| Strong willed, stubborn, clever The bulldog is an
astounding dog, very engaging. They are also pigheaded and need good
firm training . A lovely little puppy who will become a fearsome dog if he
is ill-treated. His stuborness can be disconcerting but he knows how
to charm you because he is a faithful companion, and a real member
of the family.
If you are looking for a dog with real personality, and you prefer
sofas than running around playing football. And summer hollidays, beach
and hot countries are not your hobbies , you are fair but firm, then the
Bulldog is the dog for you. |
| Small but very strong, with a temprerament that can't deny
his membership to the Terrier Group. Lively, intelligent, he is an
excellent game partner for children, he is known as the nanny dog.
Very reliable with humans, you must take care around other dogs
because he is quite dominant. If his little size can allow him to live in
flat, you must not forget that he needs to unwind and burn off his energy,
so you need to take him on long daily walks. You will need to be
sporting,and enjoy long walks. Looking for a small dog with a big
personality, a great with children. A dog that is always happy, then,
the staffy is the dog for you. |
Before his arrival:
Your baby will soon arrive! Ready for action!
The arrival of a puppy a very big deal, especially if it is your first
dog. You will have to have everything ready for him from now on, so he
knows his place in the house. (If you already have a dog, make sure to
always feed him, stroke him, congratulate him before your puppy, all of
that to avoid any jealousy that could make the cohabitation very hard
between your dog and your new puppy). If sofas , beds and some rooms of
the house will be forbbiden later on, then you need to tell him from the
first day. Put his bed ( only in plastic ( proscribe wicker and textile
beds) in a strategic place,far from draughts and from where your puppy
will have an easy view on most of the living parts of the house without
him having to keep moving to see you. (especially if your puppy is a
bulldog!!).
For a start you can put in his plastic basket a blanket or towel,
which is easy to clean! Keep the good big cosy dog bed for later when your
puppy will be quiet and clean!
Also get him some toys too. As for an human baby, avoid everything that
can be rippes into strips and swallowed.
Buy very hard plastic balls, big ropes, piece of wood . Avoid
buffaloskin toys because that can make him vomit..
Alimentation : Your puppy will leave our kennel with a dry food
kit. At the moment he eats Nutrivet Junior 26/16. This food is not easy to
find in store but you can order it on the Internet www.nutrivet.fr
,they can deliver at home. In this kit there is also a little bottle of
salmon oil ( that you can order too on the website), this is
excellent for the coat. If you choose to take a dry food easier to find
near your home, you use the kit to make a transition in mixing half
and half with the new croquettes. Take care to choose a good quality of
dry food ( ex: Royal Canin medium Junior, Eukanuba junior medium
breed, Proplan, Hills....). You can find this dry foods at you vet
or in pet shops. At one year old you can give him a dry food for adult.
Use stainless steel bowls and always make sure there is fresh water for
your baby.Once at
home:
Generaly your puppy will arrive at home at 8 weeks old, he had had his
first shot but he will need a second one one month later to be fully
inoculated. For this reason we advise you to not take your puppy with you
everywhere before the second injection. It is better to invite your
friends to come to see him at home but don't put him in contact with other
dogs that you don't know if they are vaccinated or not..
Your puppy had been wormed too 8 days before his first shot. You will need
to worm him again 8 days before the second shot. For this, you do not need
to go with your puppy to the vet, tentation is big to show your new
friend to your vet but the vet office is like an hospital, there is a lot
of microbes inside. So , weigth your puppy at home and go alone the vet to
buy a vermifuge for X kilos. In the same time take a rendez-vous for the
second shot 8 days later.
Your puppy must be wormed every month until 6
months old and then every 6 months( at 1 year , 1 yaer and half, 2
years ....)
Vaccination has to be done every year.
Tidiness:
Apprenticeship in tidiness will be your harder job! As soon as
your puppy has finished to eat, drink or just wake up, put him outside and
congratulate him when he makes it outside. Needless to punish him when he
makes it inside, that will only show him that when he makes it inside you
have interest for him.. Punish him only if you catch him and give him a
good slap on his thigh before to put him outside. At the begining for the
night you can put newspapers on the floor near his bed, he was used
to make it on newspaper at the kennel.
If your work in day time ,or if you need to go for several hours, put your
puppy in a saft room easy to clean ( kitchen, bath room). You can also buy
a baby parc where he will be safte in your absence.
Medical cares:
You can brush your puppy anytimes you like but avoid to wash him too
often. Animals are not planed to take daily showers! That can fragilise
the skin and can give skin deseases very hard to treat.
You have to clean his ears onces a month with a special lotion. On breed
who have falling ears( staffie, bullmastiff, bulldog) a ear scabies can
come, watch that the inside of the ears don't become red. On the
bulldog you can clean the wrinkles of the head with physiologic serum and
dry them with talc.
Education:
As with kids, make sure you don't miss it !
You need to be firm but fair. If you annoy, make it really ( fit your
force to the size of the puppy!) . He really needs to understand that you
are not happy at all. Don't give him little slap with baby language ( it
is not nice, your are a nasty boy, mummy is not happy...), Be firm and
double your slap with a strong "NO". Dogs hold back
easier short orders. The day he will understand the "NO"
no need anymore to give hime slaps. Once he understands who is the chief
at home you will have a perfect companion that you will be proud to take
with you everywhere.
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