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Picking
Up Your Puppy:
OK the time is finally
here to pick up your new family member. Here is a list of what to bring to
my house when you come to pick up your new Havanese Puppy. Short and long
trips have different requirements, as do car and air travel.
Short Trip - Car ride under 3 hours
- Crate or car restraint.
Crate is the easiest for a puppy - the small puppy
crates can actually be seat belted in with the
shoulder strap. If your crate can't be seat
belted in, make sure it is secure - on the floor or
wedged into the seat. It does take much to
shift the crate.
- Crate pad or towel - anything
soft to line your crate with.
- Collar, lead or harness:
Your puppy is small anywhere between 2.5 and 4 lbs -
Most collars will not fit this age if you can find
something smaller than 8" or 20 cm it should fit.
Cat collars work but make sure it has a secure
fasterner. The adjustable collars are the
best. Lead - get a lead that will work long
term min 12" thin - light
- Wee Pads if longer than 2
hours - you will want to make a stop and let puppy
pee - the fastest way is going to be a wee pad -
your puppy is trained to go on these
- Bring a container to take
home some of my water. Different water can
cause gastric distress - you will want to mix my
water with yours for 3 or 4 days. (not for US
airline travel)
- A baggie with wet face cloths
and paper towels. A bag for laundry or garbage
- puppies sometime get car sick - Puppy wet ones
work great too. A Towel
- A toy if you wish
Long Trip - Car ride 3+ hours
- Same as above - A food and
water bowl. I will provide you with food and
water to take with you
Longer Trip - Hotel Stay
- As above - bring more wee
pads - 5 or 6 for each day gone
Airplane
- As above
- An airline approved bag - go
as big as you can. I use the large dog Sherpa
bag.
- Wee pads - you will use in
the airport - airplane etc. so bring 7 or 8 in your
Sherpa bag
- Make sure you have food and
water - but you will not be able to take my water on
the plane. Bottled water purchased after
security is fine until your puppy gets adjusted to
your tap water. You will also not be able to
take Canadian dog food across the border unless it
is manufactured in the US. So if you are
flying from US or internationally bring an unopened
bag of dog food with you - must be made in the US.
We will discuss prior to pick up so I can start your
puppy on your food choice 1 week before. We
don't want the puppy to potty in the plane if at all
possible so no food or water 2 hours before flight.
If you are flying for 4+ hours you will want to make
a visit to the restroom with your puppy in the
Sherpa bag. Just pick up your bag and head to
the restroom. Put your wee pad on the floor -
your puppy will potty very quickly on the wee pad.
Some airline staff may give you a hard time - be
assertive - tell them you have a 9 week puppy that
will have to either potty or they will have
complaints from the entire cabin - that generally
works. I've never had an airline tell me no.
Just don't take your puppy out of the Sherpa other
than in the restroom. I would not feed your
puppy unless you are on an international flight but
anything under 6-7 hours - feed them when you are
off the plane. Water I would give when you
potty the puppy.
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