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Tips For A New Puppy Or Dog Home

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When you bring a new puppy or dog home and you plan on keeping it inside most of the time you are going to have to puppy proof your home. Otherwise you may return to a disaster after being gone for work or a night out. Here are some tips to help. Before you bring your dog home remove anything at ground level you want to keep. This can include shoes, game controllers, lamp cords or anything that is below a 4 foot level. The reason for this is because your dog will think that anything in its reach is a toy, worth eating or chewing up into shreds. Any paper, magazines, clothes or other normal objects that people have in their home should be put up on a shelf or placed inside a closed closet. There is no getting around this because if you leave your dog unattended inside your home it will surely get separation anxiety and start to chew, tear or shred anything in its reach. Make sure that lower level cabinets have child-proof latches on them and never leave cabinets that contain cleaning solutions or furniture wax open after each use. Even if you plan on leaving your dog outside when you leave you will still have to keep an eye on it when you are home. Make sure that you reward good behavior with a treat or lots of loving attention and bad behavior with a stern "NO". You shouldn 't beat or injure your pet but a medium swat on the rump or nose with a loosely rolled paper will help in getting the dogs attention. If you find yourself in a situation where the dog has destroyed

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