Quiz 3. Acquiring a canine.
Its brain is being wired to become a dog. The puppy also gets the mother’s milk, which has the nutrients the puppy needs. After 12 weeks, the puppy is ready to eat puppy food and explore.
Look at library books and the web. Visit a dog park or a breeder to meet dogs of the breed you are considering. Try the RSPCA Smart Puppy and Dog Buyer's Guide.
True. Breeders have a better chance of getting a particular trait in the puppies if they mate two related dogs with the trait. Health problems often result.
A dog won’t necessarily have a genetic problem, though it is more likely to have one. If people stopped buying dogs of those breeds, the breeders would stop breeding them.
Base your decision on how happy and healthy your dog will be with you, and on the type of personality you want.
If you want a well-adjusted puppy and don’t want to support cruelty, make sure you have met the mother at her home and seen that she lives a good life.
Puppy farm owners sell their puppies to pet shops, markets, online, and to visitors. Buying a puppy from those outlets supports cruelty.
If you buy from a breeder, visit the place. Are dogs in cages? Is the yard clean? Are the puppies used to being handled? If you’re not comfortable with how a breeder cares for their dogs, leave, no matter how cute a puppy might be.
If those shelters don’t have the dog you’re after, keep trying. One will turn up.
Get your puppy when a warm climate begins and when you will have plenty of time to be with it. And, after you have scored well in the quizzes.
Technically, that's a fail.
In fact, by any measure it's a fail.