Top 10 Ways to Care For Your Pokemon

10. Take it to the nearest Pokemon Center regulary for a free checkup and a complete healing. Every major city has one. Always make sure your Pokemon is well rested and in good health before a major battle.

9. Trade it with a friend. The more new life experiences your Pokemon has the stronger and smarter it will become. Then you can trade back for it.

8. Keep a well-stocked first-aid kit. Battles, even for play, cause cuts, scrapes, and bruises. Every town has a Poke Mart where you can buy these supplies, but the Celedon City Department Store is the best stocked. A good first-aid kit includes...

Awakening Potion - wakes up a Pokemon that has been put to sleep

Antidote - cures poisonous stings

Paralyze Heal - loosens up a Pokemon that can't move

Burn Heal - soothes painful burns left by Fire elements

Potions - heal wounds in general

Revive - wakes up Pokemon that have fainted

Ice Heal - defrosts frozen Pokemon

7. Start off slowly. Don't try to fight another trainer too soon. Build up your Pokemon's experience through small compeitions with wild Pokemon. When you are ready to take on another trainer, make sure your Pokemon and the trainer's Pokemon have a simular amount of experience.

6. Practice. Let a new of less experienced Pokemon start off a big battle. Then replace it with a stronger Pokemon before it gets hurt. Quick, safe battles are a good way to build up a Pokemon's experience.

5. Stay smart. Make sure you know everything you can about your Pokemon before you decide how to raise it. Each Pokemon is special and has different needs.

4. Take your Pokemon to the museum. There's a great museum of science in Pewter City with an exibit of extinct Pokemon bones. A definite must-see!

3. Teamwork. The six Pokemon you carry with you should have a variety of techniques and elements. Also, don't concentrate on raising up one Pokemon's experience and not the others. Keep all your Pokemon equally strong. The secret success is teamwork.

2. Don't forget your vitamins! Pokemon need to take their vitamins and minerals to keep them healthy and strong. These are some of the items that you can buy for your Pokemon:

Calcium - to increase special powers

Carbos - to increase speed

Iron - to increase defense strength

Protein - to increase attack strength

Rare Candy - OK, so it's not a vitamin. But a treat once in a while keeps your Pokemon happy and boosts their energy up one level.

1. LOVE THEM! Pokemon aren't just fighters. They want to be your friends. If you treat them well, they will be loyal companions.

If you try to think on these things, you will raise a bunch of fun-loving, strong, healthy Pokemon!

This was tooken from the "Pokemon Handbook" written and published by Maria S. Barbo