When we found our Toby, I thought Rescue was the way to go. We had just lost our Choco lab and I felt getting a rescue was the more responsible thing to do.
We had given a puppy to our adult daughter, and I couldn't imagine dealing with the puppy housebreaking issues. We adopted Toby and he was totally housebroken, but had social issues. We have had him for a year now, and we love him dearly and he is totally a member of the family.
It has taken a year for him to come around a become what I consider to be a "normal " pup. I guess in hindsight a newborn puppy would have taken the same amount of time, the issues would just be different. We love this little boy like crazy, but I think if we had raised him from a puppy, we would have had a lot less guesswork. |