Try not to take your new puppy to the vet the very first day you bring him home. Allow your new toy puppy to get acquainted with its new family, home and surroundings. Do take your toy puppy to the vet within 48 to 72 hours and begin to establish a rapport between the vet and your new puppy.
You will want to make sure you’ve purchased a healthy puppy. If your vet finds disease or a defect the breeder was not aware of your health guarantee may warrant a return of the puppy for a full refund or exchange within a certain amount of time.
It is important to spend time with your new toy puppy during the first week in his new home. Exercise will be important. Make sure you are also having fun and building a bond of trust. Play games together. Puppies love to run after toys you toss and bring them back to you. The more your new toy puppy focuses on you, the easier it will be to train him later.
Have a collar and leash ready to put on your new toy puppy for times you take him out. Toy dogs can be accidentally injured or killed by children or adults who might drop them, or step on them. Provide adequate supervision for the toy puppy at all times.
Expose your toy puppy to all the normal day-to-day noises in your household such as television, radio, the telephone ringing. Introduce your toy puppy to the rest of canine household. You want your new toy puppy to be accepted as a new family member. Do not bring your toy puppy inside to invade your other dog’s turf until they have been properly introduced on neutral ground (belonging to neither of them at the moment). If you have more than one other canine to introduce to the new member, introduce them all one on one, to each of the others one at a time. Just as you would give lots of attention to your first-born when brining home a new baby, be sure to give lots of praise to your other dogs when in the presence of a new puppy. Pat the dog. Pat the puppy.
When the older dog or dogs show a caring, gentle reaction to the new toy puppy, praise them for their good behavior. Don’t let anyone feel left out at anytime. You want to create one big happy family. Let them spend time together in the beginning under your close supervision.
Depending on the season you bring your new toy puppy home, have on hand all his special clothes. For example, if it is spring or summer, have lightweight, cotton t shirts, shirts or dresses. If it is cold weather have coats hats, sweaters and fleece t shirts readily available for inside and outside. Dressing your toy puppy can help create a healthy bond between you and your new toy puppy. Consider having several stylish collars, leashes and accessories.
What's a good, healthy chew toy for dogs?
My boston terrier LOVES to chew. I already give him a kong filled with various stuff, but he gets through it fairly fast and I don't want to give him too many treats. What I'm looking for is something to fill the void greenies left (after I heard about the dangers, I stopped buying them), something that will last awhile without too much volume.
Do you want to take that chance?? Even if it died of a tumor there might have been unlying ilness not known about. Esp, if they are things chewed or pooped on.
you should talk it over with your significant other and if you both feel very comfortable about the 3 some then there you go. and toys, well just try it and see what you think. i mean what is there to lose?
That is not wrong at all. I give you so much credit for have the courage to spark up your sex life. Not too many people these days are even willing to try. So no it is perfectly normal to want to experiment!
Alternatives to edible stuff:
Try those big string ropes. Bostons love to grab and pull on things, so he should enjoy tossing and chewing on the rope.
Another thing I found was a big fluffy ball of string, tied in the middle. Can't recall the name but it was a funny name; it's about the size of a honeydew melon or extra large grapefruit.
These string things are pretty inexpensive too.
One thing you can try for a Boston is a rope (thick cotton) tied to a tree branch or laundry pole. He might enjoy pulling and tugging on that too.
Water fights, (Splashing) hide and seek, tick tack toe, patty cake, (clapping hands with another to a rhyme) Tag, duck- duck-goose, ring around the rosy, Simon says, ( you can spiritualize each of these games using your own ideas. May sound childish but many of these games are Played by Radha and Krishna and the gopas and gopies.
I wouldn't worry about it, it's normal. If you are having a problem with her behavior, take it away. She will more than likely just stop the behavior on her own.
Silicone sex toys may be healthier than rubber and jelly toys. 100% silicone is non reactive, tasteless and odourless. Smell your cheaper jelly and rubber toys and that should tell you if there are chemicals leaching off your toys.
check with local vets. maybe they know of someone.
If you have a food dehydrator, you can dehydrate carrots, apples, pears, parsnips, sweet potato and your bunny can have a healthy chewy teat.
Also steamed carrots/broccoli are yummy and different then just fresh.
Bunny's love to chew, they sell hidy-huts that they can chew down.
Toilet Paper roll, with a few treats hiding in newspaper stuffed inside to encourage foraging.
A dig box, get a shallow plastic tote fill with dirt and literal watch the dirt fly..
It sure is. How can anyone else make you feel good if you don't know what makes you feel good? Knowing what makes you feel good helps your partner know what's good, what's not good, what's too much or not enough.
You can do it without toys in the shower, with a massage/pulsating showerhead. You may like watching adult movies to help you warm up a little or those romance novels where they call the penis anything but ("throbbing manhood"),
Generally you just take a finger or two and rub. Some people go up and down, some insert a finger, some go in a circular motion. Don't neglect your nipples or other parts, especially where the skin is sensitive. It creates an overall sensation.
Here are some links to some sites that sell American made toys, dolls and puzzles.
http://shop.vermontteddybear.com/
http://www.woodentrain.com/
http://www.shopforamerica.com/home.php?cat=86
http://www.commissarytoys.com/browse.cfm/2,1377.html
http://www.turnertoys.com/Folk_Toys/wooden_folk_toys.htm
Here is a link to an old list that describes toys made in America.
http://www.seanet.com/~bross/usamade.htm
Finally, here is a 2003 article posted on CBSnews.com about American made toys.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/23/world/main589970.shtml
I hope these links prove useful to you. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!
Get these:
Nbones
Ferretone
Ferret lax (laxatone for cats works as well)
Petroleum Jelly (the kids LOVE THIS) (yes just petroleum jelly)
Any soft cat food treats
the red dog Kong toys (medium, small sizes work well) (do not get puppy kind, the rubber is not strong enough, get red color!)
Crocheted Eggs (http://thecrochetedferret.com/DerbysPage.htm) they love to shake and "kill" these!
the Clear Ferret Tube (all ferrets need at least one of these)
A tub filled with biodegradeable starch peanuts (like the burgerking kid's ball pit, but for ferrets!)
If you had all of these your ferrets would be in heaven. At least mine think they are! Our ball pit is the side of a twin size bed…
If your turtles aren't active at ALL then they probably aren't healthy. Are you keeping them in the correct environment? Are they warm enough? Do you keep the water clean with good filtration and water changes?
Give them multiple places to swim and multiple things to bask on.
Facts and info: They need lots of stimulation, mentally and physically and socially. Walks must be everyday, & not to the end of the street & back! You must be ready to take an affectionate slobbering bouncy dog in as a family member as he/she will be best along there with you doing everything that families do. They are strong willed fun loving rockets, so without a good strong willed owner to guide he/she will turn to mischief especially in youth (that lasts all their lives). Once you've got the ground rules out of the way they will be worth every minute of you efforts!!
Food: I feed my Boxer (Benn) on Raw (BARF) Diet and he is doing exceptional on it (But Do your research)
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding
Toys: Playing & Play fighting is what Boxers Love, so all the toys we have are chew and tug toys, his favourite is a deflated leather foot ball that acts as both, as well as his fetch ball (he'll bring it back but you'll have to get it off him to throw it again… that might include chasing him to get it lol)
If I knew he would play with them. It's all video games these days.
Little kids love Band Aids for some reason. They love to put them all over their body. When I was little I used to get princess Band Aids in my Christmas stocking and in my Easter basket. Since they were my own I was allowed to put them where ever I wanted to on my body. My brother used to be allergic to chocolate, so at Valentine's Day we used to get little books instead of candy. I always loved to get Lip Smackers lip gloss, get her some that smells really good. I know some of this stuff won't quite fit into Easter eggs, but gives you some ideas for the rest of the year as well.
As far as the stuff for the eggs go, I never got candy in my eggs, I got change. Like in some of the eggs were a few pennies and some had a few dimes. We also had grand prize eggs that had like a dollar or two in it. I hope this helps you.
I've worked with preschoolers for years, and I know that taking a child's favorite toy away can be very traumatic for some children. The situation becomes worsened if the toy has the child's favorite television character on it: Dora The Explorer, Go Diego Go, Elmo, etc. Children often think of their favorite television characters as people and trying to explain the whole issue to a child can be devastating to some children who will think that their favorite character is dying or sick just because the toy can make them sick.
How you handle the issue will depend on the maturity level of your child. For some children they have to "see it to believe it". For those children, purchasing a lead testing kit, and letting the child help test the toy(s) for lead, and seeing the color change to an unsafe level (explain safe colors and unsafe colors based on the kit that you purchase) is the only way that some children will be able to comprehend what a lead recall and unsafe toys are all about.
For other children, simply telling the child, this toy has paint that is yucky or bad on it, we are going to get a coupon to get a new toy when the coupon comes you can pick out whatever toy you want, is enough to satisfy the child.
For other children a simple song will work:
Lead is yucky
Lead is yucky
Yes it is
Yes it is
It can make me sick
It can make me sick
Bye bye lead
Bye bye lead
(Sung as you gather the toys that are unhealthy together)
Many government organizations offer free curriculum for preschoolers and their families about this very subject. One of the best ones is: http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/lead/exposure/childhood/leadc.pdf
Pick and choose out of the curriculum what is relevant to your child and your family's situation.
If you are really having difficulty/or if your child is having trouble adjusting, talk to your pediatrician and explain the situation, he/she may be better at explaining it to your child than you are.
Try going to rescue websites for the breed you like. Almost every breed has a website for rescued dogs. The cost is very economical because the dog doesn't have papers.. Many are adults, but sometimes you can get puppies, too. Sometimes they are full-blooded, sometimes they are a mix. Do an online search for the breed's name plus "rescue". Another plus to these sites, is that they usually have had the animal completely checked over, gotten them up to date on their shots, and have made sure they are sociable pets.