I'm kind of on the fence with the whole holiday placement thing. I've just had to judge case be case with our previous, "holiday litters." In cases where holidays will be hectic, with travel and family visiting, I'd prefer to hold the pup until afterwards, but in some cases, I think it's actually better.
For example, I placed 2 litter mates with a mom and daughter at 11 wks the week before Christmas. The mom was visiting from out of town (12 hours away) and was staying with the daughter who was off work for 2 weeks and lived 15 minutes away from me. No traveling or hectic family coming in and plenty of time to devote to the pups. If an issue came up with mom's pup, she was 15 min away rather than 12 hrs. Both had made several trips to the house to play and bond with the pups, both having owned Yorkies for years. To me, that was far better.
Again, something I think you have to judge case by case, but as a general rule, it IS something to be cautious about. "Pups in time for a Christmas Present" should not be a selling point, IMO. |