[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I might do this on a breeder that I had decided upon, but truthfully, most vets are going to tell you only good things, in fact, I don't think they are allowed to say anything bad. References are kind of worthless too; anyone can find one person to lie for them. I didn't feel the need to do this with the breeder I had chosen, she was so different from all the rest that I knew almost immediately, I wanted a dog from her. It took me over 4 months to find a great breeder, and I was open to several different breeds.

Originally Posted by Lorraine

Waste of time. VEts don't know the finer points of specific breeds. You are much further ahead to go by the advice by experienced reputable breeders.
At 8 weeks they are just barely weaned. In the next month or so is when problems like coccidia, giardia and in general the breeders work begins as mom is no longer feeding or cleaning up after them.
So people in it for the $$$ want them gone at 8 weeks or even sooner because it becomes a lot more work for them.
Small breed puppies in particular need to be with their breeder until minimum 12 weeks for socialization and to take care of any problems that hsould come up.
I also do not give the first set of vacc's until 10 weeks. I won't let anything go to a new home until minimum the second set of vacc's are done. So that is getting closer to 14 weeks or more.

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

Absolutely!

Great advice and agree with all of you.