Holiday trip With a New Puppy

The holidays are upon us. If there is a new puppy in your life you may be tempted or encouraged to take your most recent family expanding along for holiday festivities and fun. Your host may utter the phrase "bring the puppy with you" with good intentions but be totally oblivious to the chaos, danger and stress four furry feet can bring into a house. Corollary the suggestions below to avoid situations that could be thought about "challenging" in the moment or "embarrassing" for years to come.

Puppy Energy

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Puppies come prepackaged with a lot of puppy energy. Not every person will appreciate the kindly puppy's enthusiasm. practice your puppy before arriving at your guest's house. Do not "plan on" the other guests tiring out your puppy.

Housetraining Accidents

Your puppy's housetraining may or may not transfer to a guest's house. prevent potty accidents by taking your puppy outside commonly and often. If your puppy is unconfined in the house, keep the pup in sight at all times. Do not forget the old adage "what goes in, must come out". Monitor your puppy's food and water intake and then plan accordingly.

Safety Concerns

Be ready for population to inadvertently but consistently open up doors long enough for your puppy to run outside into a potentially unsafe, unfenced area. Be sure your pup is wearing their collar and tags just in case. Ribbons, tinsel, lights, lights, chocolate, nuts, poultry bones and other possible blockage-causing or toxic items could be within your tempted puppy's reach. locate these hazards and remove or relocate if possible, otherwise supervise your pup around these items. If kids are around this is a great opportunity to socialize your pup with small human like creatures. Children and puppies need to be taught how to behave with one another. Be sure to monitor these interactions so no one involved becomes overly rough, aggressive, tired or cranky.

Final Tip

I will all the time sing the praises of crate training any dog and especially a puppy. Here is why: When you trip this holiday season with your puppy bring along their crate. This will allow you to confine your puppy safely and "worry free" when you are unable to supervise them or ready to gain around the table for the holiday feast. Your puppy's crate will also supply your pup a familiar place to nap, to be out of the way when needed, and make a more welcome guest who gets invited back year after year!

Holiday trip With a New Puppy