Instructions
Feed your puppy healthy, vitamin- and mineral-rich food, experimenting with different brands to see which one she likes the most.
Play with your puppy to improve her balance and motor skills. Don't do anything frightening or startling right after she's just started walking or she may become jumpy. The amount of activity you provide during her first six months will affect her desire to play or exercise later in life.
Keep your puppy inside until she's a year old, if possible. Puppies are sensitive to bacteria and infections until they've reached their adult weight. Supervise your puppy closely if you let her go outside.
Take your puppy to your veterinarian for a rabies vaccination. In most cities and states, it's illegal for your dog not to have a rabies vaccination. Get a tag for her collar that states she was vaccinated.
Unless you plan to breed your dog, spay her before she gets her first heat around six months old. When a female dog is in heat, she leaks blood and tissue from her vagina for several days or even weeks, which is messy and lures male dogs from blocks away. Additionally, spaying before the first onset of heat practically eliminates the chance that your puppy will have uterine infections or breast cancer as she ages.
How to Take Care of a Female Puppy
Raising a puppy is not difficult if you have time, patience and dedication. Like human children, puppies need love, affection and a little bit of discipline. The first six months of your little puppy's life are crucial to its health and well-being as an adult dog. Your actions, training and environment will largely determine your puppy's personality and behavior. Female puppies should be spayed unless you plan to breed them.