New puppy - a few questions
My son moved back in with us for a couple months and brought his new puppy with him. We have two adult dogs, both current on vaccinations. The puppy will have her second round of shots on Friday and...
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The puppy (Nora) is an 8 week old black lab. She is my son's first dog and unfortunately, he got her when she was only 5 weeks old. She has adjusted just fine and crate training is going well.
He takes her to the vet on Friday and I will have him ask for flea med recommendations for the puppy. We have found that Frontline isn't very effective for our dogs so wanted to try Advantix, especially with all the news about ticks lately. Good to know that it is safe for 7 week old puppies. We also have some Zodiak house spray that I will use when the dogs I can put the dogs in their crates for a while.
One other question, is it normal for her to gobble her food down like she hasn't eaten in days? We have been told this is a "lab" thing. We keep food in our dogs dishes for them to eat whenever they want and they can ignore it for a day before eating it. I know we can't leave food down all the time with a puppy. She freaks out about food every feeding. She is fed 3 times a day and probably a little more than what is recommended on the bag.
Thank you for the advice.
He takes her to the vet on Friday and I will have him ask for flea med recommendations for the puppy. We have found that Frontline isn't very effective for our dogs so wanted to try Advantix, especially with all the news about ticks lately. Good to know that it is safe for 7 week old puppies. We also have some Zodiak house spray that I will use when the dogs I can put the dogs in their crates for a while.
One other question, is it normal for her to gobble her food down like she hasn't eaten in days? We have been told this is a "lab" thing. We keep food in our dogs dishes for them to eat whenever they want and they can ignore it for a day before eating it. I know we can't leave food down all the time with a puppy. She freaks out about food every feeding. She is fed 3 times a day and probably a little more than what is recommended on the bag.
Thank you for the advice.
