Re: [PyrNet-L] Too young Pups.

["Janna" <janna@custom.net>]

Cindy,

In some cases this may be true.  But, not all.
My husband and I along with his sister and her husband located a
Very good Pyr Breeder to purchase two baby pyr's.
We requested that we take them at that time.  The Breeder hestitated
but, we informed them of the good care we would give to them.
Which I am proud to say "We Did A Darn Good Job!".

We had the two pups together every chance we could.  We live walking
distance
away.  When they got a few months old and we would have to leave their sight
for a minute.  We would always laugh.  We would find them together.
They are now, 1 1/2 years old.  I have since purchased 3 more.  One at 3 mos
old., one at 5 years old, and one at 2 mos old.  If I ever have it to do
over again.  I would go with the 5 week old.  We have a bond that no one
will ever take away.  I guess you could
say that I "Spoilled" her.

Janna
>
>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
>
>"All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained
>in the dog."  ~ Franz Kafka
>
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