How To Choose Your Dog – Choosing Your Dog

Now we get to the exciting part where you actually get to choose your dog or puppy!  Remember some breeders have their own adults for rehoming, and might also have rescued dogs, as well as puppies.

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Have you done all your homework?

If you’ve done all your homework right, you’ll be confident that you’ve chosen the right breed for you.  You’ve:

  • assessed if you’re ready for a dog
  • checked out your lifestyle
  • worked out what breeds suit you
  • found yourself some good breeders
  • decided which breeder has what you want
  • if you have an allergy – done some allergy testing, and
  • here you are, about to choose your dog!

Here are some tips to make that choice go smoothly:

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  1. Decide whether you want a puppy or an adult. It’s important that everyone is agreed on this. Obviously before you go, you should have checked whether you were ready for a dog, AND what your lifestyle would support.
  2. Do some basic readiness – this means being prepared with bowls, basket, food, collar and lead as a minimum for when you get your dog home.
  3. If you’re going for a puppy, check whether the whole litter looks nice, friendly and healthy
  4. Check over the puppies one by one looking at them in detail – looking for signs of any ill health or problem areas.  Don’t be afraid to ask the breeder detailed questions if you’re unhappy with anything you see, hear or feel
  5. Be open to the breeder’s advice on which puppy will suit you best.  Don’t go in with any pre-determined ideas of what you MUST have, because you could make the wrong choice.
  6. If you’re looking at an adult dog, just follow the same steps as above
  7. If you’re looking at adopting a low allergy adult dog, ideally choose specialist breed rescues rather than all-breed centres – the reason why are all explained in the e-book
  8. Take your time!

This is just a quick sample of all the things you need to do to choose well.  You want to come away with a well adjusted healthy puppy or adult and that means attention to detail.  It also means taking your time, and not being rushed into making a decision.

Do not be pressured.  If you feel you are being pressured for a quick decision, politely decline.  If you are still being pressured this is not the breeder for you.   Choosing the right dog can go wrong at the very end as well as the beginning.

Hopefully you’ll be bringing home your perfect puppy or adult very soon.

P.S. Hopefully you”ve found this all helpful.  The next lesson sums up all the things you need to do to make choosing a success.  There is a lot more you can do to make sure you really get the right dog.  Everything you need to know you can find here