@_m3h_ EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! im SO happy for you! we have a dog, but he's over 15 y/o im trying to convince my folks that i can handle another, im pretty much the most experienced expert on dogs and animals in the house. oh, and my first word was dog XD

are you adopting? we only adopt when we get pets, to save all those poor shelter animals all getting e.uthanized :crying_cat_face: oh and is she your first? if so i could give you some tips :)

why did i just say she? weird.

@lily_the_cool no but its not a puppy farm which is good

@_m3h_ ah, good on you! i h-ate puppy farms(also commonly known as puppy mills)! down with and shame upon them! boo!

wow ! :D my cat is gone :crying_cat_face: but Congratulations for ur new doggyy :3 hehe

@lily_the_cool yeah my first pet!

@_m3h_ well, i recommend finding a good dog training book, or a book on the specific breed, those are literal lifesavers. and make sure you have a good vet. if You're gonna crate train your dog, make sure you put the crate in a more, darker, inner-sanctum of the house. it might sound mean to keep a dogs crate there, but putting it in a darker, possibly scaryer area will make the dog want to go in there, and just generally help with crate training. if the crate were in another room, somewhere

sunnier for example, the dog would have too many distractions, and think of the crate as a prison, instead of a safe place, like you want them to. collars are the usual choice for a dog, but with smaller dogs, you might want a harness. this is very important for shih tzus (a breed i specify in) and pugs even more. why? because with shorter-necked dogs, if you pull on the neck too hard, such as with a collar and leash, the eyes have a small chance of actually popping out. yes, you read that righ

-t. it mostly happens with pugs though. also, another tip is NEVER to put your dog inside their crate with a collar on. they can choke or get stuck. and make sure you check your yard and house 4 any poison plants.