Puppy proofing your home

What you require to Puppy-Proof your home. Before you bring your new puppy home, you should puppy proof your home. Making your home puppy proof safe is an essential task to make sure your dog doesn’t get into any danger or injure themselves. Everything is game for a new puppy, put yourself in their paws. What is this item, lets will chew it and see what happens? DON’T let this happen. Below are some ideas to make your home and garden safe. Door/Stairs Gate It is important to give your puppy boundaries. They will appreciate this and also keep them safe. A stair/door gate will help keep them safe from entering rooms and or stairs when you are not around. Putting away things you don’t want to be chewed, like handbags and shoes is also important for the safety of your puppy and unwanted damage to your items. Puppy Pen and Fencing Similar to the stairs gate, having a puppy pen is flexible to move around the home and section areas off both in the home and outside. Personally, these have been a great help and we have three in our home. These cages are very versatile and have 8 sections that can be moved around to the shape of your area both in the home and garden. Puppy Crates ​ Your dog needs to have its own house within your home. This will become their safe area and will retreat here during the day, and sleep there during the night. Train your puppy to love his new home, the rewards will be for both of you and very welcomed. Make sure this is big enough to grow into but not too large. They are options to have a divider in to reduce the size and expand during the growth of your puppy. Puppy Beds ​If your puppy cage is in one room, but your puppy will spend time in another room in the day or evening, you may find a cosy dog bed is just the treat for daytime lounging. We all like something to be cosy in when we are having a snooze. Spark Guard Your puppy will be attracted to your fire and fireplace. A full guard around the whole fireplace or just a guard in front of the fire is essential to avoid a puppy going for the coals or touching the hot fire. ​Don't leave anything on the fire hearth like candles. It is not the puppy's fault he will go and pick them up, you are setting up the puppy to fail and possibly hurt themselves. Cupboard Locks ​ If you intend your puppy to spend ANY time in the kitchen or areas where you do not want them to go into your cupboards then think about fitting cupboards locks, especially in the kitchen just like you would with a baby or young child. ​Your puppy will be very nosey and want to explore all the areas you go in to especially if one of the cupboards has its treats and food in. Electrical Cables Don't let your puppy be exposed to cables within the home. Again exposed or untidy cables will be a draw for your puppy to go and play with them, this could lead to potentially serious consequences for your puppy. One idea is to block them off to avoid getting to cables, or even use a cable tray to tidy them up and keep them safe. Puppy Cam Keep an eye on your puppy whilst you are out or even upstairs busy. This versatile standalone CCTV is so easy to set up, plug in the mains and connect to your Wi-Fi and watch on your phone.​ It has a rotational 360 Coverage Viewing, Motion Detection,2-Way Audio, Night Vision and Works with Alexa.