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Everything you need to know and buy before you get a puppy

Posted September 27, 2021

Puppy collage featuring a beagle, pug, golden retriever, Jack Russell Terrier, bulldog, and chocolate Labrador. Puppy preparation: Buy the right food, supplies, and toys for your dog. Stick to your vaccination schedule to keep your puppy healthy.
Puppy preparation: Buy the right food, new puppy supplies, and toys. Stick to your vaccination schedule to keep your puppy healthy.

If you are thinking about bringing a new puppy into your home, it is essential to prepare. While caring for a puppy may be fun for the entire family, doing so is still a massive commitment for everyone involved. 

That’s why puppy preparation needs to be planned. You’ll need to get new puppy supplies. To that end, here is a list of things you need for a puppy so you can buy them before you bring your new furball home.

Buy the right puppy food

The first thing that you will need to buy is food. Even though this is essential, you need to buy the right food for your puppy’s breed.

Puppies need different nutrition needs than adult dogs. Nutrition is more than just the types of food that this puppy will eat.

Because the needs of a puppy are different from a full-grown dog, you need to consider the kind of nutritional foods that are the best choice.

For instance, to raise a happy, healthy puppy, you need to select dog foods with the highest possible nutritional value. So, you will need to purchase foods that have been formulated explicitly for young dogs.

Get food and water bowls

As you begin to train your puppy, you need all of the essentials to ensure it is done correctly.

Therefore, when you buy dog bowls for the puppy to eat and drink out of, make sure you get safe bowls that will stand up to repeated use.

Keep up to date on vaccinations

Taking care of your puppy’s health is not only about feeding them the right nutritious foods.

Even though this is essential to their overall health, there are other things that you need to pay close attention to. And that is the puppy’s vaccination record.

Therefore, before you bring the puppy home to meet your family and friends, you need to check the dates of their vaccinations to ensure that they are up-to-date.

Because pets that are not vaccinated can become ill and spread certain diseases from animal to animal and animal to people, you need to know that it is safe to bring them into your home.

Get collar, harness, and leash

In addition to checking the dates of the puppy’s vaccination in advance, you need to make sure that you buy a collar, a harness, and a leash before picking your puppy up from wherever you buy them.

The collar will help to identify your puppy if they run off in your neighborhood. A collar is considered one of the best and easiest ways to identify any pet, specifically those with an attached ID tag.

Buy a bigger bed

Even though puppies are much smaller than their adult counterparts, you need to make sure that the dog bed that you buy for your puppy is big enough for their future needs.

For instance, instead of buying a small bed for your puppy to rest and sleep in, you need to buy a larger bed that will allow them to grow into. This is especially true for puppies that grow quickly.

Stock up on toys

Keeping your puppy busy is another thing you need to think about before bringing a puppy home.  After the puppies play with you and other family members, your puppy will likely enjoy playing on its own, too. 

Puppies especially need appropriate chew toys to help them endure the stages of teething and soothing their gums.

Therefore, when shopping for puppy toys, you may need to buy an excellent teething stick, chilly bones for teething, or other toys that will make their permanent stay comfortable.

Puppy preparation tips

As you can see, the lifestyle of a puppy can be pretty expensive at times and you’ll need to stock up on new puppy supplies.

This is especially true when you are preparing to bring a new puppy home for the first time. In these situations, you may even need to borrow a loan over short time to finance these expenses. A short-term loan will help you to pay for all of these extra expenses without unnecessary delays.

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