General Health Care
Vaccination
Your puppy will have already received temporary vaccination against Distemper, Canine Hepatitis,
Parvo Virus and “Kennel Cough Complex”. Contact your own Veterinarian as soon as you take your puppy
home and he will advise you when to take for final vaccination which is usually given at 16 -18 weeks,
followed by annual re-vaccination.
DO NOT TAKE YOUR PUPPY IN PUBLIC PLACES UNTIL FINAL
VACCINATION IS COMPLETE
Worming
Your puppy will have already been regularly wormed from two weeks of age by the breeder. Have your
pup checked at the time of vaccination and if indicted treated for roundworm. Each dose is repeated
in 10 - 14 days. Either check or dose adult dogs twice yearly for roundworms. Hookworms, whipworms
and tapeworms should be diagnosed and treated by your veterinarian, if necessary.
Heartworm Prevention
Heartworm prevention tablets can be given daily or monthly. Annual injections are now available.
Discuss with your Veterinarian which regime best suits you.
Teething
Teething occurs in pups between 3 and 6 months of age. Ears may drop during this time but will
always come up again if they were up before teething began. Baby teeth will fall out or break, but as a
rule this time passes without too much trouble in Corgis. When new teeth emerge they do cause some
pain. Chewing on a hard object such as bones or hard biscuits may relieve some of the discomfort.
EARLY DAYS
Rest
A growing puppy needs adequate sleep if it is to grow into a healthy happy adult. Remember,
particularly if young children are involved, he is not a toy and gets easily tired if over exercised. He
needs to be left alone when resting so RIGHT FROM THE START decide where the puppy will sleep
at nights and set aside a place where he can be put to rest during the day. Firm sensible handling in
the early days will be repaid in later months.
For the first few nights, your new puppy may get homesick or lonely and may whimper or cry. It may
assist him to settle down if you place a wrapped hot water bottle and a ticking clock in his bedding.
House Training
If the pup is never given a chance to make a mistake he is halfway to being trained. Put him out
immediately after meals, after he wakes from a sleep, first thing in the morning and last thing at
night. Note the signs that a puddle is imminent - preoccupied walking about in circles, maybe sniffing
and perhaps looking towards the door if he is beginning to understand the whole business. If you catch
him in the act, scold him firmly and put him out. If it happens in your absence, clean it up and say
nothing, you will only confuse him and ruin his trust if you bring him back and punish him. Dogs cannot
connect delayed punishment with the cause. Praise him when he obliges on one of his trips out to the
garden.
Remember, it is not possible for an eight weeks old pup to go through the night, so they should be
confined at night to a kitchen or laundry, until they can.
Most breeders train their puppies on newspaper, so place some outside his box. Don’t cover the whole
floor, a couple of sheets in his favourite corner will be sufficient.
Vaccination
Your puppy will have already received temporary vaccination against Distemper, Canine Hepatitis,
Parvo Virus and “Kennel Cough Complex”. Contact your own Veterinarian as soon as you take your puppy
home and he will advise you when to take for final vaccination which is usually given at 16 -18 weeks,
followed by annual re-vaccination.
DO NOT TAKE YOUR PUPPY IN PUBLIC PLACES UNTIL FINAL
VACCINATION IS COMPLETE
Worming
Your puppy will have already been regularly wormed from two weeks of age by the breeder. Have your
pup checked at the time of vaccination and if indicted treated for roundworm. Each dose is repeated
in 10 - 14 days. Either check or dose adult dogs twice yearly for roundworms. Hookworms, whipworms
and tapeworms should be diagnosed and treated by your veterinarian, if necessary.
Heartworm Prevention
Heartworm prevention tablets can be given daily or monthly. Annual injections are now available.
Discuss with your Veterinarian which regime best suits you.
Teething
Teething occurs in pups between 3 and 6 months of age. Ears may drop during this time but will
always come up again if they were up before teething began. Baby teeth will fall out or break, but as a
rule this time passes without too much trouble in Corgis. When new teeth emerge they do cause some
pain. Chewing on a hard object such as bones or hard biscuits may relieve some of the discomfort.
EARLY DAYS
Rest
A growing puppy needs adequate sleep if it is to grow into a healthy happy adult. Remember,
particularly if young children are involved, he is not a toy and gets easily tired if over exercised. He
needs to be left alone when resting so RIGHT FROM THE START decide where the puppy will sleep
at nights and set aside a place where he can be put to rest during the day. Firm sensible handling in
the early days will be repaid in later months.
For the first few nights, your new puppy may get homesick or lonely and may whimper or cry. It may
assist him to settle down if you place a wrapped hot water bottle and a ticking clock in his bedding.
House Training
If the pup is never given a chance to make a mistake he is halfway to being trained. Put him out
immediately after meals, after he wakes from a sleep, first thing in the morning and last thing at
night. Note the signs that a puddle is imminent - preoccupied walking about in circles, maybe sniffing
and perhaps looking towards the door if he is beginning to understand the whole business. If you catch
him in the act, scold him firmly and put him out. If it happens in your absence, clean it up and say
nothing, you will only confuse him and ruin his trust if you bring him back and punish him. Dogs cannot
connect delayed punishment with the cause. Praise him when he obliges on one of his trips out to the
garden.
Remember, it is not possible for an eight weeks old pup to go through the night, so they should be
confined at night to a kitchen or laundry, until they can.
Most breeders train their puppies on newspaper, so place some outside his box. Don’t cover the whole
floor, a couple of sheets in his favourite corner will be sufficient.
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