My mistake, the puppy was born on Sept 16th and it'll be Nov 4th before we can pick it up. So the puppy will be 7 weeks. She has other puppies that she's keeping until 8 weeks, I'm not sure why some go at 6 weeks and some at 8. I just know her personally and she's been breeding puppies for years so I know it's not just "they're too much trouble".
On 10/10/06, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I think it really depends on the breed. Some breeds do just fine being > >separated at 6 weeks while others need a couple more weeks. Our breeder > >would not let us take Herbie home until he was 10 weeks... the other breeder > >we are talking to about a Dachshund will let us take the puppy at 8 weeks. > > There's a big, big difference between 6 weeks and 8 weeks in a puppy's > development, and it really isn't something that is breed specific. The > difference you saw is just that some breeders prefer to hedge their bets and > keep the puppies longer while some are happy to let them go earlier (a litter > of puppies is a lot of trouble!) But all the experts say you really want the > puppy to stay with mom and littermates until at *least* 7 weeks of age, > preferably 8-9 weeks. There just is no substitute for the early socialization > skills that they learn during this time, they learn dog behavior, bite > inhibition, etc. I'd consider it ever *more* important in a breed like JRT > that can be somewhat aggressive towards other dogs and nippy with people. In > fact, I looked up the Code of Ethics for the JRTCA and it specifically states > puppies should not be placed before 8 weeks of age. > > http://www.terrier.com/jrtca/BCOEJan2004.pdf > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217252 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
