Your Klee Kai Dog Deserves the Best
After breeding, training, and working with Klee Kai dogs for many years, we have determined the best toys and supplies for your dog to have when you bring them home. Advanced preparation is key for your Klee Kai dog to be able to relax with you and get to know you — and you can get to know them. Having supplies on hand before your puppy arrives is extremely useful.
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Benefits to Preparing For Your Klee Kai Dog’s Homecoming:
- No stress about having to go out and get “the right thing” from the pet supply store
- Assurance that you have prepared adequately and have all the tools you need
- Gives your dog assurance when they enter your home and find toys, their crate, and places made just for them
- Keep the rest of your house clean
- Get to relax and enjoy your time with your new pup
- Your puppy will have safe places to go when they need to chill out
- You are providing adequately for the new addition to your home and life
Why Is It Important to Prepare for Your Klee Kai Puppy?
Klee Kai dogs, like many dogs, are highly creative, intelligent and engaging. They want to play, to figure things out, to be mentally and physically stimulated, and to enjoy time with their owner. They should also be socialized quickly so that they are used to other people rapidly. That is a lot for a new pet owner to take on, but if you have the supplies and tools you need, it makes a huge difference in being able to help your new Klee Kai puppy progress, grow, and learn.
Dog Crate
A crate is important in training your puppy as well as taking them to the vet when necessary! Your puppy should love their crate; they should see it as a comfortable place to make their den and keep it clean and comfortable.
We recommend these:
Petmate Sky Kennel (21" L X 16" W X 15"H)
Midwest Life Stages Crate (24" x 18" x 19")
Collars
A collar is useful for training and walking your Klee Kai dog. We use very thin show collars for obedience training and not pulling. These are the styles we recommend:
Thin "dog show" Stainless choke/Collar (12")
Thin "dog show" stainless choke/collar (14")
Thin "dog show" nylon choke/collar You can choose your size. Start off with 10 or 12"
Martingale style nylon collar Multiple colors and sizes, No buckle for young puppies
Martingale style nylon collar Mighty Paw brand with buckle For older puppies (12-14")
Simple buckle collar They can not break these (clip style can be broken)
Puppy Food
We feed our Klee Kai dogs ProPlan Focus Puppy Chicken and Rice Formula, and transition them to ProPlan Sport Performance 30/20 after they are a year old. We will send them with a small bag of puppy food. Remember to switch foods gradually if you do plan to change your dog’s food.
Puzzles and Interactive Enrichment Games
It’s extremely important that your dog receives mental stimulation daily. Challenging their brain and making them solve puzzles is not only great for their brains but highly rewarding for your dog. These are some of our favorites:
Outward Bound Puzzle I have the larger one but for one pup you could use this smaller one.
Everlasting Treat Ball (Starmark)
Replacement Treats for Everlasting Ball
Everlasting Treat Bento Ball (Starmark)
Treats and Treat Pouch
You should begin training your Klee Kai puppy the day you bring them home.Your puppy’s kibble makes for great treats for training when they are still very young, as treats are much bigger and they can easily fill up on them and then not want their food. If the treat is their food, that problem is resolved. When they get older, you can switch to very small pieces of cheese or chicken, or treats like Zuke's Mini Naturals Dog Treats
Our favorite treat pouch has a magnetic closure instead of a drawstring, making it easier to open and close:
Puppy Shampoo and Rags/Towels
The detergents in human products and even some dog shampoos can be harsh on your Klee Kai puppy’s skin.
We like Burt’s Bees for Puppies and Burt's Bees for Dogs Natural Waterless Shampoo SprayÂ
For cleaning up messes, we use whatever we can find around the house. It is important to keep rags and towels on hand for cleaning up after puppies’ messes.
Pee Pads/Grass Pads/Poop Bags
We introduce our puppies to grass outside, pee pads, and artificial grass. We are big fans of the artificial grass, pee pads, and pee pad tray that stick to the floor so your puppy doesn’t try to use it as a chew toy and drag it all over the place. Same with the artificial grass: make sure you glue it into the tray in all four corners so your puppy doesn’t pull it out of the tray. We use these products:
When your dog is on a walk outside and goes potty, it’s imperative to have doggy bags with you for cleaning up after them. We like these ones:
Nail Trimmer
This Nail dremel tool for dogs nail trimmer is extremely useful. Your puppy will be used to having their nails trimmed every few weeks, depending on how much they are naturally worn down. You can use other basic pet trimmers; we love the Dremel tool.
Puppy Vitamins and Reading Material
We give your puppy NuVet supplements and highly recommend that you order them before bringing your Klee Kai dog home. You can do so here: NuVet Vitamins
We recommend reading books and checking out blogs and online courses from Klee Kai Unleashed for assistance and guidance in training. Klee Kai Unleashed also has some great information for new pet owners. Click the button below.
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