Care Guide

Daily routine, diet, equipment, and upcoming appointments.

Feeding

• Food: Hill's Science Diet Puppy — Large Breed (Chicken & Brown Rice)
• Portion: 1.5 cups per serving, offered 2× per day
• Typical intake: usually finishes one serving per day (medium food drive)
• Plan to re-evaluate diet after DNA test confirms breed + age

Treats

• Kindfull training treats — daily reinforcement
• String cheese — high-value, used for breakthroughs and harder sessions
• Does not like hard chews
• No known allergies

Potty schedule

• 7:00 AM — first thing in the morning
• 7:00 PM — last call before bed
• Goes to the door when she needs to go outside other times
• Zero indoor accidents since arrival

Sleep

• Loose in the bedroom, sleeps through 8–10 hours
• Crate set up but she's not engaging with it yet — crate training planned

Exercise

• No leash walks yet — currently freezes when leashed (top training priority)
• Daily exercise is backyard romps + indoor play with Koda (Matt's mini schnauzer)

Equipment

• Collar: flat collar + standard leash
• Harness: planned, will train with one in parallel with leash work
• Crate: set up but not engaged yet
• Bed: settles on couch / wherever, no assigned bed

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