Re: [PyrNet-L] Too young Pups.

["Merrilie" <Grammy@biddeford.com>]

In the State of Maine, it is ILLEGAL to sell, trade or buy any animal UNDER
the age of 8 weeks...... which I found to be quite interesting, as Sam came
to us a 6 weeks... I didn't have a clue about the law 2 weeks ago or I NEVER
would have taken him!
Merrilie
----- Original Message -----
From: <clhenke@juno.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Too young Pups.


> I will say that the public has a hand at taking pups too early.  This has
> been a pet peeve of mine for a long time ( back with the Mastiff's ), and
> I am sure breeder's of Pyrs. have heard this too!
>
> People want a very large breed dog ( or a giant, as the case may be ),
> but they want a very tiny puppy.  Eight week old pups in Pyrs., or other
> big breeds are not all that small of pup.  These people don't care that
> because they are big breeds they mature emotionally long after small
> breeds, and that their fluffy big pup is still very much a baby
> emotionally.  They just want a small pup.  Then in the next breath they
> can't figure out why their pup isn't learning fast enough ( because he is
> too darn young to be away from his litter! ).  If you hand them a ten
> week old pup, they don't even want it, not small and cuddly enough?
>
> Eventually they get a back yard breeder to sell their pups at four/five
> weeks ( so they are smaller ), and then rescue gets to deal with those
> emotional/ failure to thrive pups.  This has upset me for a long time,
> and I had to vent.  I used to just hate it when I refused to sell a pup
> at less than ten weeks to an experienced dog person, and twelve weeks to
> those inexperienced ones, and had to argue the size of the pup.  Of
> course the people who really cared would go along with it, and you would
> loose the others to someone willing to sell a pup at a mo. old.  I was
> glad I held my ground on my own pups, but you still knew that some poor
> baby was loosing out!  EEeerrrr, makes me so mad!       Cindy.
>
> Cindy Henke
> clhenke@juno.com
> Ennis, Texas
>
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