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Originally Posted by Chili Dawg  12 weeks? Is that a hard and fast rule? We got our puppy at 3 days shy of 8 weeks. The breeder had seperated the litter from the mother due to illness and was bottle/hand feeding them. Of course she was not allowed be around other dogs until her series of shots were completed. I thought 8 weeks was the norm. My Zena is doing very well and is strong and fit. Thanks from a newbie to YT.
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I always thought 8 weeks too. 8 weeks old is generally the age that you get larger breed dogs. Smaller breeds should stay until 12 weeks old, especially the tinier ones. There was a really good explanation why somewhere on this board but I'm not sure where it is.
I know there's big differences between an 8 week old Golden Retriever and an 8 week old Yorkshire Terrier.