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Caring for a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppy

When you first get your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy home your new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy will miss its litter mates and familiar surroundings of my house the first few days. Your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy may cry off and on which is very normal. I try not to pick up the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies when they are crying because it will teach them to cry in order to get picked up. Your new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy should only cry the first night or two and then will begin to settle into your new surroundings.

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Allow your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy to have his own designated area whether it be a crate or I actually like to us particle board partitions that can be purchased at Home Depot for about $5 each. I hook together 4 boards in a square shape using cable ties also found at Home Depot for a couple bucks. The boards are 3 feet by 2 feet high, which gives plenty of room to add a litter box, bed, an area for water bowl and room to walk around a bit. I have tile floors and just place a small rug down that can be washed in the washing machine. If you use a wire crate be very careful letting your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy walk in and out on their own because I find many times they get their paws hung up by not stepping all the way over the opening. It is nice having the litter box just in case they need to go potty, but for the most part I take them outside regularly with the other adult Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and they do begin to prefer going outside. A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy does not fully have control of their bladder until around 16 weeks of age so by transitioning them to a crate when they are a little older is sometimes easier.

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We feed our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies Eukanuba Small Breed Puppy Food. At 10 weeks of age they will be used to being fed 3 times a day with 1/3 cup of dry Eukanuba at each feeding. Your vet may recommend leaving your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy on Eukanuba or he may request an adult dog food with less protein. Follow the guidance of your vet. When you feed your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy leave the food down for about 20 minutes unless he eats all of it sooner. Once fed he will need to go outside to potty. If after 20 minutes your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy has not eaten all his food then go ahead and take the food away and take your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy outside to potty. On the next feeding resume with the 1/3 cup as usual. Sometimes Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies know when they are full and it is best to allow them to follow their own clock as far as being full if they do not wish to eat the full 1/3 cup feeding.
Eukanuba Puppy Food

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Pay close attention to your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy's stool because this will help you maintain his/her health. Your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy should have a firm stool. A soft stool can sometimes mean your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy ate too much and you may need to cut back on your serving size for a day or so to see if the stool becomes firm again. A stool with blood or mucus in it does mean you need to take your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy to a vet to be examined. Go ahead and take the stool sample with you to the vet using a zip-lock bag. Turn the zip-lock bag inside out and use it like a glove to pick up the sample then while holding the sample through the bag turn the bag right side out so you can then zip it up.

Once you have taken your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy home you will need to schedule an appointment with your vet within a day or so after taking your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy home. Be sure and take the record of shots and worming with you so your vet can record the information in your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy's records. Follow your vet's recommendations on continuing your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy shots until the full series has been received (usually 4 shots, 2 of which were already given here). Normally, the 3rd set will be at 12 weeks. We give the rabies vaccination at 6 months of age here at Cruisin Cavaliers. Also speak to your vet about heartworm prevention and flea/tick prevention.

We recommend that you take your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy back to the vet monthly or to a groomer monthly to have their nails trimmed and anal sacs expelled or you can have your vet show you how to do both the nails and anal sacs and you can do them at home. TIP: We have found if we give a tablespoon of Fiber One cereal once daily in their evening feeding that it helps to firm up our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel's stools and gives them the ability to express their anal sacs naturally.

I recommend that your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy be given a bath every 2 weeks even if it does not look dirty. The overall look and feel of your Cavalier puppy will be much healthier.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels need to have their teeth cleaned by a veterinarian on a regular basis. Our Cavalier King Charles Spaniels begin getting their teeth cleaned around 2 years of age and then yearly after that. Sometimes if one of our CavalierKing Charles Spaniels is showing in the show ring I will schedule cleanings earlier than 2 years if needed. This method of cleaning does use anesthesia, but oral care has been linked to heart function so we believe oral care is essential to having a healthy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Please feel free to contact us anytime if you have any questions.

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