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Old 08-21-2007, 09:27 AM   #2 (permalink)
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First off welcome to GP. For someone who hasn't raised a dog before, you sure bit off a big bite. It's a lot of work just training one puppy at a time, but two would be a major task.
Mine are wee-wee pad trained as well as outside. The one thing you do NOT want to do is let those puppies have run of the house. They should be in an expen with wire crate attached to the pen and a wee-wee pad down at one end and attach the water to the pen with the special water dish attachment so they can't turn it over or play in it. Take them outside for potty breaks and lots of play about every hour. Next they will need nylabones to chew on and also once or twice a week give them a beef femur bone each. Take off all the meat from the outside and take out the marrow from the inside, as these can cause diarrhea. Next make sure you feed them either home cooked meals (that's what I feed) or a high premium puppy food like Innova. Start thier shots at 16 weeks of age. After they have had all the first shots then you can enroll them in obedience classes. Don't take them for walks untill they do have their shots.
I'm sure there will be some great advice from folks here and if you have questions, please ask away.
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