Lab Health

FOOD

I highly recommend spending the extra money, and using a super premium food. You will either spend the money in a good food now, or in vet bills later. I use a special food that was developed by leading canine nutritionist Dr. Tom Willard, PhD . This food is not available in stores, and probably will never be (as this food does not have sugar and fillers to drive consumption) . We believe strongly in quality nutrition.  The convince factor is excellent. JaxMax.com has the ability to schedule re-occurring deliveries on a time frame you can decide on and modify. It sure beats lugging heavy bags of who knows what home! Most foods (yes, even some of those highly advertised brands) use  the cheapest ingredients and fillers. They are also notorious for advertising high protein. What they usually fail to mention is the lack of digestible protein. After all, your dog can’t tell you. (Another advantage to using a food with little or no fillers is less dog mess in the yard). www.JaxMax.com

TOYS

Everyone loves to shop for their new puppy! Some things you have to watch out for are buying "contaminated-products". The leading pet supply warehouses that allow pet in the building, can lead to the spread of the deadly puppy virus known as Parvo. If you would like to purchase all the chew toys and pet paraphernalia, you can go a couple of different ways.

1) Purchase from an online store ( For this reason, we have established a partnership with www.JaxMax.com for our customers).

2) Purchase from a retailer that does not allow pets in the building.

3) You can sterilize the products you already purchased with a 15% bleach solution. ( Note: This increases the risk of you puppy catching a virus ).

SHOTS

Your new pup will come with the CPV-ML (canine virus modified  live) vaccine already administered. They will also have received two  doses of Strongid T de-worming medicine. Just inform your vet of  this, and he can take it from there. I don’t recommend instant  vaccination for rabies. Let them grow a while. Also, while they are young, they will most likely be by your side, and  not near other animals.

CONTINUED CARE

Once a month heartworm pills, the best food, plenty of water, exercise, and love! Provide kind children, if possible. You may also want to consider a second lab for a playmate. Formal  training may also be something you would like to check into. We offer  a training program here. click here >>