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Originally Posted by LvMyYorki The breeder should keep her until she is 12 weeks. |
In a ideal situation I agree 12 weeks- but I wonder how many of the people who advertise in the papers keep the puppies until they are 8 weeks of age.
It would be hard to keep them until 12 weeks and still place a puppy for $700.00. My vet charges a office call of 35.00 for each puppy when we go in for vaccinations and wormings at 6/9/12 weeks. The vaccinations, fecal exam and medication will add another 20.00 to the cost. I am looking at a final charge of $55.00 to $60.00 for each puppy on each of those visits.
There are some breeders who just want the puppy out the door as soon as possible to keep the overhead down and some just don't know that they need a little more TLC.
The area that I live in has passed a law that you can not place a puppy or kitten until it is 8 weeks of age. I can't tell you the number of buyers who will buy that 6 week old puppy from someone else ( law was passed and no one enforces the bloddy thing) and then will call me back for advice because they don't know what to do or the puppy is sick. Then they wish they had waited for the older puppy.
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