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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  But I thought you were interested in actual scientific data and studies - real research, not someone's summary of it, which is all that I've seen so far that 7-8 weeks age of puppies is a good age to remove them from mom. Published, copyrighted research material is usually behind firewalls for purchase or published partly/wholly in a usually costly, subscribed, scientific magazine with permission from the author. Either way it's rarely free.
Just let me know if you'd like the links to the abstracts(give you a full overview of the study, summary) of the findings or the full articles and online ebook preview or ebook that is much like your webpage summary, with full references. |
I am interested.
I suppose the point is that I dont have to look into the source articles. I am willing to accept the many authors of the articles I posted that cite some of those studies as reasonable authorities on the subject.
One is written by a vet, the other in a book written by a vet, one by a behaviourist etc ... they are interlocking ie they support each others findings.
The people claiming otherwise here cant cite anything of any quality.
Even if they did cite something, the best we'd end up wit here - it seems to me - is that there is NO certainty that homing a puppy at 7 weeks plus is categorically incorrect, cruel, irresponsible etc.
I'd add much of this research has been around for many years - there is no excuse for people claiming expertise to have not heard of it / read it etc in forming the opinions they express here as the law on the matter. It may be the "latest" research but it isnt new by any means.
I am not the one going around lecturing potential owners or other breeders and bullying people.