The American Eskimo dog needs its own care.If you are adopting a puppy, this is also true.It's important that you provide a safe, structured home for your Eskie from the beginning.A good diet and exercise will keep them healthy.Eskies are very loyal to their families, but if you don't socialize them as puppies, they may become shy or aggressive.Regular grooming is required for their long, white coats.Your Eskie will grow to be a beloved member of the family with some care and attention.
Step 1: Allow them to live inside.
The American Eskimo dog is not suited for living outdoors because it was bred as a house dog.A comfortable home with a bed, toys, and easily accessible food bowl is what your puppy should have.Eskies prefer to spend most of their time with you and your family.Eskies' coats can keep them warm in winter, but they should not be put outdoors for long periods of time in the cold.
Step 2: Start training right away.
Young puppies respond well to early training, even if you think they're too young.Eskie may have already developed bad behaviors if you wait until he is six months old.Eskies are one of the most easily trained dog breeds, because they are known to learn commands quickly.You could take your Eskie to puppy training school.It will teach your puppy how to act around other humans and dogs if you go to training school with them.Puppies can start classes at seven weeks old.
Step 3: The schedule should be set.
If you set a consistent schedule for puppies, they will learn the household rules early.Feedings, walks, play time, naps, and bathroom breaks should be kept on a schedule.By feeding them and walking them at the same time every day, they will learn to expect certain things at certain hours, and will be less anxious or destructive during other periods of the day.
Step 4: When you aren't home, fine the puppy.
While they are not supervised, puppies can be destructive and prone to separation anxiety.When you are away, you should keep your puppy in a room or crate to prevent damage to your house.Make sure they have water, toys, and a bed.If they have an accident, you may want to put the newspaper down.You might want to crate train your puppy.This will help you confine your puppy while you are out but it will also give you a safe, personal den.Puppies under six months old shouldn't be in the crate for more than three or four hours.At night, you should keep your puppy in a room or crate.Puppies may not sleep through the night.You may have to wake up to walk the puppy.Your puppy should be able to sleep through the night.If you are gone for more than four hours a day, you should have a friend, family member, or dog sitter come by to take your puppy out for bathroom breaks and play.Puppies shouldn't be left alone for long periods.
Step 5: There is a reliable vet.
Your Eskie will need medical checks and care for the rest of their lives.Before you bring your puppy home, you should take them to the vet for a checkup.Eskies are known as healthy dogs with few problems.Certain health issues may not be apparent until your puppy is fully grown.A hereditary disease that causes gradual vision loss in dogs is one of the diseases that eskies may be susceptible to.It can appear as early as six months in a puppy.Hip dysplasia can cause arthritis in dogs.Dogs that are affected may lose their balance.Pyruvate kinase deficiency can cause anemia in dogs.Weakness, heart murmurs, or lethargy are some of the symptoms.
Step 6: Take your puppy for a walk.
If your puppy doesn't get enough exercise, they may engage in destructive behaviors, such as chewing furniture.If you want your puppy to get plenty of physical and mental activity, you should take them on walks and play with them throughout the day.You can help your puppy exercise by playing fetch, tug-of-war, or hide and seek.While you are gone, give your puppy lots of toys.Puppies chew toys, such as stuffed animals.Puppies should be walked at least twice a day.The best times to walk your puppy are at dawn and dusk.
Step 7: They should be fed several times a day.
For the first year, your Eskie should be eating food that is specially formulated for puppies.Wherever you buy normal dog food, you can find these varieties.Puppies need four meals a day.It can be reduced to three meals by the time they are twelve weeks old.Provide them with plenty of water as well.The water should be refreshed several times a day.Feed them the same brand for the first few days.You can introduce a new brand over the course of a week.Start by replacing a quarter of their old food with the new food, and then increase that amount by a small portion each day until they are eating all of it.Toy Eskies should be fed multiple times throughout the day.Miniature and standard varieties can be fed twice a day after six months of age.
Step 8: The Eskie should be introduced to the new family.
Children and other pets need to get along with your Eskie puppy.Ensure that the puppy understands how to interact with the other people in the house.Dogs are leashed outside.If they act friendly towards one another, they should be rewarded with treats.You can take them to your home after that.They should be separated with a baby gate until they are used to each other.If you own a cat, you should keep them separated for a few days until they are used to each other.The puppy should be watched carefully when you first introduce him.You should praise the cat if it ignores the puppy or is friendly with the Eskie.Before the Eskie comes into your home, teach your children how to properly handle a puppy.Inform them that if the dog growls or nips, it means that the puppy doesn't want to be touched.Children should not play with a puppy unless you are watching them.
Step 9: Spend some time with your dog.
When puppies first come home, they need constant supervision.For a social dog like the American Eskimo, you should make sure that the first few days are spent with the family.The whole family should play with the puppy.This will help them get used to their new home.
Step 10: Introduce the puppy to people you don't know.
Puppies should be socialized around strangers so they don't have behavioral problems.In American Eskimos, a fear of strangers is one of the most common behavioral problems.When new people come too close, Eskies can act shy or aggressive.If you introduce strangers into the home, your Eskie will get used to them.These meetings should be supervised carefully.
Step 11: The puppy should be taken out into the public.
Your puppy should not be confined to your home because they will grow over protective of their family and territory.While your Eskie is still a puppy, bring him outside as often as you can.Being around people and other dogs in public will let them get used to the sights, sounds, and stimulations of new places and reduce their anxiety as an adult.If you want to expose your Eskie to a wide variety of sounds, sights, and places, you can bring them out on car trips.
Step 12: They should brush their coat twice a week.
The long white coat of the Eskie is prone to matting if not brushed.Twice a week, you should brush their fur with a slicker brush, pin brush or metal Greyhound comb.Before brushing your dog's fur out from the roots, you should spray it with a fur detangler.The Eskie will start to lose their fur in the spring and fall.If your furniture and clothing are covered in fur, you should groom them more frequently.
Step 13: The puppy should be bathed every few months.
Eskies need baths every three months.Before you brush your Eskie, make sure to untangle any snarls or matts.If your Eskie's fur is too tangled to pass a brush or comb through the bath water, don't bathe them.You could hire a professional to bathe them.A wriggling puppy can be matted and the groomer can help take it.
Step 14: Take the fur around their feet.
Your Eskie will grow fur around their feet.The fur can become wet or muddy.If you're worried about your dog being tracked in the dirt, you can clip the fur around the foot or ask your grooming professional to shave the pads of their feet.If you are planning on showing your Eskie at a competition, you should know that the foot fur is long.You can trim the fur, but it should not be shaved back.
Step 15: They need to clip their nails.
Your Eskie should have their toenails clipped every five weeks.You should clip their toenails back if you notice that they are touching the floor.If you want to clip your dog's nails, hold their paw in your hand.When you see a small circle on the cut surface, trim the nails.There is a small red blood vessel in their nail.The quick is what this is.It may start to bleed if you clip the quick.Before you reach the quick, you want to stop clipping.If you accidentally clip the quick, stop the bleeding by putting styptic powder on it.Corn starch can be used as well.