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Originally Posted by Lilymo  Things in the UK are quite different. We frequently take pups at 8 weeks old regardless of breed. My vet a few years age was south African and he advised me to take a 6 week old pup away from its mother as it was weaned and ready to go. Sorry if I sound judgmental but the American kennel club ( I think that's the name ) is not the 10 commandments but only a guide. What I'm trying to say is that other countries do things differently and we don't have mutant dogs with loads more health or physiological issues than you do. This pup is leaving at 8 weeks regardless of what anyone else says cause that's what the breeder has decided having done this with past litters presumably . The girl is looking for advice for the best way to feed the pup and that's what she should get. Not a lecture on how wrong everyone else is. |
I really wish you would not recommend someone doing what the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America suggest and has done studies on and knows what is best for the dog. Here in America 12 weeks is best and just ask anyone who as gotten a dog a pup at younger then 12 weeks and then gotten one 12 or older and compared them. In America it is what separates the good breeders from the bad.