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[quote=Anonymous]Totally understand all of your feelings. We have a 9 mo puppy and I can't stress enough how much work a new puppy is during the first few months. It is absolute mayhem and it will take a toll on everyone involved no matter how wanted and beloved the puppy is. There is the potty training, crate training (which will be necessary if you are out a lot), crazy chewing, nipping with piranha teeth phase, trashing the furniture phase etc. These phases pass but they eat up a ton of your time, energy and patience.

But most importantly, if you want a good, stable, reliable dog in the long run, the critical time to bond, train and nurture the puppy is from the time you get it until about 9 months to a year old. If you don't have the time and attention for that part of their lives, you may be living with a neurotic, intense dog for many years to come. You could get lucky on disposition--it certainly happens with older rescue dogs but there's zero guarantee. And you're getting a breeder puppy because you want to raise it into the best version of itself which requires a lot of investment up front. Get the puppy when you can devote the time and energy. And while the kids will enjoy the puppy for a few minutes here and there, you will be doing the grunt work of caring for it and they will be avoiding it like the plague while it nips them with it's shark teeth.

Our puppy has grown into a lovely adolescent dog but good lord, it was a ride to get here! There won't be a perfect time but it does sound like there might be a better time in the foreseeable future. I hope it all works out OP![/quote]

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