📌Before deciding on a breed, ask yourself a few questions:
• What breed is best for you? Do you like active sports, or do you plan to actively work with a dog (search or rescue operations)? Or, conversely, do you want a calm, low-energy breed that will watch the sunset with you? Would you prefer a companion dog that you take with you everywhere?
• ask friends who already have a dog of this breed how much money is needed for monthly care, food, toys, training, to understand whether you can allocate such a budget?
• how much time should be devoted to self-care of wool?
• what are the characteristics of the breed?
📌So, you have decided on a breed, but how to choose a puppy?
• return to the question: which dog is right for me? Active, intelligent, fearless or calm?
• ask the breeder to take the puppies to a different room from the mother, look at their reaction. Who screams and does not shut up, is nervous? Who explores space? Who is the fool?
• what is the reaction to sharp sounds? Knocking, ringing of keys or phone? A hyperactive dog with a fear of the outside world will be the most difficult to raise and correct behavior! Are you ready and have such knowledge?
• Of course, there must be appropriate documents, treatment against parasites. This is the base🙌🏼
📌 Socialization
• Meet the mother and father of your future Beloved. Ideally, you would take a walk with them in a new place. So you will be able to understand what kind of reaction to new stimuli they will convey and teach their baby.
• What kind of world and stimuli did the baby encounter before 3 months? What toys were offered? What is the reaction to loud sounds? Did the puppy grow up in the city or outside the city? Does he know what a car, bicycle, children are?
📌 Genetics
Ask the breeder about the compatibility of the parents, whether genetic tests were done, what diseases were carried, who died on the account, how often does the female give birth?
📌 Look at the little one
It should be moderately fattened. The belly is not bloated, the ears are clean and active.
📌Talk to the sisters and brothers of your Tail
A good breeder will not hide anything and will gladly share contacts, because he has nothing to hide.
Approach the choice of your new family member thoughtfully, not on emotions, weigh all the pros and cons, ask a lot of questions.