Toy terriers, as well as representatives of other breeds of decorative dogs, need education and the correct feeding. The temptation in everything is high to please the kid and to treat him with goodies from the table. However it can lead to obesity or to become the cause of diabetes.
Even such small, but badly the well-mannered doggie can bring many troubles to both the owners, and surrounding people. And who will be pleased by not too healthy puppy, from overeating similar to a keg with legs? Therefore it is worth getting it together and to approach seriously feeding and education of the toya.
Feeding
At the age of 1.5-2 months 6 times a day are recommended to feed a puppy, alternating the cottage cheese diluted with kefir or milk, small chopped crude meat and milk porridges. To cook porridge, it is necessary to process oat-flakes, rice or buckwheat in the coffee grinder, well boil soft, having added 1–3 grains of salt. The break between feedings has to make 3–4 hours in the afternoon, and it is necessary to accustom a puppy is not within 8 hours at night.
By 2–3 months it is necessary to increase gradually portions and to reduce the number of feeding to 5 times a day. Sometimes, instead of milk porridge it is possible to give porridge with meat. It is also necessary to enter a boiled egg yolk into the pet's diet. In 3–5 months it is necessary to expand the menu at the expense of stewed vegetables and fish. Also the kid with pleasure can wash down food with cow's milk. At this age 4 times a day are enough to feed a puppy. From 5 to 9 months it is worth transferring toya to three meals a day. And after 9 months a puppy already, as well as the adult dog, eats 2 times a day. In milk there is no need any more, however do not neglect cottage cheese and fermented milk products, they are necessary at any age. Even the adult dog cannot give the following products: sweets, pasta, white loaf. Threat for the pet's liver - greasy, smoked and spicy food, sour cream and butter. As replacement it is possible to offer the favourite fruit, occasionally – honey, the dried black bread.
Education
You should not put education of a puppy away for later. It is necessary to begin at once as soon as the kid lodged in your house. Still the manufacturer, however has to impart the first skills of the correct behavior to dogs and the owner should work at education of the pet much. First of all, it is worth accustoming a puppy to cleanliness. It is necessary to spread in the room of the newspaper or special diapers. If the puppy "went" to the specially allotted place, it is necessary to praise it and to give delicacy. Try to play much with the kid in the afternoon active games that by the evening he was tired, calmed down and did not rustle at night. Take care that it had safe toys which can be gnawed. And things which it can spoil are better remove from a field of vision. It is necessary to accustom the favourite to go on a lead and to execute the command "to me", or suitable for a toy terrier "on handles" that he was able to listen to the owner on walk. Still the puppy needs to get used to stay at home quietly alone. For this purpose begin with twenty-minute absences, gradually increasing time, and soon the pet will patiently wait for your return. Teach the toy terrier to execute simple commands, walk more often and play with him. And if you plan to participate in exhibitions, it is also necessary to train a puppy in a ringovy step and racks. All this develops intelligence of a dog and does not allow it to get bored. Remember that the adult dog cannot almost be retrained, all habits: both harmful, and good, are formed in the childhood therefore treat education of a puppy of a toy terrier responsibly and seriously.