The Curious Puppy: A Vet-Designed Puppy Journal for 8 Weeks to 6 Months
Everything that changes in your puppy's first six months, in one place — ready for every vet appointment.
A veterinarian-developed journal for puppies • Based on international veterinary guidelines and scientific evidence • Designed to make professional guidance understandable and actionable for pet owners
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Is this journal right for you?
- You have a new puppy between 8 weeks and 6 months old.
- You want vaccinations, growth, teething and socialization recorded in one place.
- You want to know what is normal for your puppy, and what needs a closer look.
- You are looking for a useful gift for a new puppy owner.
See what’s inside
Veterinary knowledge on one page, structured documentation for everyday life on the other.
Guide · How to use it
Socialization & exposure · weekly entry
Feeding & hydration · seven-day ledger
Growth & weight · growth curve
Teething & mouth · tooth chart
What you track
- Weekly entries for growth, feeding, teething, socialization, sleep and more
- A growth curve and a tooth chart
- Vaccination records, a medication overview and vet-visit preparation
- Monthly reviews and space for your own notes
Why notes help your vet
What you notice at home is often missing at the appointment, simply because no one wrote it down.
The Curious Puppy turns everyday observations into usable information. It shows what matters in the first months, helps you record what changes, and carries veterinary recommendations into daily life.
In the first months, everything changes fast. A puppy grows week by week, loses its milk teeth, meets the world and learns what is safe. On its own, each small change is easy to forget. Noted regularly, they show you what is normal for this puppy — and what needs a closer look.
The journal was developed by a practicing veterinarian and is based on recognized international veterinary guidelines (AAHA and WSAVA). Over the first months it builds a structured picture of your puppy's individual development — so at the appointment your vet has both the current impression and the observations of the weeks before.
Veterinary foundation
This Journal draws on established veterinary guidelines, clinical tools and selected scientific sources.
Care frameworks
Clinical tools
- Body Condition Score (1–9)as used by WSAVA
- WALTHAM Puppy Growth Charts
- Faecal Scoring Chartstandardised stool assessment
- ESCCAP Parasite Guidance
Selected evidence
- Vaterlaws-Whiteside & Hartmann (2017)Socialisation programme outcomes · Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Howell, King & Bennett (2015)Puppy socialisation review · Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports
- Stolzlechner et al. (2022)Early training and later behaviour · Animals
The guidelines, instruments and scientific sources named here were used as professional foundations for the development of this journal. Their inclusion does not imply official endorsement, authorization or collaboration with the organizations named.
Questions about this journal
What age is it for?
From week eight to six months. At six months the milk teeth are gone, the puppy vaccination series is complete and the socialization window has closed.
What do I record?
Weekly entries for growth, feeding, teething, socialization and sleep, plus a growth curve, a tooth chart, vaccination records and vet-visit preparation.
Does it replace my vet?
No. It helps you observe and describe, so your vet has more to work with.
Is it available in German?
Yes. The journals are on Amazon in English and German.
Design for everyday life
Designed for everyday life.
Beautiful enough to keep within reach. Structured enough to become part of your routine.
The Curious Puppy covers the first six months, from week eight. Six months marks a natural milestone — the milk teeth are gone, the puppy vaccination series is complete, and the socialization window has closed. That is where puppyhood ends and the adolescent stage begins. It is part of the House of Tails Care Journals, which follow every life stage. The next volume, The Young Hound, covers six to twelve months.
The approach behind it, the Veterinary Mindset, is set out in full in the book of the same name — currently available in German, with an English edition coming soon.
The best moment to begin is now.
By T. Abend, veterinarian. A companion to veterinary care, not a replacement.
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