Frequently Asked Questions

When they first arrive at your house

They will definitely feel stress and may lose appetite

If you feed kibbles and chicken but they only eat chicken.

Please do not continue to just give them chicken. because kibbles is very important for their complete nutrition

The next meal you only feed kibbles.

If they don’t eat. keep after 30 mins.

By the next day, they would be hungry and start eating.

As they are afraid, all alone in a new place.

They will seek your attention for comfort.

You need to make sure that they are fed, have water, and are not in any pain or discomfort.

If so, you have no choice but to let them whine, this will be a phase that you need to go through.

What you can do is to give a worn before clothing so that they can still smell your presence which can help calm your puppy.

When puppies are ready to be brought home, they would have done their 1st and 2nd jabs. 

Depending on the age of puppy you have purchase. 

A total of 4 vaccinations is needed 

1st – week 6
2nd – week 8
3rd – week 12
4th – week 16

You just have to check the vaccination records on whats done and when is the next vaccination required.

Its advise to only bring your puppy out after the 3rd vaccination. 

If you need to bring your puppy out before 3rd vaccination, please try to keep it in a carrier or carry the puppy.

Food & water bowl 

Kibbles 

Toilet training (Pee tray, pee pad / newspaper, pee training spray) 

Toys for chewing (teething) 

Confine area (carrier, cage, playpen) so that they don’t go around chewing on things they are not supposed to when they are not supervised.

Almonds: No

Chocolate: No

Cinnamon: No

Garlic: No

Alcohol : No

Avocado : No

Coffee : No

Citrus : No

Ice cream: No

Macadamia nuts: No

Coconut: No

Grapes : No 

Raisins : No

Ham: Yes

Honey: Yes

Bread: Yes

Cashews: Yes

Cheese: Yes (As long as your dog isn’t lactose intolerant)

Corn: Yes

Eggs: Yes

Fish: Yes

Milk: Yes (But be cautious. Some dogs are lactose-intolerant )

Peanut butter: Yes

Peanuts: Yes

Pork: Yes

Salmon: Yes

Shrimp: Yes

Tuna: Yes

Turkey: Yes

Yogurt: Yes

Puppy (below 9 months) – 2-3 times a day 

Adult (9 months or more) – 2 times a day

There is no specific time. 

To keep it simple, you can feed them as the same time as you eat your meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner time. 

If you are a working professional and not at home during the day you can feed them twice, once in the morning and another in the evening but slight more portion each meal 

Example only (please follow amount base on puppy weight as shown on table on the food packaging) 

3 meals (lesser each meal)

20g 
20g
20g 

2 meals (more each meal) 

30g 
30g

As puppies may not have an appetite when they feel stressed after a change of environment 

And pet owners may feed tastier food such as treats, only meat (fish, chicken, etc), or even human food. 

Please do not do that. 

Kibbles are very important as they provide your dog with the complete nutrition that your dog needs. 

Meat should only be supplementary on top of kibbles. 

And please control the amount of treats you give them to prevent obesity

There is a table on food packaging, please reference to that, below is a general guideline. 

This is a general guide 

If you want to add meat 

Meat should only be 20% of the diet 

Example 

If you need to feed 80g of food 

Should only add 20g of meat

No, during puppy stage. 

They should always be supervised. 

If there is no one to look after them, they have to be confined in a safe area where they are unable to chew on dangerous things such as electric cables or small items where they may choke.

You can Discourage inappropriate chewing By taking the item away from them and redirect his attention on to a toy or appropriate chew object and parise when he chews on a toy. 

If the dogs still continue to bite, you can considering giving a stern warning by raising your voice saying “NO”

Over time, he will learn what’s okay to chew and whats not.

Its always better to prevent then cure. 

Some common health issues that your dog may face are ticks, flea and heart worms 

Here is a list of issues that next guard spectra can prevent 

Can only buy from a vet and cost around $15 – $20 a month

They should be at least 6 months old. 

You need to discuss with your vet to have the best time to sterilise your dog. 

They sleep  18 – 20 hours a day 

And gradually get lesser as they get older

So when you just got the puppy home 

Make sure to allow them to have rest time after play with them for 30 mins 

And not over play with them even when you are very excited as you just gotten a new puppy

If they are not very active, 3 – 4 weeks once. 

If they are active and goes out very frequently 1 – 2 weeks once.