ANSWER: Are you saying that your
going to get this puppy at 4 weeks old? That is away to
young for a puppy to leave it's mother and/or litter
mates. Please do not accept a puppy at only 4 weeks
old. Minimum 7 weeks old or if a true emergency
situation, then 6 weeks old providing the teeth are
through the gums and it is responding correctly to
stimuli away from its mother and/or litter mates.
A puppy doesn't begin learning
important lessons in life from it's mother and litter
mates until -5 weeks of age. Those next two+ important
weeks from 5 to minimum 7 weeks old (best is 8 weeks
old) will determine how a puppy adjusts to other dogs
and people for the rest of its life. Many "Behavioral
Problems" with dogs is caused by them being weaned to
young and removed from its mother and/or litter mates to
young. Also it is still receiving "Immune protection
against diseases" from its dam's milk until approx. 6
weeks of age. At 6 weeks old, the puppy then needs to
receive it's first vaccinations against disease, plus
deworming. Booster vaccinations are needed following
the first one.
Anyone who is selling puppies this
young is nothing but a "Back Yard Breeder" or a "Puppy
Mill". DO NOT buy off such people for any reason.
Buying off them is just supporting someone that should
not be allowed to raise dogs. Such people are either
irresponsible or do not care about the poor creatures
they have in their possession. Minimum 7 weeks old!!!
