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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, thanks! My husband & I were so nervous to get a dog, which is why we went through all that with our son. But anyways, about the research, we looked at small breed dogs on the internet and read to him about 3-5 breeds that he was interested in. We wanted him to understand that their is more than how a dog looks when the dog lives with you. He looked at dachshunds, beagles, pugs, and I can't remember what else. But we told him about how dachshunds have long backs so he wouldn't be able to pick the dog up and carry it until they were both older. My husband talked to him about different things with pugs. We told him about how beagles and dachshunds were hound dogs and they would be at risk of running off if he wasn't careful and they might bark a lot. We also watched YouTube videos about the different breeds and looked at books together to learn about the breeds. We used the AKC website to teach him about the different breeds. We printed out the pages and pictures for him to look at too.

It was a good thing that we had him wait & do all of the learning and stuff because it made it really exciting for him. Every time he hot an item from his list he would be so proud. And since we did it that way it cut back on the cost of buying a puppy spontaneously and needing to get everything all at once. [/quote]

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