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[quote=Anonymous]It's not feasible.

We got a Christmas puppy, in the sense that we drove a couple of days after Christmas to a "restaurant far away", and picked up our dog from his breeder. The kids were so happy. It's not humane to keep a puppy, that you need to potty train the minute you receive, hidden somewhere in your house. What are you going to do when he needs to pee outside? If you keep it at someone else's house, you cannot bond.

Maybe cats are easier in the sense they don't need to go outside, but I presume kittens have social and emotional needs that won't be met if they're shut up in a room somewhere with little human interaction.

Breeders of dogs, cats, and small animals all have "Christmas litters" around the Holidays. But the responsible ones will not hand you the animal for you to hide it until Christmas, and indeed, good breeders will want to meet all the household members beforehand, and won't sell to families with very young children (and they won't ship you an animal either - you have to come get it).

We are getting a pet rabbit from a "Christmas litter", and will pick her up this weekend. No hiding. Potty-training - all hands on board! [/quote]

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