UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF STRESS

WHEN WE GET A NEW PUPPY WE EXPECT THAT EVERYTING WILL GO WELL, BUT OFTEN IT DOES NOT.  WE PICTURE THAT OUR NEW PUPPY WILL TO BE SO HAPPY TO BE WITH US BUT OVERLOOK THAT THIS CHANGE IS EXTREMELY STRESSFUL FOR OUR NEW FRIEND..

IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME YOUR PUPPY HAS BEEN SEPARATED FROM IT'S MOTHER, THEN FROM IT'S LITTERMATES, FACED THE ROUTINE OF A PET PLACEMENT ORGANIZATION AND THEN TRAVELED TO YOUR HOME AND MORE CHANGES OF ROUTINE.  ALSO, YOUR PUPPY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM IS NOT YET FULLY DEVELOPED THEREFORE HE IS UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY DEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST EVEN SMALL PROBLEMS.

EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE PROVIDED YOUR PUPPY A GREAT NEW HOME, REMEMBER HE HAS LOST HIS COMPANIONS, HIS DEFENSES ARE DOWN AND EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.  IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT MANY PUPPIES ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE ALL THIS AND EXPERIENCE ILLNESS.  LOSS OF APPETITE, VOMITNG, DIARRHEA OR RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS OFTEN RESULT FROM THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. 

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILTY TO SUPPORT YOUR PUPPY BY ENSURING REGULAR FOOD AND WATER INTAKE, ADEQUATE REST AND ESTABLISHING A PREDICTABLE ROUTINE.  THESE STEPS ARE MANDATORY IF YOU WANT TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND CHANGE ON YOUR NEW PUPPY.                                 

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