Sentences with phrase «puppies during their first weeks of life»

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Puppies are like little sponges during the first 16 weeks of life.

During the first eight weeks of a puppy's life it is driven to bond with its mother and littermates.

As mentioned earlier in this paper, during the first three weeks of life the puppy is dependent on the bitch.

Although some of the social interactions occur during the first three weeks of the puppy's life, major social interactions and attachments develop later.

The first 8 weeks of a young puppies life is crucially important and the lessons it learns and the social conditioning it picks up during this time will fashion its behaviour for life.

For puppies, the imprinting period is during the first 16 weeks of life.

Puppy vaccinations should take place every 3 - 4 weeks until 16 weeks of age during the first several months of life, and continue with booster immunizations throughout adulthood.

Because puppies will mostly nurse during their first weeks of life and won't eat much hard food, they won't need to grind much, which explains why they lack molars.

Nor are puppies born of accidental matings so likely to have been given the expert attention of a very experienced dog breeder during the first few formative weeks of their lives.

During the first weeks of their lives, puppies go through a critical period of development.

During the first three weeks of life, the puppies would naturally nurse strictly from their mother's teats.

Newborn puppies generally nurse from their mother a minimum of every two hours during their first week of life.

Our puppy enrichment center offers an array of tools to ensure a high level of growth and development during the first few weeks of puppy life.

We raise our puppies in our living room in a kiddie pool for the first 4 weeks of life, then they're free to run and play in the backyard during the day and are kept indoors at night.

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What a puppy is exposed to during the first sixteen weeks of life are critical to development of temperament, self confidence and self control.

Transmission occurs by contact between susceptible young puppies (usually during the first three weeks of life) and infected oral - nasal or vaginal secretions of their dam or oral - nasal secretions of other dogs allowed contact with the puppies.

That, veterinarian John Scandurra says, is why most puppies receive a series of vaccinations during their first 14 weeks of life.

This passive immunity is of benefit during the first few weeks of the puppy's life, but at some point, its levels decline and the puppy must be able to develop its own active long - lasting immunity.

To keep your pups safe from the disease, your best bet is to isolate your momma dog away from other dogs, as puppies are at their highest risk during late pregnancy, delivery, and the first three weeks of life.

A puppy's or kitten's weight should double or triple during the first weeks of life.

While mother dog cleans up her puppies during their first few weeks of life, as the puppies grow they will learn to soil outside of their den.

A socialized puppy is one that has been introduced to as many different sights, sounds, people, and situations as possible during his first few months of life (from approximately 3 - 4 weeks to 14 weeks of age).

During their first few weeks puppies are learning the ropes of life.

We know that training a puppy during the first 16 weeks of his life will have a lasting impact.

During the first six to eight weeks of life, the puppy should stay with the mother and be allowed to nurse.

Your puppy's quality of life as an adult dog pretty much depends on his socialization and training during his first few weeks in your home.

The more you confine your puppy to her Puppy Playroom and Doggy Den during her first few weeks at home, the more freedom she will enjoy as an adult dog for the rest of her puppy to her Puppy Playroom and Doggy Den during her first few weeks at home, the more freedom she will enjoy as an adult dog for the rest of her Puppy Playroom and Doggy Den during her first few weeks at home, the more freedom she will enjoy as an adult dog for the rest of her life.

A puppy's weight should double or even triple during the first few weeks of their life.

Herpes virus is only deadly to puppies during the first three weeks of life, because a newborn puppy's average body temperature does not reach 100 degrees until 3 weeks of age.

A puppy that's not socialized correctly during the first eight weeks of life won't be as outgoing and friendly as a puppy that is.

During their first 7 weeks of life, puppies and kittens need to get used to people.

Our puppies receive a tremendous amount of early training and socialization during the first few weeks of life, and though not every pup is a match for our stringent criteria for guide work, they make exceptional companions and pets.

Rather, it is a description applied to puppies that appear normal at birth but do not grow or thrive during the first few weeks of their lives.

Remember that the most important indicator of puppy health during the first few days and weeks of life is regular and normal weight gain.

During a puppy's first 8 weeks of life, let them be nursed by their mothers as the mother's milk is by far the most nutritious organic puppy food out there (33.2 % protein, 44.1 % fat, 15.8 % carbohydrate and 6.9 % ash).

Puppies can be born with a congenital form of MG that appears during the first 6 - 8 weeks of life.

This immunity is of benefit during the first few weeks of the puppy's life, but at some point, this immunity fails and the puppy must be able to make its own long - lasting immunity.

When to Wean a Litter of Puppies Puppies receive complete nutrition from their mother's milk for the first four weeks of life, so there is no need to feed them anything during that time.

The Taiwanese rescue dogs, in contrast, are essentially feral, most having had no contact with humans during the first 18 weeks of life, the crucial socialization period, nor exposure to buses, cars, traffic, city sounds, skateboards, and everything else a puppy needs to incorporate into their worldview to thrive in our man - made world.

During the first three weeks of life, puppies require little care from the owner, provided the mother is doing her job.