outside on grass/dirt & they will also know how to use the alfalfa tray. So when you bring them home have all of these things on hand for an easy transition to complete potty training. If they have an accident in their pen, it'll be in the tray, and you can just scoop it up instead of it being everywhere. 

 I recommend sanitizing with bleach and a pump-up sprayer to make sure no parvo is at your place, especially of there is a lot of dirt in yard.

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Another use for play yards is for people who work all day and there is absolutely no way to come home during the day to let puppy out of crate. You can actually attach the play yard to the puppy crate. Put food and water bowls on one side of the play yard and tray on the other side for potty area. I don’t recommend potty pads for long time use. They have been chewed up and can get lodged in the intestinal track!  Place a toy  inside crate and leave crate door open (you can also clamp crate door to the play yard, so that it doesn’t accidentally get closed and shuts puppy out of his nice bed.)
I only recommend this on days you can’t get home for lunch to let puppy out, or if you have extreme long work hours.

After all vaccines are done and puppy is safe to go other places play yard can be used for when you go camping or when grandma keeps your new fur baby, or store for your pets sibling doodle you will possibly want in future, as all dogs love a buddy!!

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Crate training your dog is the best way to train your dog, because they will need to be in a crate at different points of their lives, like when they go to the vet, when they travel, when they visit other people’s homes, and when they go to get groomed.

Dogs love Dens by giving your dog a crate you have given him a den and he/she will not create one in your house wherever they want to. Puppies may not like it at first but it is for their safety and your furnitures safety. Your dog will appreciate its crate after a while, and you will love your dog more as you will not come home to a chewed up house. Once they come to like it as their bed they will go in it on their own to take naps or just to get away from the hustle and bustle of busy households, which they sometimes need.

The dog may cry a little for a minute or two, but within 5-10 minutes, the dog usually snuggles in and goes to sleep.  The crate needs to be big enough to fit the dog, but not too big, as it will potty in its crate. I like the wire kennels that have the grow with me panel that you can make it small when young and move the panel and make larger as the puppy grows to its actual size.

Keep puppies in nearby room that you can hear them whine/Cry if they need to go potty in the night. A box fan is a soothing noise for them and a noise that is familiar.

They also have stuffed animals for babies that have a heartbeat sound, sometimes this works as well, just watch that your puppy does not chew it!

Putting blanket over the crate to give the crate a Den or cave-like feeling of warmth and safety.

Crates/Kennels are also helpful with potty training. Dogs by nature don’t like to potty where they sleep so keep the grow with me panel moved to the size your puppy is to lay down, stand up turn around and lay down again, if it is any bigger they will be tempted to potty in crate. Generally will only potty in a small area it they are left to long. After a puppy eats and drinks you need to take them out to potty in 10-20 min. Do not let them just run around during that time as they may expel before you get to them. Hold them or put them in their Crate/Kennel for that waiting time.
 

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Bleach Water Sprayer

Fill this up with 1/4 Cup bleach to 1 gallon of water. Don’t overdo the bleach. Protect your dog’s potty areas with bleach to keep it from getting illnesses. Great during the quarantine time before it’s had all it’s puppy vaccines. I use this type of bleach sprayer for all my disinfecting puppy needs. USE THIS in backyard if you have alot of dirt, and dont know if there is parvo in your ground Parvo lives in the dirt. 

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Food  to have on hand. 

 

We are currently feeding Royal Canin- puppy to all puppies. 

 

We also recommend Royal Canin Food for the large sized puppy. You can choose the golden retriever brand, buts it is a little more expensive for just a different shape. I would recommend the Large Bag of Puppy. Please keep the dogs on this food until at least 14 weeks of age, as change will cause more stress on your puppy and make him/her sick. 

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Puppy Soothing

Dogs are social animals and they like to hear noises, especially when they are left alone. I reccomend a 
It’s okay to keep it quiet at night, especially if the pen is near your bed. You can go on about your life, and the puppy will learn to stay in its crate right next to you.

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Basic Supplies Needed for Your New Puppy

• Food Bowls

• High Quality Puppy Food (Royal Canin)

Toys & Chew Toys

• Blanket or Bed

• Baby Gates, Crate or X-Pen

• Grooming Tools

• Health Supplies & Supplements

We require NuVet Plus vitamins and give ordering information upon puppy pick up.

• Training Tools (Leash & Collar)

• Name Tag, Collar, Training harness & Leash (Safety Tools)

• Tools for the Road (Papertowels for any messes, Clorox bleach wipes to clean paws after being on ground, Crate.)

• Doggy Approved Cleaning Supplies

• Time & Love

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