Finally, you have a long-awaited furry puppy of the Caucasian sheepdog ! And then the host raises many questions: how and how to feed him, how to care for and train a Caucasian shepherd puppy?
Feeding of the Caucasian Shepherd puppies
In the first days of the puppy's stay in your home, feed him the same as the breeder gave earlier. Change of residence for a small shepherd is already a great stress. Do not aggravate it, dramatically changing the puppy's diet. To translate your pet to another type of food should be gradual.
Remember that your dog is still a predator. Therefore, the main part of its diet is meat: beef, lamb, horse meat, poultry. Do not give your pet pork, sausages, and if lamb is caught with fat - carefully cut it, and then give the puppy. Of the poultry, all the bones should be removed, but the chicken neck is a treat for the Caucasian puppies. In cold weather, when the temperature drops to 10 ° C or lower, it is good to cook a strong meat broth, but do not give it to hot meat. From six months you can give cooked by-products to your baby. Not more than once a week you can give a puppy a raw bone with cartilage. However, you should not allow him to completely gnaw a bone: sharp fragments can damage the stomach and intestines. In the diet of the puppy must be present cottage cheese and other dairy products. In addition, the puppy should be fed and porridge, and vegetables, and fruits.
Today, many owners of Caucasian sheep-dogs feed their pets with ready-made professional feeds. They are balanced and contain the necessary vitamins. However, you should choose one type of food: either ready or natural, and feed the puppy without mixing these feeds.
Raising and caring for the Caucasian Shepherd puppy
Raising a Caucasian shepherd puppy begins from the very beginning of his stay in your home. At this time, it is necessary to accustom the puppy to his nickname, and then to the teams "Fu", "Stand", "Sit", "Aport". To be engaged in education and in the subsequent training of the future wolfhound should only one person. Do not let the puppy jump on the master, bite, climb on the sofa. It is necessary to punish him immediately after committing a crime, and not after a time after that, since he will not understand what he was guilty of. Physical punishment should be short, for example, patting the withers. Outsiders should not caress or tease your pet. If the puppy has robbed an outsider in your house - encourage him. However, on the street, he should not be aggressive.
For the normal development of a Caucasian shepherd puppy, proper care of it is very important. In the room where your pet lives, there should be enough light and free space. Puppy can not always be kept on a leash. Do not let the Caucasian Shepherd puppy jump from a height. This can adversely affect his fragile joints. To bathe a puppy it is necessary, only if it is strongly smeared, or insects have got on it. In this case, you should use special shampoos. To clean the hair, it is enough to comb it with a massage brush.
In the first year of life the puppy of the Caucasian sheepdog should be given the following vaccinations : at 3 months - the vaccine "Duramon" or "Eurikan", then at 6 months the rabies vaccine is added, these vaccinations are repeated per year. Throughout life, the dog should be vaccinated once a year.
How to choose a Caucasian Shepherd puppy?
It is best to take a puppy in a nursery. First, decide what you need a dog for: as a guard, or for breeding a breed. Parents for their puppies choose at large mono-breed shows from good producers-champions. If you need a guard in a family with children, then the bitch is preferable: her character is softer and more complaisant, and the house will be guarded no worse than a dog. Choose a healthy, lively and sociable puppy. With proper education, a good watchman will grow out of it.
Raising the Caucasian wolfhound should be engaged all his life, then communication with him will bring you only joy and satisfaction.