The Universal Pet Home Business has been in our family for over 12 years and we have been raising puppies for over 11 years. The first dogs were a litter of Golden Retrievers whelped in the garage but now we have grown into a humble, family owned and operated kennel where we raise both small breed dogs and bigger dogs (security dogs) to go to happy homes. We are a well established firm with over 200 acres and a lake for our puppies to explore. Our puppies love to go outside to play and look forward to it everyday (weather permitting during the warm months).We are USDA licensed and inspected kennel. USDA is extremely picky, they do not allow any cobwebs, fly specks, hair, etc. They have told us that we are one of the top kennels in Virginia (which from them is quite the complement!).Our adults have inside/outside runs with heating and air conditioning, automatic feeder/water, automatic doors, and they have tender foot flooring with a fiberglass wash down system underneath. Our Virginia Mixed Breed Puppies have large indoor pens that they sleep in, their pens are about 10′ x 16′ with carpeting and tenderfoot flooring with the fiberglass wash down system. They also have automatic food and water, but they are even more spoiled – they also have a water bowl, dry food bowl, puppy kibble (that melts in their mouth to help them go from mom to eating hard puppy food), soaked puppy food with a splash of milk every morning, and a little canned Pedigree chopped beef also in the morning for an extra little treat.Our puppies are very well cared for and spoiled! These puppies are our lives, everything we do revolves around them and their well-being. We are often told that our puppies/dogs have it better than some of our customers. One woman said she didn’t know how happy the puppy would be losing it’s lake front condo and moving to Beverly Hills! Don’t worry, that puppy has adjusted well to her new lifestyle.
Some of our specialties include....
1. Puppy food Supply
We feed Wells Pro Pac Puppy food, and have been for around 25 years. It is the best brand that we have found and is made in Indiana . It was not one of the brands involved in the pet food recall of 2007.
If you would like to keep the puppy on our food you can go to propacpetfood.com and enter your zip code- that will let you know who sells it around you.If you would like to switch to a different brand of puppy food, make sure that you do it gradually. You will need to mix it 50/50 at first and slowly change it over. (If you don’t slowly switch, your puppy will more than likely get a loose stool.)Make sure that if you if you are going to change food it is a good, high quality food, such as Iams, Science Diet, Purina Pro Plan, or Pedigree hard food. (There are others as well, but these are a few of the top brands around us.)Look at your puppy at about 6 months, if it looks like it is getting a little chubby, change to adult dog food; otherwise keep it on puppy food until it is around 9-12 months old.
Right now the puppy has food down in front of it at all times. Puppies are nibblers; they will run over and grab 5 pieces of food, spit it on the floor and then eat them one by one. Then in another 30 minutes run over, get another 5 pieces and eat that.You need to make sure that the puppy has a chance to eat, drink, and rest! If it doesn’t get enough to eat it could get low blood sugar (become hypoglycemic). If that should happen and the puppy is lethargic you need to get some sugar into the puppy immediately! Honey or corn syrup works well. Call us first and then, if necessary, the vet if this should happen.Take the food and water away about an hour or so before bed, puppies are just like little kids, if they are empty, they can go all night.If you have any questions (no matter how stupid you think they sound) don’t be afraid to give us a call or e-mail us!
2. Potty Training Tips
At first you will want to take the puppy out every hour, he/she will probably not potty each time, but eventually will have to go potty.
Always take the puppy out the same door, to the same place, and say the same thing. It is a lot of repetition, but it works.
When he/she does potty outside, make a very big deal out of it, tell them what a good boy/girl they are, and give them a little treat. They may think you are goofy (as well as your neighbors), but, hey, it made you happy.Don’t take the puppy outside just to play; then it gets confusing as to what you want the puppy to do. If you really want to play with your puppy outside, take him/her to a totally different area.When the puppy has an accident in the house, pick it up in a paper towel and take it outside, that way there is scent out in your yard. That makes it a little easier for the puppy to know what they are supposed to do out there.The first person to wake up in the morning needs to take the puppy out immediately, don’t wait to get yourself ready first, the puppy can’t hold it that long. Also don’t open the door of the kennel and let the puppy come out, you need to pick the puppy up and take it outside, otherwise as soon as it’s feet hit the ground its going to realize that it has to go potty and the puppy won’t be able to make it to the door.Take the food and water away about an hour or so before bed, puppies are just like little kids, if they are empty, they can go all night.Don’t be upset if the puppy doesn’t make it all night without an accident, especially that first night. The first night they don’t know if you are ever coming back! Once they realize that you are coming back, then they can hold it all night. That first night is very scary for a little puppy; they are taken away from friends and family and put in the dark alone.
3.Variety of Puppy breed supply, both indoor and security breeds.
We have been supplying high quality and well trained, healthy and AKC standard dogs and puppies for over 2 and a half decades now. Our standard and professional dog and puppy transformation skills makes us one of the best breeding firms in the US, as confirmed and certified by the American Kernel Club (AKC). We get our puppies re-homed only after 10 weeks and our puppies are re-homed with a full and complete AKC certificate, Vet checked documents and some food stuffs for the first view weeks. Whether you are within or without our based state, you aint got absolutely nothing to worry about as our free ship out policy got you well covered. We ship out completely free of charge to any address within the US( Except for Alaska and Hawaii) and 50% off regular shipping fee to Canada, Central America, South America and Europe. Our puppies are delivered either at the Airport or directly at home, depending on the respective client. For shipments within the US, puppy(ies) are delivered 24 hours maximum after payments are confirmed and usually faster, depending on the clients location. Our out-country clients would pick up after a maximum of 72 hours depending sorely on the promptness of the shipping company used. As a matter of fact, our puppies are shipped in the most reliable and modern shipment vessels making shipping and delivering of puppies a usual and easy process. Get a puppy from our farm and discover the joy of dealing with professionalized and out standing services.