Client Instructions

1. Take your new puppy to your vet within 72 hours for a check-up (excluding holidays). Make the appointment as soon as you get your puppy home. Use our Vet Form for your vet to fill out and affix his/her stamp to the top of the document.
2. Make sure to fax or email Wild Rose Country Puppies the finding of the above exam. Make sure you have signed and dated the bottom as well. This is your assurance that the puppy has been truthfully represented and is in good health; your signature is my assurance that you have complied with the requirement and the puppy is satisfactory to you. If you fail to have puppy checked and/or fail to have the results faxed or emailed to me, you will void our Guarantee and Contract. Please remember to sign and date this form yourself as well.
3. While you are at your vet’s for this first appointment, it would be a good idea to: make an appointment for puppy’s next vaccination which is due on_____________.
4. Arrange with your vet the timing for your puppy’s spay/neuter and book it now; remember to send us a copy of the vet’s invoice when complete as your registration papers will be sent once we have this invoice.
5. Ask your vet any questions you may have about care of your new puppy that we haven’t answered for you
6. Be kind and let us know that puppy has arrived on time and fine if we have shipped him/her to you; and if you met us for pick up, we would also appreciate an email or call the next day as to how puppy is doing. We generally send you an email a few days after you take possession of your new puppy to make sure everything is going well, and to ask if you have any additional questions. Make a note of any questions you may have on a pad so you’ll have them handy when we email.
7. We love to receive pictures and letters from our new puppy’s family, so please send us periodic updates to let us know how he/she is doing. This also helps us to evaluate the litter seeing the puppies when fully mature; and helps us to plan subsequent litters.
8. House and obedience training takes TIME, EFFORT, CONSISTENCY, and learning to see the world through your puppy’s eyes. REMEMBER: THERE ARE NO BAD DOGS; JUST BAD OWNERS! Treat your new family member as you would a valued friend, with dignity and respect. A new puppy is almost like a child; you may hate that child’s behavior; but your love for that child never changes. However, don’t go so far as to think of your puppy as a person in a fur suit! Your puppy is a dog; you are the human. You must always remember this, as well as who is in charge or the Alpha. The Alpha is YOU, not your dog! Establish the rules and be consistent and patient; your puppy will soon learn to see you as the leader you are and learn to do things YOUR way; not his.
9. PLEASE READ THE ARTICLES ON HOUSETRAINING; READING LIST FOR SOME GOOD BOOKS TO HAVE ON HAND; PUPPY SHOPPING LIST; MAKING A PUPPY PEN; VACCINE CONTROVERY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ETC. These articles are for your convenience and education. Take the time to read them before you puppy comes home, and if you need a refresher.
10. Be sure to pay special attention to our New Owner’s Contract which outlines your responsibilities during the crucial early weeks of you puppy’s life. It is especially important that you don’t take you puppy anywhere, and limit visits, until he/she has had all of the puppy boosters.
11. For the first few weeks your puppy should be kept on the same food that we feed at Wild Rose and also given bottled water. Your puppy is used to this, and you won’t experience any digestive upsets if you continue with the same food and bottled water. We try very hard to have a brand of food that is readily available, so you won’t have to hunt for our particular brand.
12. We suggest that new puppy owners use a harness rather than a collar to walk the puppy. A harness does not put any pressure on the throat. If you encounter an aggressive dog on your walk, you can often lift puppy out of harms way with a harness. We don’t advocate a collar for your puppy at all. A harness has room for all tags to be attached. Your puppy can wear his/her harness during the day without the fear of choking and suffocation should it get caught on something. It should be taken off at night and when you are not at home to watch the puppy, of course.
13. Your puppy has been paper trained and should know to use them, even if you are training to have the puppy go outside to do his/her business. When you are not home, it is a good idea to confine the puppy in his puppy pen, along with papers, just in case. See our article on Making a Puppy Pen.
14. If you have any questions, we are only an email or phone call away. Please make a list of questions you have so that we can answer them for you.

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