Oracle Puppy on the Way: Shopping List

This page is to provide you with a list of things you may want to purchase or find second hand for your puppy.

  • Food & Water Bowl (stainless steel works well, avoid anything ceramic or breakable at first)
  • Collar and Leash (flat buckle collar and 6′ leash) – provided in puppy pack
  • Long line/leash – 15′ – 25′ – used for recall training, allowing some freedom outdoors before their recall is 100% and for training.
  • Dog Tags (Name and phone number(s) address is optional.
  • Crate (for the home) – a 36″ wire crate with a divider is ideal for the puppy into adulthood
  • Bedding for their crate – a small fleece blacket is ideal. Fleece doesn’t shred into strings that could be dangreous. Save fancy bedding for when they are older.
  • Dog Bed (Nothing too fancy to start – something simple and easy to clean)
  • Biodegradable poop bags – we will provide a roll however you’ll likely go through that quickly
  • Get Serious or another suitable urine cleaning spray (specific for dogs)
  • Treats (small treats are best for puppy training)
    • Crumps Mini Trainers
    • Ziwipeak Food makes great training treats
    • Zukes Mini Naturals
  • Training pouch (to keep treats when you are on a walk)
  • Puppy shampoo
  • Chew Toys
    • Kong
    • Nylabone
  • Puzzle Toys (see video below of how to stuff a toy)
    • West Paw
    • Planet Dog
    • Kong
    • Nina Ottoson
  • Interactive Toys – different from chew toys. These will be the toys you allow the puppy to play with when supervised or playing with you. This is anything that can be chewed/destroyed/swallowed as well as toys you want to reserve for training or playing with you like tug toys
  • Toy Box or Drawer to put toys away when you can’t supervise or don’t want them playing with them (eg. Interactive toys)
  • Exercise Pen – if you are going to have to leave your puppy for longer periods setting up an exercise pen with a potty area will help them not have accidents in their crate. It can also be a way to contain your puppy while you cannot supervise them to prevent them learning to chew things you don’t want them to chew in your home.
  • Baby gates – this is only necessary if you will need to keep your puppy out of specific rooms or from doing the stairs.
  • Towels for your new puppy (you won’t want to use your good ones, so old towels work well, set aside for the use with your puppy/dog)
  • Vehicle Restraint or Crate for the Car (if your car is large enough a crate is superior to a seat belt). Your puppy/dog should never ride in the car without a restraint. In an accident they become a projectile and can not only injury themselves, but other passengers.
    • If you have kids in the car, make sure the puppy is restrained away from them. You can test this by putting the puppy in the restraint then using a treat to lure them towards the seat, if their body can touch the seat then it can impact your child in an accident.
  • Puppy Shampoo
  • Grooming Tools
    • Pin Brush (wood pin is great and gentle, any pin brush will do though)
    • Comb (metal with longer teeth(
    • Slicker Brush (soft)
  • Food
    • Raw Food brands to look for:
      • Iron Will
      • Tollden Farms
      • Big Country Raw
      • If you’re local to BauHound Haus, Haus Raw
    • Dry Foods to look for:
      • Honest Kitchen kibble and/or dehydrated
      • Carna4
      • Fromms
      • Open Farm
      • Pulsar
      • Stella & Chewy
      • Go!
      • Now!