Whom to choose-adult dog or a puppy?
Facility for adult dog (Habituation)
This process can be divided into three stages:
- The first three days after the dog’s appearing in your
house you just need to spend time with it–to feed, caress,
play.
- During the following three weeks you must teach it to
know the rules of home behavior, as well as to obey you and
solve such problems as procedure for walk, walking area, etc.
- Only then you can set about guard training as applied to
certain conditions. A tracker dog must totally accommodate
itself to you and put up with the environment in your house to
the end of the first months of its life.
It goes without saying that some elements of guard training are
allowed during the first three weeks. You yourself will see
whether your dog is ready for training or not. But it is better
not to start the lessons until the dog has accommodated itself to
you finally and acclimatized itself to new life conditions.
What is better a
puppy or adult dog?
The decision depends on purely personal preferences. Generally
speaking, if you have animals or children at home then it is
better to acquire a puppy. It will get along with these family
members very quickly. The dog that grew up separately may show
aggression towards children, cats, etc.
An adult dog is more suitable for a lonely man or a childless
couple. But if you were robbed lately or became a victim of some
crime and need an urgent protection, an adult dog is the only
solution. It is better to buy the dog from a trainer: here at
least you will be able to know what you buy.
You may observe a chosen dog while it is being taught in the
training ground and get exhaustive information on its previous
life. Buying an imported dog you do not absolutely know anything
about the people with whom it lived, about the conditions of its
life and about the training method that was applied to it.
Pros and cons
Puppy
Pros:
- Easily adapts to family life.
- It is the possibility to see the parents.
- The owner himself trains a puppy.
- Easily gets along with children.
- Easily gets accustomed to other pets.
Cons:
- “Puppyish” problems (empties at home, bite shoes, etc.)
- May be taken ill and die.
- May be stolen.
- Unstable hip and other diseases may develop in it.
- May not make a guard dog (in temperament).
- May become not so good dog as was expected to.
Adult dog brought up in USA:
Pros:
- Absence of puppyish problems.
- Well-trained and ready to work.
- Health may be examined before purchasing.
- It is guaranteed that the dog will not be changing (in
temperament and exterior).
- Starts to work at once.
- First and last costs less that puppy.
- The possibility to see the parents or cognate dogs.
Cons:
- The period of habituation.
- May not accept children and consequently not get along
with them.
- The problems with other domestic animals may arise.
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