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ItsyBitsy · 10-20-2007, 06:19 PM

I brought my puppy home at 9 weeks but she was a bigger puppy (she was 2.8 lbs then). I made sure I had Nutrical on hand and was home 24/7 for the first two weeks I brought her home. I had no issues. She slept in her crate on my bed next to my pillow and didn't cry once.

I do think it all depends on the puppy. Bitsy is a confident and super curious dog. She was the first to open her eyes and the first out of the whelping box.

I think with smaller puppies or puppies who are a little timid or shy do better if left with their mother longer. I can't see how leaving her with her mother longer can be anything but a good thing (especially if it's a good breeder). I would have left Bitsy longer with her mother but I felt the people I got Bitsy from didn't really know what they were doing so that's why I took her at 9 weeks.

10-20-2007, 06:19 PM	#16
ItsyBitsy Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 221	I brought my puppy home at 9 weeks but she was a bigger puppy (she was 2.8 lbs then). I made sure I had Nutrical on hand and was home 24/7 for the first two weeks I brought her home. I had no issues. She slept in her crate on my bed next to my pillow and didn't cry once. I do think it all depends on the puppy. Bitsy is a confident and super curious dog. She was the first to open her eyes and the first out of the whelping box. I think with smaller puppies or puppies who are a little timid or shy do better if left with their mother longer. I can't see how leaving her with her mother longer can be anything but a good thing (especially if it's a good breeder). I would have left Bitsy longer with her mother but I felt the people I got Bitsy from didn't really know what they were doing so that's why I took her at 9 weeks.