Bringing Samoyed Puppy Home

After adopting your Samoyed puppy, the next step is to bring it home. The same rules involved in bringing a baby home should be applied; meaning that the dog owner should make his house safe or basically puppy-proofed. This involves putting protective coverings over electric sockets, rearranging wires around the house, as well as constantly supervising the Samoyed in its new environment. You should also remove items that the puppy may want to eat if it stumbles upon like detergent, anti-freeze, chocolate and other potential poisons.



During the first few weeks in its new home, the Samoyed puppy should not be left unsupervised for long periods of time or given free range of the house at all times. You can set it up in a clean, sanitary crate during this period. This is the point where ground rules should be made for the Samoyed. It can also start receiving basic training to ensure that it is house-broken. Most of the time, the breeders would have already educated the dog owner on what kinds of food to feed the Samoyed puppy at each stage of its development. However, if information on the Samoyed’s ideal dietary regiment wasn’t volunteered or the dog owner becomes confused on what to do, the breeder should be contacted.

Another thing is the area of social interaction. It is ideal for each member of the family to interact with the puppy, from the moment it is brought home. Over-handling of the puppy should be avoided as this may hinder the Samoyed dog’s social and psychological development. While all the members of the family are encouraged to interact with the Samoyed, it often happens that the dog will have a favorite or one person whose commands it follows more than other people’s commands; the puppy usually decides this at an early age. Other pets should also be introduced to the dog so that they will know not to attack if encounter happens in an unsupervised moment.