I’d be worried that you’re already picking up the puppy at the end of the biggest socialization window and are now restricting the puppy’s world for another week. The goal is that the dog should hear/touch/see/smell as many things as possible between 8-14 weeks. This is a recipe for a nervous/fearful puppy. Hopefully genetics are strong enough to balance it out. If I were you, I’d put your name back on the wait list until you will be home for a solid month and can pick up the puppy at 9-10 weeks.

The only exception would be if this is an amazing, phenomenal breeder who is taking the puppies out to experience the world in safe ways. If they are just in a pen in the house, this is a terrible plan.

—trainer

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't take the puppy, what does the breeder plan on doing with it while they go to the dog show? Run far away from this breeder. We picked up our Lab at 12 weeks. The breeder insisted that we have no plans to travel for months after bringing her home. It was almost like having a newborn at home for a long time.

+1 This is not a good breeder, OP. Also, did you post about this being a 12-week-old puppy that was not picked up? If so, do you know how the breeder has been taking care of the puppy? Have they been correctly socializing it? Or just sticking it in a kennel and backyard until they can find someone to take it off their hands?

We had travel plans that we could mostly alter. Our breeder kept our dog an extra two weeks so we could go, no issue.

Anonymous wrote:If you don't take the puppy, what does the breeder plan on doing with it while they go to the dog show? Run far away from this breeder. We picked up our Lab at 12 weeks. The breeder insisted that we have no plans to travel for months after bringing her home. It was almost like having a newborn at home for a long time.

+1 This is not a good breeder, OP. Also, did you post about this being a 12-week-old puppy that was not picked up? If so, do you know how the breeder has been taking care of the puppy? Have they been correctly socializing it? Or just sticking it in a kennel and backyard until they can find someone to take it off their hands?

You need a legit babysitter or your dog will get parvo which could kill her. This is a no.

Not to pile on, but between the boarding health concerns, the housebreaking, and lack of bonding, this is the worst time to leave a new puppy. You're also asking someone else to take on the exhausting take of getting up in the middle of the night for housebreaking potty breaks.

I feel so sorry for the puppy. Neither the breeder nor OP cares about it’s wellbeing.

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Anonymous wrote:No, and the boarding place probably won’t even take the puppy without bordatella shot.

Bordatella is given at 8 weeks, puppy is 12 weeks.

Isn’t there a Bordatella booster later, though? My dog growing up got it as a puppy from a boarding facility. My parents should not have taken her there that young (maybe 4 months?), and the place should not have even allowed it. Luckily the owner was a decent person and kept our puppy in her home the rest of the time (she lived on site). Our dog was okay, but it could have easily been worse.

If you don't take the puppy, what does the breeder plan on doing with it while they go to the dog show? Run far away from this breeder. We picked up our Lab at 12 weeks. The breeder insisted that we have no plans to travel for months after bringing her home. It was almost like having a newborn at home for a long time.

NO, OP!! FFS. You are not ready for a puppy.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes horrible idea. You can’t get this puppy if they can’t stay with the breeder or at your house with someone else at a minimum. If your life also involved travel you can’t plan (didn’t you know about the puppy??) and no one who lives with you getting a puppy may not be in the cards at the moment.

I was on a waitlist for a puppy and someone didn't pick up their 12 week old puppy from the last litter so I got a call from the breeder and just said yes. If I don't take him I need to wait for a puppy.

Is this a puppy mill? A proper breeder would be able to keep the puppy a little longer.

Obviously it is, and OP is a clueless first-time dog buyer. Otherwise she'd know that the humane and intelligent thing to do here is ... wait.

Lemme guess -- it's a French bulldog, right??

NO.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes horrible idea. You can’t get this puppy if they can’t stay with the breeder or at your house with someone else at a minimum. If your life also involved travel you can’t plan (didn’t you know about the puppy??) and no one who lives with you getting a puppy may not be in the cards at the moment.

I was on a waitlist for a puppy and someone didn't pick up their 12 week old puppy from the last litter so I got a call from the breeder and just said yes. If I don't take him I need to wait for a puppy.

Then you wait. Be a grown up. This is a terrible time to bring a pup home.

Anonymous wrote:No, and the boarding place probably won’t even take the puppy without bordatella shot.

Bordatella is given at 8 weeks, puppy is 12 weeks.

No, and the boarding place probably won’t even take the puppy without bordatella shot.

Horrible idea. Suck it up and hire a dog sitter to stay with the puppy.