Page #4 - Items needed for Pickup Day:

Traveling Crate:

A traveling crate is great for the ride home and to help home break your pup after you get home.  If your puppy gets car sick on the way home it will help contain the mess.  

Collar - Puppies vary in size and grow quickly.  An adjustable collar is the best type collar an 8 week old puppy.  It should adjust from 12 inches up.   A 4 or 6 feet leash maybe needed if you have a long trip home. 

Puppy Food - We feed Purina ONE Puppy Food.  It's a chicken based puppy food.  Most all the better dog foods are chicken or lamb based foods.  The lesser foods are yellow corn based.  Purina One can be found in most grocery stores, pet supply stores, and feed & seed stores. 

Do I need a fenced in yard?

We highly recommend you have at least a fenced back yard for 3 reasons. 

a.  You want your shepherd to be safe and not be hit by a car when he goes out to relieve himself so you can’t just let them out the front door to visit your neighbor’s yard.   

b.   Walking your shepherd every time he or she needs to go potty sounds good on a clear sunny day with not much to do but doesn’t seem so exciting on a cold stormy night.

c.  These are large dogs and need to get their heart rate up to stay in good physical health just like we humans.  Walking them on a leash might be good for your health but our walking speed is nothing compare to the capabilities of these dogs. 

Providing them a fenced yard will give them a safe place to exercise, and guard your house while you are away.   It’s a much better option than crating them all day and walking them on a leash when you get home.