how does your puppy feel after adoption

How your puppy feels after adoption

For your puppy, adoption is a challenging time.

In just a few days, so many big events will happen to your puppy

HOW CAN ADOPTION CREATE CHALLENGES FOR YOUR PUPPY?

These are some of the things your puppy will feel after adoption

puppy being separated from it's mother

1 Separation

First, your puppy will be separated from their mother and siblings. Close to their mother, your puppy was constantly receiving pheromones that provided them with reassurance.   

new home can be scary for puppies

2 New home

Then, after leaving their familiar surroundings, your puppy will arrive in your home, a completely new environment, with many things that can be scary, like an innocent vacuum cleaner.

puppy can be sad when left alone

3 Alone

Your puppy will get to know your family and become a family member in no time. You will soon mean the world to your pup, and they will follow you like your shadow. So imagine their feelings when you need to leave them alone to go to work.

puppy training

4 Training

And soon enough, you will start teaching your puppy so many new things, like walking on a leash, where it’s ok to do their business, where and when they can eat, where they are not allowed to sleep…

strange dogs can be scary for puppies

5 Strangers

And during walks and puppy preschool, your puppy will also meet so many unfamiliar dogs and people.

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