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Originally Posted by Ellie May  i also think it may be a bit steep. Not a popular opinion, but one that is held by many countries.
If a new owner is home most of the time they should be perfectly capable of watching for hypo. As for behavior, the dogs around the dog duringits lfe are going to help shape that. I don't think 12 weeks is wrong. I don't necessarily think 9 or 10 weeks is always wrong either. I see a trend where now it is 14 to 16 weeks. What next? Eighteen weeks to make sure all vaccines are given? Six months so all puppies are altered first? As far as maturnal antibodies and vaccines go, they will be unprotected oth with the owner and the breeder. That is not oing to matter in most cases.
Small dogs do mature faster.
they are at more of a hypo risk, but not just breeders can detect this.
I think I'd sooner take the pup home where I could set up safe socialization situations than wait 12 to 14 weeks while pup sits in an xpen with mom and siblings. jmo  |
When I brought Teddy home at 8 months, I wished I had left Max with our breeder that long too.
It was a joy to bring home a perfectly trained dog who was still puppyish.