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Getting A Puppy!
"With over 200 different breeds there is certainly an ideal breed for everyone."
If you have made the decision to bring a dog into your family and home – congratulations, you have many happy years ahead of you! The decisions you make now are vital if you are to ensure you are choosing the right breed of dog.
Many people prefer a puppy, and if that is your choice you have the choice of a rescue sanctuary, breeder or private sale. Take advice from your vet or listen to the experiences of people you know.
Choosing which breed
Next step is to consider which breed your puppy should be. Each pedigree dog breed has its own characteristics, says The Kennel Club which governs pedigree dog breeds. With over 200 different breeds there is certainly an ideal breed for everyone. If you match these characteristics with your personality and lifestyle, it is more likely that you will have a happy and fulfilling relationship with your dog.
The Kennel Club offers dog characteristics to consider: Energetic and lively or couch- potatoes; strong-willed and ambitious or easy-going and indulgent; friendly with humans or reserved with strangers; playful or disinterested in toys; friendly to other dogs or disinterested or incompatible; friendly to cats and other pets or disinterested or incompatible; affectionate or aloof. There is a lot of think about! All pedigree breeds are divided into seven Breed Groups: hound, working, gundog, terrier, utility, pastoral and toy.
Plus of course you will also have crossbreeds which could be a blend of two personality types, or far more! Our dogs are quite simple beings and will behave to their breed types so please take care when choosing your puppy. A bit that is a bit too boisterous with small children could result in tears all round and a working dog that needs to be kept very busy isn't going to enjoy life as a lap dog. Write a typical day or week of your life down.
Importance of good feeding
Through years of experience producing high quality dog foods, Skinner’s understand dogs and know the importance of feeding the correct foods to produce healthy, happy puppies.
Skinner’s recommend feeding their Field & Trial Superior to bitches from three weeks prior to whelping as this is a time of rapid foetal growth, and continue until the bag is finished to ensure milk quantity and quality as well as condition and all round good health of the nursing bitch.
From weaning until approximately 6-9 months of age (depending on the breed), Skinner’s Field & Trial Puppy is specially formulated to meet the nutritional requirements of puppies during their first and most crucial stages of development.
Both products are made from easily digestible chicken and rice, they are wheat gluten free and free from artificial additives, flavourings and preservatives. Skinner’s Puppy Milk is an easy-to-mix formula, which can help to ensure the health and vitality of growing puppies and bitches before and after whelping. It is made from wholesome cow’s milk with some of the hard-to-digest fat removed and then supplemented with all the vitamins, min- erals and trace elements needed for healthy growth.
More details can be found on Skinner’s website: www.skinnerspet- foods.co.uk
