Feel like I'm forgetting something - puppy supplies

[Marinegeekswife]

We're down to about 3 weeks before Miss River comes home! Last night we went by Petco for a few more things and here is the stash we have so far:

Snuggle toy - sheep
Cloth chew toy - monkey with ring
Interactive toys - Wubba and ring
Rubber chew toys - nylablone toys and Cuz
Schutzhund tug
Leather buckle collar
Leather martingale collar
Small nylon collar (black with pink trim and little pink skulls)
Large nylon collar (pink, black, and white plaid)
Ingraved tag with name and phone numbers (pink camo bone next to the Cuz)
This weekend we'll be buying a bed for her and finding a blanket to cover her crate with. Next week I'll order up her food so its delivered in time. We also need to find a tag clip to we can swap them collar to collar.
We already have a crate for her but its Spock's travel crate so we'll have to have that car insert put in soon or borrow a crate from someone until we can have it put in.
I feel like I'm forgetting something. Anyone have any input? Anything else I missed?

Oh, and Spock helped me take the photos. Notice the nose:

I just....I just want one....

 

[JanS]

Wow, only 3 weeks? How very exciting!

LOL, you look just like me! It looks like you're off to a great start and darn it, I forgot about an ID tag - thanks for the reminder.

We also bought Albert his own food dish and one of Dale's leather leads, oh and LOTS of paper towels and shop towels, extra Bissel cleaning solution for the spot bot, some spray on enzyme cleaner, backer rod, duct tape, Kendall porous tape, adhesive remover and surgical adhesive for posting.
I'm hoping we won't need all of the cleaning products too long, but we're ready at any rate.

 

[JanS]

BTW, Spock is so darn cute and I wonder if he's starting to get suspicious about now...

I just bought a sheep nearly like that for Della and she loves it. In fact she already knows it's a sheep and will go pick it up if I tell her to find her sheep.

 

[Katja Henriksen]

Looks like you had fun shopping. LOL

I'm sure you will have everything ready. I will say that when we got Bailey I had bought her a lovely pink nylon collar that was adjustable. What I didn't realize was how small her neck was and the one we had bought was way too big. We had to drive down to the pet shop and get her what looked like a cat collar. LOL

Spock knows what's good. He went straight for the Kong Wubba. LOL

 

[Marinegeekswife]

We also bought Albert his own food dish and one of Dale's leather leads, oh and LOTS of paper towels and shop towels, extra Bissel cleaning solution for the spot bot, some spray on enzyme cleaner, backer rod, duct tape, Kendall porous tape, adhesive remover and surgical adhesive for posting.
I'm hoping we won't need all of the cleaning products too long, but we're ready at any rate.

Oh! I forgot to add her dishes to the photo. We bought her adjustable dishes and a place mat a while back. It sits on the other side of the kitchen from Spock's bowls and place mat. We have lots of leads sitting around so I'm sure I can pull one of Spock's old lighter ones for her. I need to figure out how to run the handheld parts of the carpet cleaner. Our SpotBot started leaking so we just bought a big carpet cleaner instead. I should look into getting our SpotBot checked to see if its a cheap fix. I did forget ear posting supplies. Thanks! I'll have to get that list from Suzan's website so we're ready to go.

Looks like you had fun shopping. LOL

I'm sure you will have everything ready. I will say that when we got Bailey I had bought her a lovely pink nylon collar that was adjustable. What I didn't realize was how small her neck was and the one we had bought was way too big. We had to drive down to the pet shop and get her what looked like a cat collar. LOL

Spock knows what's good. He went straight for the Kong Wubba. LOL

Ha ha! I promise we didn't buy all that at once. We've been buying a few things each trip to Petco since we talked to Suzan in May, lol. I think the little pink skull collar will be small enough. She will be at least 9 weeks when she comes home so not as small as Spock was. And they grow so fast. I forgot to add the lovely collar we ordered from you for her. I'll put photos of it up once it comes in. The martingale is also one of Katja's products. I tried to get a photo of Spock wearing it last night but the lighting was terrible. Spock was so good about not taking off with any of the puppy's toys so I let him have the ring toy for a few minutes.

 

[obbanner]

Jolly Ball!!! Cooper dragged it around until he was big enough to carry it.

 

[Marinegeekswife]

Jolly Ball!!! Cooper dragged it around until he was big enough to carry it.

Great photo! We have one and Spock loves it. I've spent the last couple days tell Spock over and over "no! that's an outside toy!" When he brings it through the doggy door.

 

[swiftK9s]

lol... I think you are set Jess! All you need now, is Miss River. :wub:

 

[JanS]

Love the pic of Cooper! It's funny but Boris absolutely loved the Jolly Ball and the eGGe, but Della will have nothing to do with them. Again, maybe it's a boy/girl thing...

 

[MyBuddy]

Oh, that picture put a smile on my face! lol Just love all the preparation and anticipation with all you folks expecting babies!! Even though Kali was not a Dobie, I did some of the same prep in anticipation of her adoption! It was fun and I feel your joy!

Oh and the pic of Spock making his choice is priceless!

 

[obbanner]

I've spent the last couple days tell Spock over and over "no! that's an outside toy!" When he brings it through the doggy door.

They somehow end up in our house. I never see Cooper bring them in, so the Jolly Fairy must transport them in at night. Cooper once let it fly, and it went sailing across the living room into the dining room, but fortunately didn't break anything!

 

[Marinegeekswife]

They somehow end up in our house. I never see Cooper bring them in, so the Jolly Fairy must transport them in at night. Cooper once let it fly, and it went sailing across the living room into the dining room, but fortunately didn't break anything!

Ah, that must be it. Couldn't possibly be these sweet innocent boys. The breaking things is the major reason the Jolly Ball isn't allowed inside. That and it is just disgusting.

 

[DreamValley]

If you get Ms.Pink the toys will turn into trash in a few weeks LOL!
Did you get the leather collar from Katja?

You may need softer nylobones at the beginning.

Gino: "Poor Spock doesn't know who will be playing with his new toys!"

What you need:
Leash
Food bowl
Paper towels (A LOT!)
Food food food... perhaps you have already forgot how much puppies eat

 

[JanS]

Cooper once let it fly, and it went sailing across the living room into the dining room, but fortunately didn't break anything!

The aquariums are my biggest fear...

LOL Gino, are you speaking from experience?

 

[DreamValley]

You will need the double leash later to walk two dogs... it's challenging though.
I bought from EzyDog... not sure if it's the best choice but it works for us.

...and two prong collars!

 

[Marinegeekswife]

If you get Ms.Pink the toys will turn into trash in a few weeks LOL!
Did you get the leather collar from Katja?

You may need softer nylobones at the beginning.

Gino: "Poor Spock doesn't know who will be playing with his new toys!"

What you need:
Leash
Food bowl
Paper towels (A LOT!)
Food food food... perhaps you have already forgot how much puppies eat

Thanks! The rolled leather collar is from Katja. We also ordered a custom collar from Katja for our girl but it will be one for when she's older. Yeah, I suspect the toys won't last long. But that's part of it. Spock had the same Nylabone when he was younger and loved it. Its one of their soft rubber ones that is also rather durable. Spock has the bigger version now that he's full grown. Yes, will be ordering a 40lb bag of food for her next week. I don't want to order it too soon and have it go bad or something.

 

[obbanner]

Here's a brace I used for Banner and Diva. They're on a long line here, and I could heel them on a 6' lead. They were very impressive looking when working together on the brace and they quickly adapted to it.

 

[hexi99]

i love the turquoise leather collar,i almost got that for hexi. it looks amazing on red/brown dobies. you should get her the matching leash. cant believe its almost time for her to come home. i cant wait to see pictures of her.

 

[JanS]

Have you decided for sure on Miss Pink yet? Oh and isn't it about cropping time? Tick-tock, tick-tock...

 

[Marinegeekswife]

you should get her the matching leash. cant believe its almost time for her to come home. i cant wait to see pictures of her.

I would but we have a billion leashes laying around here, lol. If we need another one I'll get it. Almost time! About 2 weeks!

Have you decided for sure on Miss Pink yet? Oh and isn't it about cropping time? Tick-tock, tick-tock...

Not yet, the decision by Suzan and possibly by us will be next week. Geez, its all ramping up now! Doesn't seem like we're about 2 weeks away! I think they go for the crop today. I'm so excited!