Puppy's Schedule
NEWBORN: Puppies are born with eyes and ears closed. They have a long tail and dew claws. Puppies are weighed weekly and weight is displayed on the Nursery Page.
3 DAYS Old: Puppy sees the vet for the first time. Dew claws are removed and tail is docked.
2 WEEKS: Eyes and ears open at this time. Their eyes are blue at this age.. This is the time to start the human bonding process. We hold the puppies daily at this point so yes, your puppy will come pre spoiled.
4 WEEKS: Puppies are wormed. We introduce solid food into their diets by first placing the dry food in water and daily adding less water to the dry food until the puppies are ready for the dry food alone. We also introduce them to ground up raw chicken and chicken bones. At this time we start them on Nu-Vet vitamins. We also start to potty train the puppies at this point. Teacup puppies are taught to go potty on puppy pads and bigger puppies start to go outside several times a day to learn where to go potty. They are getting more coordinated and eyes start to darken in color. Their personalities are starting to show more.
6 WEEKS: This is when we completely wean the puppies between 6-7 weeks of age. They can get very stressed at this time so need more human bonding time. We start to give them a herbal preventative called Kocci, twice a day for ten days, to help their appetite and control any possible bacteria or Coccidia.
8 WEEKS: Puppy sees the vet for the second time. Puppy's first shot is given a five way puppy vaccine, he/she is wormed again. Puppies can be transferred at this time unless we decide that puppy is to small to be shipped, and needs more time to grow.
10 WEEKS: Teacup Poodle Puppies: can be weighed and then double that weight and add half a pound to determine the estimated adult weight of the puppy.
12 WEEKS: Teacup Poodle Puppy can be weighed again and double weight to get the estimated adult weight of the puppy. With Cockers and Cockapoos we can also double the weight at this time to get an idea of adult size.This is when all the puppies are due for their second shot of the 5 way vaccine. They should also be wormed again.
16 WEEKS: Puppies are due for their last shot and also his/her rabies vaccine. Don't forget to start a heartworm preventative at this time.
Poodles go through many coat changes= puppy coat-up to 8 months. Then a teenager coat- 8 months to 18 months, then a mature coat that is coarser after that. Their color can lighten or darken with age. It is always a good idea to look at the puppy's parents' coat changes to get a good idea of what your puppy will look like as an adult.
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