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Originally Posted by Beabble  It's to young for me, I'd prefer to wait till they were at least 12 weeks old. |
should have elaborated a lil on this. We got a pup years ago that was only 7 weeks old, he had major issues with biting cause he never got to learn the bite inhabition from his Mom and other pups. With the smaller breeds though, I'd just prefer to get them older cause they are more apt to have more problems making the adjustment of being taken from Mom at such a young age. We had to end up consulting with a behavorist with the pup we got at 7 weeks old. We got Maggy May when she was 6 weeks old and she had a bit of a problem with biting for a while there, but between us using the whistle and redirecting her and then her being around out older dogs and cat, she's coming along great now. But, if I had a choice, I wouldn't get a pup until it was older. Plus, if you get them older, a good breeder will have had them started on their shots and wormed and you don't have to worry about that so much.