How to choose the right puppy
Every person has a desire or a dream. Someone dreams of a trip to the sea, someone of a new car, someone of a parachute jump, and someone dreams of having a puppy since childhood. The questions immediately arise: which puppy to choose, where to find it, how to raise it, how to get a healthy one. dog... You can find out about all this from our article.
How to choose the right puppy 
Before you rush to buy a puppy, you need to carefully weigh everything and think it over. Decide for yourself what breed you need a puppy - miniature spitz or a Yorkie for carrying on handles, or a guard breed, a boar and duck hunter, or just a companion dog. If you have several favorite breeds, then think about your lifestyle, if you are always not at home, then the companion dog will get bored and may get sick. Based on your life, habits, temperament. For a small apartment, a puppy is not suitable, which in a few years will grow up to your size, it will have very little space. Some breeds are not adapted to life in the yard, they need certain conditions.
If you are a very active person, like to run in the morning, walk in the woods, go hiking and you have the opportunity to take care of a puppy, then choose active breeds: labradors, jack russells. If you like to spend your free time at home with a book in your hands, then English Bulldogs will suit you, yorkshire terriers, spitz, toychiks, chihuahuas, pugs, french bulldogs.
If you love to hunt, then your choice is Labradors, shepherd, jack russells, greyhounds, hounds, english pointers, beagles, huskies, wolfspitz, fox terriers. Ideal breeds for little kids are Labradors, Poodles, Pugs, Biglies, Collies, Newfoundlands, Welsh Corgi, English Bulldogs. All these breeds, despite their size, are very good-natured, loving people and especially small children... They will play, look after the children, and will never offend their master and his family.
Any kind of shepherd dog, Rottweiler, Doberman, Dalmatian are perfect for guarding a large private house. If you need a companion, but at the same time a protector, then turn your choice on Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Terriers, Pit Bull Terriers, Boston Terriers, American Bulldogs, Cane Corso, Bullmastiffs, Great Danes.
With all this, you need to think about caring for your future pet, whether you have time for training, grooming, frequent walks, and communicating with a puppy and an adult dog. The choice of your future pet must be approached wisely, selectively and with your own desires, so that the dog will bring joy in the future, and not so that your pet is unpleasant for you because of some moments (not so beautiful, not so big, not behaving like that ). After all, there are a lot of cases when a person, having acquired a dog and spending some time on it, tries to get rid of it: give it to good hands, sell it or just throw it away. To prevent this from happening, carefully weigh all your pros and cons.
An important point when choosing a puppy is his gender. Males are always stronger and more resilient, but more difficult to train, they often try to put themselves above the owner, besides, they are very uncontrollable during estrus of other people's dogs. But girls-dogs are much easier and easier to train, they are more good-natured and affectionate, but less hardy and not so strong.
Where to get a puppy 
When you have already decided what puppy want, now the question arises where to get your future pet. Quite a few people sell puppies in the markets, in the crossings. But there is absolutely no guarantee that you will buy a thoroughbred, let alone a healthy puppy. Also, there is no guarantee that having acquired a short-haired puppy of a small size, after a while he will not grow larger than you, and will become overgrown with long and thick hair.
Some specialized pet stores also sell parrots, kittens and puppies. It is likely that there will be a purebred puppy with documents, but nothing will be known about the state of health, as well as about the conditions of its keeping. There are shops in some cities and countries that sell puppies of different breeds, but this is also not a good option.
The most optimal way would be to get a pet in kennels from a breeder who deals with dogs with love and care. Find the addresses and phone numbers of kennels, talk to the breeder, look at the environment in which the puppies grow, at the puppies themselves. If the kennel is clean and the puppies look neat and well-groomed, then this is exactly the place where you can find a healthy and cheerful pet.
How to check a puppy 
When you come to the kennel, ask to show you the puppy's parents first. Most often, looking at the parents, you can imagine what the puppy will be like in the future. If a breeder has several puppies in a litter, take a closer look at all of them. Some may be more arrogant and will immediately run up to meet you, others are more shy and will bypass you. It is believed that the largest puppy in a litter is the healthiest, but this is not always the case. There may be different puppies in the litter, both small and large, you need to look at everyone and choose the one who has sunk into your heart and soul.
When choosing, make sure that the puppy is well-groomed, healthy, moderately well-fed, that there are clean eyes and ears. A healthy puppy cannot be very thin or very fat. Ask what the breeder feeds his puppies, what vaccinations they received, what treatments were carried out, what documents, diplomas and merits from the parents. Examine the puppy's bite, but keep in mind that it can change after changing milk teeth. After purchase, you can go to the checked veterinary clinic to inspect the puppy and make a conclusion about his health.
Healthy dogs are fun, active and curious. If puppies play with you or among themselves, gnaw on sofas, armchairs or toys, run, jump and bark, then this is the surest sign that the dog is healthy and was raised in love and affection. Very often, buyers cannot choose the very one, and then they buy the one who is the first to run up to them, play and lick. But usually you need to rely on your intuition and your preferences.
