Humane Soc. Agrees with YT'ers
 

Puppy Behavior Basics : The Humane Society of the United States

Wow, imagine that.

Well, ahem, at least they copy from only the best in setting forth guidelines. (hehe)

Well that is great . . now if people listen to it

Thanks for posting this, lynzy.....I JUST today, sent someone to Google to get the stages of development of puppies, so she could see what she needs to be teaching her 6 week old baby....she can just come here and read it right from here.......

Oh, if only they would. So much less heartache as so many of the new owners just aren't prepared and don't know what to do or anything about hypoglycemia and other things that can befall these babies. And guess what - not every ER clinic HAS a vet in the middle of the night! I called ours once at 3:00 a.m., really just to ask a question about Tibbe and the guy had been called to the hospital for his daughter's emergency of some kind and they were desperately trying to find their back-up! The nearest ER vet I knew of was all the way across town and it was icey outside and sleeting. With a new baby in an emergent situation, we would have been in real trouble if that baby only had an hour to live. But besides all of that about the health worries is the imprinting and nurturing and calm guidance that puppy is getting from its mom and littermates nearby as it develops and learns in the best of surroundings without any undue stresses and scary new things. Hopefully, more and more the message will get out. I wish Animal Planet and TLC and Discovery, etc., would do more shows about responsible puppy shopping, purchasing and home-bringing, not to mention how to housebreak and train them in basic obedience. We could do a far better job of educating people if our entertainment industry would get involved and make the programs entertaining and informative. But, no, they have to have endless shows on people hunting Bigfoot, Mothman(!) and crocs!!!

Awesome! I am so very glad you posted this :)

Well go figure?!? How long have the wonderful members here been saying that? Just thankful they finally put it in print. Hopefully people will start listening.

Yes apparently they got the Memo I sent;)

Yikes not so sure how I feel about this part since Guinness will be the 8 to 12 week Role Model lol
Ideally, puppies should stay with their littermates (or other "role-model" dogs) for at least 12 weeks.

This has been well known information in the dog and cat world for years. People who study animal behavior studied this long ago. I guess it has been a well kept secret from the general public.

I posted this because too often it is inferred that YT'ers are the only *ones* that think this way...! Its often rediculous that it does have to be said over and over, but somehow folks believe what they want to believe...if you go to almost any dog (I don't know about other animals) forum they say the same thing so why are we always squawked at for reiterating what is already common knowledge? :)

Ummm, yep sounds like the younguns will be ruling the roost...this is liken to putting serial killers in with petty thiefs, kind of...you know with the whole murder problem guiness has and all!

I should try to find when the original research was done. It has been 20 years since I stopped breeding purebred cats and it was a well known fact among breeders back then. (It applies to kitties, too.) One side of my family was big into purebreds back then and they would never sell a pup before 12 weeks and held many longer than that. They were not toy breed dogs either. I'm glad you posted this. At least we have some expert opinion in print about the subject.

:( starting to think I should sleep with one eye open :(

or you could rehome him...to me...hehehe:p