wow your gonna love me then lol i just got my new pup and she is 8 weeks this comin saturday the breeder was willin to let her go at 6 but i choose to pick her up at 7 weeks the first day home she barely eat so i was worried but after the first day she is gobbling her food down and is very well adjusted.
i live in england and if you try looking you wont find anyone waiting till 12 or even 15 weeks they all go around 8 weeks of age.

i know people would say why did you take her at such a young age but to be fair if i wouldnt of took her someone else would of.

heres a link to a local paper so you can check the ages of the dogs going at iam sure you wont find one going at 12 or 15 weeks.

if i was a breeder i too wouldnt let my pups go till i know 100% the are ready :animal36

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Sounds to me by your question you have second thoughts. As others have stated 12 weeks is best.

If this were me I would give serious consideration to choosing a different breeder. Also go with your instinct. Is this the only red flag?

There are lots of breeders on YT with puppies if that would make you feel more comfortable.

Let us know what you decide!

The longer the better.

LOL....I love your carefree outlook. I can hear it now: "...to be fair officer, if I didn't buy that crack, someone else was going to...":lol tears Somehow, I'm thinking that same logic wouldn't fly in most situations.:p

Several years ago 6 wks was the age to let them go then we went to 8wks now the age limit is 12wks or whenever someone feels it is ok to let go.

but most moms are still weaning at 5 to 6 wks, i have a small male singleton 6wks and mom is done with him so now i will care for him until
i feel that he would be safe in a good home with someone that would take
the time that is needed to care for him. good luck with your precious baby

i got gatsby at 7wks 6days and i wish i had found a breeder who was holding it was terrible he couldn't eat hard food he had no absolutely no bladder control and he was afraid of his own shadow i couldn't potty train or crate train or even leave him alone until he was about 12 wks old i wish i had yorkie talk befour i got gatsby a lot would have been diffrent now thats hes almost a year he is very clingy he will not stay with other people and if im not home he will not sleep but he is very socialized

Back in the 70s and 80s you could find pups available to go by the breeder at 8 weeks in the paper all the time, but again the ones that were concerned for their pups and wanted to make sure they got the best start held them much longer. So 12 weeks have been a norm for me for 27 years. I prefer to make sure they are stronger, more protected, and better socialized, as well as training started.

And I want to be able to judge my pups (result of such and such breeding), I prefer to see how they are turning out to make sure it was a breeding worth it. Was it a good match? Are the pups very nice? One can not really judge if the breeding was good or not if pups leave too young. And by holding on to them longer they get an extra vet check up and the vet can tell so much more!! How is the knees, heart, lungs, etc...And the breeder can see and judge the pup better with its personalities it might have, color, earsets, bite, texture, squareness, and I could go on. Breeding is not just to produce as many puppies as you can, raise them till they start pooping a lot and making a mess. There is a lot more to breeding than that!! It is harder waiting longer before you let the pups go and cost more too, but I am not into this just to produce a pup and sell it!!

I would never buy a pup until it was at least 12 weeks of age. I would want to make sure that my pup got the best start possible and that I could see better as to what kind of quality it might be by waiting. I would not want to buy from that kind of breeder that sold their pups younger than 12 weeks!! JMO - Not the best breeder in my mind. I am sure there are good breeders in your area that wait, and they probably do not advertise in the local papers.

I tend to believe that males love women more i have one that does not want any other sitting on me,he will do whatever to get them out of his way. yorkies are the greatest i love them all

YTCA has always advocated 12 weeks at a minimum.
You still have breeders letting them go at 6 or 8 weeks of age. But, there are Lemon Laws in a few states that make a breeder responsible should anything go wrong with the pup. Letting them go at 6 weeks, puppies haven't even received their first shots.

Breeders of larger breeds do let their pups go at a younger age, however, they are not prone to hyperglycemia.

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So true!! :thumbup:

How could any breeder let their pups leave before their first shots - protection from some serious illness that can kill!