You and Your Cavapoo Puppy in a Nutshell: The essential owners’ guide to perfect Cavapoo puppy parenting with easy-to-follow steps on how to choose, care ... arrival
The perfect guide for new CAVAPOO puppy parents to be!
All you’ll need to guide you through your Cavapoo’s crucial first year! Expert answers and advice for new owners.
CAVAPOOS have fast become one of the world’s most in-demand crossbreeds. Universally loving and infinitely loveable, they are cute and intelligent, watchful and insightful. They are athletic and agile, while not needing too much by way of daily exercise. They are soft and cuddly while also being relatively low-shedding.
Importantly, however, they don’t like being alone, so they’re not a sensible choice for anyone who would need to leave them for long stretches, even when they’re fully grown.
Also worth knowing now is that their gorgeous coats are high maintenance – needing regular trimming as well as brushing. This guide equips you with everything you’ll need to know to be a great ‘parent’ to your Cavapoo puppy. It is a compact summary of the latest findings in care and behaviour, and is filled with easy-to-read, easy-to-follow advice on how to choose and look after for your gorgeous new arrival.
It walks you step by step from finding a litter and deciding which puppy is the best fit for you and your circumstances, to the first crucial days and weeks, and then through the early months and first, and vitally important, formative year of your puppy’s life.
It is filled with tips and advice to help get your special relationship off to a wonder-filled start. And the amusing DOs and DON’Ts of Cavapoo puppy care will keep you smiling through the poops, night-time whimpers and shredded personal items.
New ownersTypical Cavapoo traitsKeeping your puppy safeThe first day and nightWhere your puppy should sleepCrate trainingChewing and teethingFeeding – what, how, when and whereEmotional development and the importance of socialisationGrooming and bathingBehaviour – including mouthing, nipping and jumping upPreventing separation anxietyExercise – what type, how much and how oftenStepping out – making outings safe and enjoyableEarly training – including Sit, Down and StayPlaytime – with suggestions for games and toysSafe travelAdolescenceNeutering Prospective ownersHow to avoid puppy farmersHow to identify a responsible breederMinimise the risk of inherited illnessesChoosing the right puppy for you and your householdPreparing for the new arrivalSafety proofing your homePicking up your precious new puppyAuthor
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You and Your Cavapoo Puppy in a Nutshell is part of a series of breed-specific dog books by Carry Aylward, professional member of the Dog Writer’s Association of America. She says, “In an ideal world, all prospective dog owners would take on rescues, or dogs that need rehoming, at least until they were in short supply.