Caring for Cairns
There are a few things that we ask of you if you get one of our puppies.
1. Find a veterinarian who you trust for the care and well-being of your dog. You will need to continue with its vaccinations within a short time, emergencies happen, and long-term health care is important. Make sure you’re comfortable with your dogs’ doctor.
2. Give your puppy the right nutrition. Your puppy needs a small breed puppy chow. Small breed puppy chow allows for proper growth of your puppy. Feed your puppy 2 times a day and always make sure water is available. From personal experience, the best dog foods have a lamb, chicken, and rice base. Corn based dog foods seem to be harder for the digestive tract and it’s also a lot messier to clean up. We are currently using Purina Pro Plan Small Breed Puppy Formula and Kirkland Signature Super Premium Puppy. We’ve been satisfied with Purina Pro-Plan, Iams, Eukanuba, and Enhance. There are other good dog foods out there, just make sure you read the label correctly. A good puppy chow should have around 25% protein.
3. Exercise- just like us, dogs need exercise. Please spend some time playing or walking your dog each day. You will be amazed at how wonderful a terrier is when it gets lots of exercise.
4. Spend a little time training your puppy each day. The idea of giving praise and rewards to your puppy when it does something you like will be a rewarding experience. Remember, dogs don’t naturally know what you expect. Also, please realize that dogs are happiest when they have a master. They will not do as well if you let them be the boss and neither will you.
Our Veternarian
We have been blessed to have Dr. John L. Anderson, DVM located at the Central Utah Animal Hospital to answer our questions and perform routine check ups on our dogs. He can be reached at: www.centralutahanimalhosp.com or at 435-264-5250 if you have any questions or concerns.
Dr. John L. Anderson, DMV –
FYI
These are photos of Nova, we hand strip our dogs. It is a labor of love but they look great
