Home Sweet Home

In This Chapter Shopping for supplies you’ll need immediately Checking out training collars and leashes to be used later on Readying your house and your family Making introductions Getting through the first week Mom’s right again: First impressions really do count. To make your puppy’s transition into your home as smooth as possible, you have…

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Finding and Choosing Your Puppy

  In This Chapter Deciding where to look for your puppy — breeders, shelters, newspaper ads, or pet stores Asking and answering all the right questions about your prospective puppy Testing your puppy’s temperament and personality Considering an older pup Let the search begin! You can find a puppy in so many places, from serious…

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Ten (or So) Great Sets of Poodle Resources

In This Chapter Researching clubs and other organizations Getting the scoop on grooming and training  Reading about travel, shows, and other fun activities Checking out health information In this chapter, I provide easy-to-reference Web sites, books, and other resources to help you with travel, health, grooming, training, performance events, and more. Keep in mind that…

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Staying Prepared with First-Aid Basics

In This Chapter Keeping important items in a canine first-aid kit Trying your hand at basic first-aid techniques Knowing what to do in emergency situations Hopefully you’ll never have to deal with a canine health emergency, but, as is the essence of an emergency, you can’t predict when or if one will happen. Emergencies are…

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