my feelings are, If you want the puppy ... get it. Just make sure you take it straight to a vet within time to give it back and get a refund if the vet finds something wrong and make sure it says you can get your money back and not a replacement dog. Because if one is sick why would you want another from the same litter. As far as taking a stool sample with you to the vet, that dont make sense to me as my vet always does a stool sample and test it when I take mine in to be chked, (maybe some dont) If not I would go to another vet. If the situation looked good enough for you, then thats what counts. Long as yu get a clean bill of health from the vet. A dog that cks out ok, to me is the main thing as your gonna be the one to actually raise the dog and it it gets bigger than you want, you'll still love it. I know that for sure due to experience. And their is no way to tell for sure how big it will get. For her to tell you that, that is just her guess going by the parents and if shes had other litters.
So if I was satisfied thats all that counts. Other people have lots of opinions but I usually go by what I see for myself and what makes me happy. As long as it gets a clean bill of health, what difference does it make where the dog was kept or born. Once it comes to your house, if you really care, you're gonna take care of it and make sure its treated right and has its shots and stuff. The puppy wont ever remember where it came from. To me I dont understand why so many people think if a puppy was kept in an adjacent house that is pretty clean and has air conditioned that it means the dogs arent cared for enough for a person to buy it. I go look at the situation for myself and do what I feel satisfies me. After all, I am the one responsible to it for the rest of its life. I cant believe all people keep their litters in the house with them all the time. I'm sure some do but I'd bet the majority dont.
I'm just having a hard time thinking about these people who buy dogs thru the internet and have them shipped to them, how do they know for sure where the puppies were kept and if they were socialized properly or not. Yet some buy them site unseen except for pictures and emails. People can send you a picture of any dog as they do change so fast and most litters look so much alike, how can they be so sure their getting the same dog as the picture they've seen? I would never buy a dog I didnt personally see for myself. Maybe I just see things different than most but I think I'm personally capable of choosing a dog of my preferences as well as going by other peoples opinions that have never seen the breeder, the dog or where it came from.
Good luck in whatever you decide but always remember, please yourself. |