glad you are not taking her with you and hopefully the breeder complies, when we got Sadie we were in a bad situation with a pretty irresponsible breeder. they would keep her while we went to our parents for the weekend in Sept. sure, but they said she would still be away from her mom at 6 weeks no matter what. so my heart went out to the puppy and i wanted to rescue her from them. they didn't actually let her go until 7 weeks, but we went ahead and got her anyways. she has had no health issues at all, and we did go stay with my mom and dad when she was only 10 weeks old and she did great. i'm one of those that understands the need to stay with the mom until 12 week for biting reasons and other learning things, however we had no issues at 7 weeks and she has already learned far more in training than most dogs her age know. she was sitting and laying down on command by 9 weeks old and has learned tons more tricks since then. so while i understand the rules and wouldn't get a puppy this young next time, we've actually had a great time with her at that young age because we've taught her a lot more having her here longer at a young age than most people. not to mention we got to see all her puppy phases ourselves. it's ultimately your choice, if the breeder would keep her and keep her with her mom, i'd say leave her there. i should mention our trip to my mom's was only an hour long trip, not 7, and we had a virgin yard at their house for her to pee in so we didn't worry as much about Parvo there either. |