1. One good step to take towards puppy proofing your home is to look
at it from a dog's level. Get down on your hands and knees and look
around. It might surprise you to see what is available for a puppy to
chew on or get into. Remember your puppy will want to check out all
the stuff in his new home that he has never seen before. These are the
kind of things that just might be dangerous to him.
2. Be very aware of electrical cords that your puppy can get to and
chew on. Can you just imagine what might happen if a puppy chews on an
electrical cord both to him and to your home? Place the cords where
the puppy can't reach them. Place them behind furniture or up high.
Try laying them under something like a rubber mat. (Be careful about
this last tip in a place where there is a lot of traffic.)
3. Stairs can provide as much danger to a puppy as to a toddler. They
can have trouble getting up and down them. In their boisterousness,
they can even fall down a flight of stairs. Just block off the
stairway until the puppy has grown and is more capable of getting up
and down them. Stairs might also lead to a place you do not want your
puppy to be such as the basement. If you have a door, then you must be
sure the door is always closed.
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