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!!!