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Posted on June 25, 2009 by William Williford | Posted under Pets Dogs
Labrador Retriever The First Year
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After 2 weeks waiting for the eyes of the pups to finally open. You find yourself with your "fingernails chewed down to the nubs of your fingers" and you notice some of the puppies with blue, brown, and green eyes. Every time you will say to yourself "I hope they stay that color". In the end they normally don't, but that doesn't matter to you because now you have new members in your family. With different shades of chocolate,yellow, and black. Now it's time to start all over again raising another family because the little puppies are just like children. You have to feed, wash, give them their medicine, make sure they are dry and warm, etc. So you can see the puppies are just like taking care of a baby. Now we are at week 3 in their life time for the introduction of food and first round of worming. They are various types of puppy food and wormer you can purchase. Ask your vet or do some research to choose what's right for you and your puppy. Week 4 the little angles are really wearing out the puppy food now 2 times a day once in the morning and once in the evening. Now the puppies have doubled if not trippled in size. Week 6 time to gather all of the children up for a visit with the vet to get their DHLP/Parvo and worming. Week 9 another round of DHLP/Parvo and the first round of Bordetella vaccine intranasal with another worming. Week 12 is a repeat of week 9. Now you can relax "whoops" wrong answer there is no such thing as relax. Taking care of puppies requires work and dedication. Its all so rewarding this is your best friend we are talking about this pup and one day a dog will always be by your side no matter what. Every day the puppy depends on you for food and water. There is also the task of a normal routine of medicating for heart worms and gastrointestinal worms, which can be a common problem in dogs and puppies if you do not stay on top of it. You don't want a problem with these devils so ask your vet for advice on how to stay on top of this possible health risk of your puppy. Also take the time to properly bathe and groom your companion. Wouldn't you know it a whole year has went by. You two are best of friends chances are your buddy is pushing around 55lbs. to 85lbs. now and has graduated to a good choice of dog food. The little puppy has grown so big in that short length of time. At this age of 1 year old it is time for another trip to the vet for his or her annual DHLP/Parvo vaccination, physical exam, annual bordetella, rabies vaccination, and heartworm test. Guess what? You will continue this process year after year. About The Author: Labrador Retriever Health Dog Food |
Tags: DOG, DOGS, LABRADOR RETRIEVER, PET, PUPPY, PUPPIES
