The Puppy Pen
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AKC & ACA Registered Puppies
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Mixed Breed Puppies
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Kittens
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Pour Warm Apple Juice on the carpet in several places and walk around barefoot in the dark
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Using a blender, shred the toe-end of one of your good dress socks and wear to work
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Immediately upon waking, stand outside in the dark and rain and say, "Be a good puppy. Go potty now. Please go potty. C'mon, let's go potty"
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Cover all your best clothes with dog hair. Use light hair on dark clothes and dark hair on light clothes
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Float some hair in your first cup of coffee in the morning
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Play "catch" using a wet and smelly tennis ball
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Run out in the rain or snow barefoot to close the gate
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Tip over a basket of clean laundry and scatter the clothing all over the dirty floor
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Leave your underwear in the center of the living room floor, especially when company is coming
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During the best part of your favorite TV program, wildly jump out of your chair, dash from the room and shout, "No, no! Do that outside!" Miss the rest of your program
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Mix up some chocolate pudding and plop it onto the carpet in the morning. Do not attempt to clean it up until you get home from work in the evening
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Using a screwdriver, make several deep gauges in the leg of your beautiful dining room table
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Now, using pliers, see just how far you can twist your expensive prescription sunglasses until they break
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Take a warm, cuddly blanket out of the dryer. Immediately wrap it around yourself. That's the feeling you get when your exhausted puppy finally falls asleep in your lap
14 Ways to
Prepare For
Your New
Puppy!
Flea & Tick
Collars
Adults who play with a cat or dog while it's wearing a flea collar are exposed up to 500 times the Environmental Protection Agency's safe level of pesticides, according to our first-of-its-kind study by scientists at the Natural Resources Defense Counsel.
For children, the levels can be 1,000 times higher than what's safe. The worst are collars containing chemicals propoxur or tetrachlorvinphos, which kill pests by disrupting their nerve pathways. Four out of five top-selling brands we shopped for contained one of these, so check the labels. Luckily there are other effective pest-killing options. "Pills that pets take internally seem to be safer," says Jerome Paulson, M.D., chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics council on environmental health. Two common brands are Capstar an Pro-germ, which you can get for between $20 to $60 online or from your vet. (For other - cheaper! - suggestions, go to greenpaws.org)
No to Teacups?
The term “teacup” is generally frowned on by professionals in
the dog industry. It is a gimmick term often used for stunted dogs,
attached to them so that they can be sold at inflated prices to
people who are not educated about proper dog breeding standards.
In short teacup puppies are poorly bred
(they would be disqualified in any conformation dog show) and
sold at high prices to people who do not know better.
While some pups sold as teacup puppies grow up to have proper
lifespans, most do not. Many have health problems that their
owners may be fully ignorant to, or that the owners do not associate
with the stunted size but attribute to something else, such as age.
Health Problems in Teacup Pups and Dogs
-Smaller birth weight leaves the puppies more sensitive to cold,
and more likely to have metabolism and stress disorders such
as hypoglycemia.
-In some cases the teacup puppy, due to being stunted before birth,
may have a permanent soft spot on the top of the skull
(many owners are completely unaware their dog even has this). When dogs
have a soft spot on the top of the skull they are always at risk of
injury when playing with kids or other animals.
-One of the more common problems is that their bones tend to
be very fragile, making these dogs extra vulnerable to broken
bones if they fall off the sofa or bed.
-Heart problems are common, as are liver shunts.
-Teacup dogs may be more prone to dehydration.
-They are more likely to have epilepsy.
NO TO TEACUPS!