Caring for Your Puppy

CARİNG FOR YOUR PUPPY PUPPY FACTS THE UNITED STATES HAS THE BIGGEST DOG POPULATION ON EARTH (AT LEAST 78 MILLION). 5 MİLLİON PUPPIES ARE BORN İN THE U.S. EACH YEAR PUPPIES ARE BORN WITHOUT TEETH, SIGHT, AND HEARING 14 HOURS = AVERAGE TİME PUPPİES SPEND SLEEPİNG EACH DAY PUPPY CARE TIPS Feeding 4 WEEKS OLD = WHEN PUPPIES CAN RECEIVE SOLID FOODS CALENDAR 6 WEEKS OLD = WHEN PUPPIES SHOULD BE WEANED CALENDAR CALENDAR 3 TIMES A DAY = FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR PUPPIES 6 WEEKS TO 6 MONTHS 2 TIMES A DAY = FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR PUPPIES 6 MONTHS AND OLDER PUPPIES SHOULD EAT SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOOD FOR GROWTH ↑ ↑1 HOUSEBREAKING 12 TO 16 WEEKS OLD = WHEN TO START HOUSE- BREAKING YOUR PUPPY WHEN TO TAKE YOUR PUPPY OUTSİDE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AFTER MEALS After NAPS BEFORE HE'S LEFT HOME ALONE BEFORE BED EVERY 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY TAKE YOUR PUPPY TO THE SAME SP8T ECH TİME YOU GO OUTSİDE REWARD EACH SUCCESSFUL BATHROOM BREAK WİTH A TREAT OR PRAİSE 4 TO 6 MONTHS : AVERAGE TIME TO COMPLETELY HOUSEBREAK A PUPPY SPAYİNG OR NEUTERİNG 8 WEEKS OLD = AVERAGE AGE THAT MOST PUPPIES CAN BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED CALENDAR CALENDAR PUPPIES CAN RECOVER MORE QUICKLY FROM SURGERY THAN ADULT DOGS SPAYED AND NEUTERED PUPPIES HAVE A LOWER RISK OF SOME CANCERS VACCINATIONS 6 TO 8 WEEKS OLD = AGE WHEN PUPPIES CAN BEGIN VACCINATIONS PUPPIES SHOULD RECEİVE AT LEAST 3 VACCİNATİONS EVERY 3 TO 4 WEEKS 16 WEEKS OLD = AGE WHEN PUPPIES SHOULD RECEIVE THEIR FINAL VACCINATIONS CALENDAR CALENDAR CALENDAR CALENDAR MANDATORY VACCİNATİONS DİSTEMPER НЕРАТITIS PARVOVİRUS RABİES INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: PUPPY CITY www.PUPPYCITYNYC.COM SOURCES HTTP://www.FUNNYFIDOS.COM/FUN-DOoG-FACTS/ HTTP://BLOG.TRUPANION.COM/2011/01/FUN-FACTS-ABOUT-PUPPIES/ HTTP://PETS.WEBMD.COM/DOGS/GUIDE/PUPPY-FOOD-TYPES HTTP://PETS.WEBMD.COM/DOGS/GUIDE/HOUSE-TRAINING-YOUR-PUPPY HTTP://PETS.WEBMD.COM/DOGS/GUIDE/SPAYING-OR-NEUTERING-YOUR-DOG-FAQ HTTP://PETS.WEBMD.COM/DOGS/GUIDE/ROUTINE-VACCINATIONS-PUPPIES-DOGS