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[quote=Anonymous]I've adopted dogs at 8 weeks, 14 weeks and 6 months. By far the best behaved dog in adulthood was the one I adopted as a stray at 6 months, so it's not necessarily true that bonding and obedience training needs to happen in the earliest time period. But the dog adopted at 6 months was as hard to deal with originally as the 8 week old, having a lot of anxiety, never having been in a home/car, etc. So I'd say it really just depends on the dog's own history, whether he has lived in a home, had traumatic experiences etc. The puppy at 14 weeks was much easier than the puppy at 8 weeks - the older puppy was crate trained, was already starting to control his nipping and could already sleep through the night/hold his bladder. My advice if you re getting a puppy is to get an older one - for example, pay extra for him to reside at the breeder's as long as you can if you are going the breeder route.[/quote]
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