Our Training Policy
Mama Care
My Cute Pups LLC. puppy development enhancement plan.Step One – Nutrition and Handling. Nutrition is the true cornerstone of this program. My Cute Pups LLC. puppies are left with their mother for the first five weeks. We do not force wean our puppies. Mama has important lessons to teach her babies, even after their teeth come in and they begin to lose their suckling reflex. So, naturally, we start with the health and nutrition of our Mamas. Our Dams are fed quality dry dog food along with daily supplemental feedings of nutritionally balanced homemade dog food made by a personal chef. We include natural wholesome ingredients. This provides Mama with extra nutrition to feed her babies.
Step One
The puppies begin their nutritional journey the week before Mama will wean (mama will give many signs that she is almost ready to wean. We watch for the signs and begin supplementing the puppies with puppy food). Because their little tummies are developing, we do not feed our puppies any type of table or homemade food. Instead, they start on a diet of high quality replacement puppy milk and Purina Pro Plan Healthy Puppy Food.
During the entire 8 weeks of the puppies lives at our home, they are handled very regularly. Between the ages of 4 weeks and 8 weeks, they are given baths, and their nails trimmed. We also introduce them to loud noises, such as velocity dryers.
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Step Two
Play and Environment. As soon as the puppies begin to walk, see and hear (usually after three weeks) we introduce different textures, sounds, and smells to the puppies' environment. All the way up until they are ready for their new homes, My Cute Pups LLC. will have played with people using interesting toys, heard the sounds of a household (television, music, phones ringing, running laughing children, dogs barking, pots clanking) and experienced many different indoor and outdoor environments. While that may not seem like it's very important, many breeders do not allow their puppies to experience grass, dirt, or carpet. Many breeders keep their puppies in a kennel until time to go home. This allows the breeder to have a job outside of the home.
Step Three
Training. At five weeks, the puppies begin training. They are removed from sleeping with Mama (by this time, mama is usually sleeping on her on) and are put into wire dog crates to sleep. They are let out at night every 3 hours to potty. During the day, they spend one out of every four hours napping in their crate. This allows the puppy to become accustomed to the crate. When used correctly, the crate is an invaluable training tool. By the time My Cute puppies are 8 weeks old, they have spent many nights in the crate and I have increased the night time stints in those crates to 6 hours. This means that by the time they go home, most of our puppies have gotten used to sleeping, potting, and waking on a schedule. That schedule can be easily adjusted to fit your specific needs when they go home. By creating a den environment for these puppies early on we have set up the basis for easy housebreaking. While it’s impossible for any puppy to be fully housebroken at 8 weeks, by the time our puppies go home they can sleep several hours a night without incident and are happily ready to potty outside upon waking.
Between the ages of 6 and 8 weeks, My Cute puppies are ready to become accustomed to a harness, collar, and leash. We begin by introducing these tools to the puppies every day and actively allowing them to become used to them before using the last week at our home to familiarize them with what we call “travel manners”. That is pottying and walking on the leash without trying to make it a toy.
Step Four
Socialization is probably the most important part of this program. We begin by allowing mama free access to her babies at all times (except nap time after 5 weeks) for the duration of their lives here at My Cute Pups LLC. Mama has a lot to teach her little ones, like bite inhibition, doggy language, and how to be submissive. Our puppies are also socialized with the family children.
PUPPY CARE
WE BELIEVE IN KEEPING A STRICT PROTOCOL FOR DEWORMINGS AND VACCINATIONS TO ENSURE THE HEALTHIEST PUPS POSSIBLE. BELOW IS OUR SCHEDULE.
WEEK 2- PYRANTAL
WEEK 4- PYRANTAL
WEEK 5- COCCIDIA PREVENTION + NEOPAR VACCINE
WEEK 6- SAFEGUARD
WEEK 7- COCCIDIA PREVENTION + NOBIVAC CANINE 1-DAPPV + Covid 19 + MICROCHIP