Helping your Biewer Terrier puppy to adjust to their new home!

1.  The first rule is to always have food & water available for your puppy.
Because of their small size, Biewer puppies must replenish their energy 
frequently. The proper way to replenish energy is by supplying plenty of
nourishment in the form of food. Puppies eat very small amounts of food
when they eat, but they exert large amounts of energy.

2.  Another important rule is do not change your puppy's food for the first
2 weeks.  Give your puppy  time to adjust  to their new home. If you are
going to make a change in the puppy's food, please do it gradually by slowly
adding more kibbles  of  the new food to the old food each day.  After
several days, the proportions of new to old food will be switched to the new
food.  If your puppy's stools get soft, change dramatically, or the puppy
gets constipated, you are switching foods too quickly.

3. Your puppy needs to have a space of their own.  Many owners use either a
baby or puppy playpen as a small enclosed area to keep your puppy contained
in, when you are not playing with them.  This should a small area with
enough room for their bed and easy access to food and water where they can
rest and eat in peace. This area should be no larger than 3ft x 4ft if at all possible.
Do not allow your Biewer puppy the run of the whole house until they are at
least 5 or 6 months old.  With access to a large space to run around in, it
is possible that the puppy will tire and forget to eat The puppy might even
forget where their food is located. This could lead to a hypoglycemia
episode or the puppy's death.
During the first few weeks, do not let your puppy out to play for longer
than one hour at a time. It is suggested that you play with the puppy for a
short time, then give them a small dose of Nutri-Cal and then place them
back in their playpen so they can eat and rest. Remember, that they are very
tiny babies and tire easily. It is important not to over-tire your puppy in
the first few weeks the puppy is home.  A puppy will play until it collapses
of exhaustion. It may play so much that it becomes too tired to eat. As the
puppy's owner, you must be responsible and see that your puppy gets enough
rest. Many small puppies need as much as 20 out of 24 hours rest. Be
especially aware of the amount of time children play with the puppy. These
are babies and must be  treated as such.

4. Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, can be deadly to a puppy!  Hypoglycemia
is a problem that affects many toy breeds of puppies between the age of
5-20 weeks of age. All owners of small dogs should be on the lookout for low
blood sugar or hypoglycemic attacks.
The best preventative for eight hypoglycemic attack, is to have a tube of
Nutri-cal available.  Nutri-cal is an excellent source of food and vitamins
as well as being one of the best preventatives or cures for keeping your
puppy from a hypoglycemic attack.  It is recommended that you provide your
puppy with an approximate 1 inch strip of Nutri-cal twice a day, once in the
morning and again in the evening.
Nutri-cal can also be given when puppies have been playing hard, or when
exposed to many people handling them or when they have been away from a food
source for a prolonged period of time.
Nutri-cal is suggested because it is a food source that has been combined
with sweeteners.  This formula keeps the blood sugar more stable for a
longer period of time. Frequent use of Honey tends to rot puppy's teeth.

5.  Be sure that you have a firm grip on your puppy at all times your puppy
is off the ground.  So many puppy deaths or broken bones have been caused
by a small dog or puppy wiggling out of their owner's grasp, or jumping off
a lap, couch, or bed.  Allowing small dogs to jump may cause broken necks,
legs, or crushing their skulls.

6.  Children must always be supervised when around or handling a dog
regardless of child's age. The only safe way for a child to hold a small
dog, is sitting on the floor with the puppy between their legs, or on their lap.

7.  Never ever leave a small puppy unattended on a chair, bed, couch, or
stairs.  It is important to know that a fall from as low as two feet high
can be deadly to your puppy!

8.  Your small dog or puppy should only be unattended when he or she is in
their playpen or a safe enclosure.  There are too many places that a small
puppy or dog can manage to get into, fit under, and disappear from sight.
It is important to puppy proof your home.  Puppies can stick their paws into
electrical sockets, open cabinets and get into poisons, or break a bone by
having a telephone book fall on them.  Crawl around on the floor and look at
all potential dangers to a puppy on the floor.