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Rosie puppy parents , decision for day care

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Rosie, as puppy parents, we need to look into day care in more depth. Here is a link  https://www.curatedcanineconsulting.com/post/32-questions-to-help-you-choose-a-doggy-daycare Of what to ask when you go to visit day care. With lots of visits already  underway  , we as parents feel Rosie is not ready to be placed at day care. One to one supervision is what our puppy needs, as does most. This is when having no family or friends effects how important a supportive family or friend would be. In our case it is not a choice we have. I can wait until Rosie is car trained to stay safely inside her bed. Or hire a private one to one puppy sitter. I have not found any of those around.  This makes me aware of how much skill I  have in parenting a puppy. Each day I work with her on another training goal. Always covering the ones she already knows. She has so much to learn, things in which we take for granted when our older dogs already learnt. Example would be, how ma...

Rosie begins new journey .

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Rosie gets her kennel cough injection one week today. Why? For she is going to be introduced to other animals. She shall begin her journey of getting to know life outside her family nest with myself.  Her first day shall begin with one hour, for her to get to know her environment.  Heated kennels in winter, cooling kennels in summer. One to one hands on care. Walking with lead with one to one supervision,  to keep a close eye on changing her behaviour towards eating stones. She shall have access to an outdoor run attached to her kennel.  This shall be enclosed with views to outside areas, where she can watch what is going on. This shall curb any separation anxiety getting embedded into her behaviour.  It shall also help myself too, from showing her my anxiety towards dogs, after my attack. Rosie shall become her ownself, without feeding of my fears. Her journey shall be increased each month to build her up to staying overnight.  I shall have more separation...