i dont like puppies (dumdog)

Oh boy!

Well,,,,, I guess it you look at it THAT way,,,,I must like puppies.  Because I like the older dog that is needy,,,wants to be by everone, and acts like a puppy even if they are not one! However,,I do NOT need to teach a puppy how to act and behave.

I got Bubblegum at 3. It was not easy to teach an old dog new tricks...however it was probably easier than teaching a new dog old tricks.  I will find out soon. I am getting a new puppy probably next weekend. He will be about 8 weeks old..and I'm sure will give me a run for my money.  I tried to get another dog that was a little older,,,had my sights set on another 3 yr old dane but between her owner and two partner breeders who own her...but don't want her..... I don't want to deal with them. So decided to buy a puppy. Its been a long time since I have raisded a pup,,,but am looking forward to it with a lot of nerves!!!!  LOL!

I've been a member of the Hate Puppies Club since I was a full-time, full bore on foster home for our rescue group, and usually got the packs of puppies because I was the only one home all the time.

The work one does with a baby puppy is indespensible, and I'm good at training puppies, but there's always a sense of impending doom because I know that they hit adolescence (well in most breeds, I guess), and some morning they tip their heads and their brains fall out their ears.  One thing I hate doing very much is redoing work I've already done, but again, it's a necessary part of raising pups.  I know why it happens, and why we have to go through this, but it's still something that annoys me very much.

My own dogs I've done both - raised from pups and bought as adults.  Oddly, my "puppies" were almost all rescues, while my adult dogs were purchased from trainers.  This probably influences my attitude somewhat, but the puppy I raised from scratch, whom I bought from a breeder after careful research, went through the same stages as the rescue puppies.  And I know from learning development theory that such stages are largely  inevitable in juvenile mammals. 

As for the cute factor - well, that is fun for like, twenty minutes, then I'm done.  I've always been like that.  I practically raised four much younger brothers and sisters on my own, as a *** and through high school.  I am so over cute babies.

but there's always a sense of impending doom because I know that they hit adolescence (well in most breeds, I guess), and some morning they tip their heads and their brains fall out their ears. 

Geez...just like human younguns!

I think when you're  holding the cuteness and smelling the puppy breath, it's easy to forget how much work a really young puppy is.  Max was a slightly older pup (but still a puppy) when I got him - he was probably closer to 4 or 5 months old.  He was a bit over the super hyper puppyness and it took less than week to get him housetrained and using the doggy door.  I think either someone had been working with him on the training or it was easier because he was a bit older.

Joyce