| You're ready to go on the hunt for a new bundle | | | | keep you from seeing their operation. If puppies |
| of joy...in the form of a fluffy, bouncing puppy! | | | | seem scared or nervous around the breeder, or |
| However, before you start out, there are some | | | | simply don't like them, it's a sign that you're not |
| things you need to know about buying a puppy. In | | | | purchasing your new dog from a very |
| the following article, I'm going to list some of the | | | | trustworthy or honorable person. If you see |
| things you need to look for in a prospective | | | | something wrong with a puppy (such as diarrhea) |
| puppy along with some of the things you need to | | | | and the seller tries to brush it off, don't purchase |
| avoid. | | | | from them! Good dog breeders will want to ask |
| Puppies should have shiny, alert eyes. Their coats | | | | questions about you and possibly even take your |
| should be clean and shiny. They should weigh as | | | | contact information so they can follow up on the |
| much/be as big as other pups at their age/breed; | | | | puppy's progress; if they don't take interest in |
| I know from experience that the runt is the | | | | you, don't take an interest in their puppies! |
| cutest but will end up costing you a lot in vet | | | | Getting a puppy from a shelter is the most |
| visits...and often result in a broken heart when he | | | | humane and kind thing to do as you most likely |
| or she doesn't make it. The little doggies should be | | | | will be saving their lives. However, getting a puppy |
| up playing and exploring things, not hanging around | | | | is also a risky venture. Be careful not to simply go |
| in corner acting lethargic nor should they seem | | | | in and grab the first ball of fur that you find; |
| overly aggressive. Make sure the puppy's ears | | | | puppies adopted from the shelter are just as |
| are clean and don't appear to be infected. The | | | | likely to be sick as those purchased from a |
| nose should be moist but not runny. Watch out | | | | breeder...usually more so. If you do decide to save |
| for puppies that don't seem interested in food, | | | | a life and go the shelter route, be sure to have a |
| vomit, have diarrhea, or seem lethargic as they | | | | vet check performed on the puppy as soon as |
| may have Parvo, a disease which is most often | | | | you take him/her from the shelter. Also, watch |
| fatal and NOT something you want to bring into | | | | carefully for diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy as |
| you house. | | | | these are symptoms of the Parvo. |
| Be wary of breeders who insist they meet you | | | | I hope that these tips will help you in your quest |
| somewhere, as this technique maybe used to | | | | to find the happy, healthy puppy of your dreams. |