THE PURCHASE OF A PUPPY
GASPALLEIRA
Pyrenean Mastiff and Jack Russell Terrier
To choose and acquire a dog, which will be our companion during all the years that throughout his life, many times we let ourselves to advise by a colleague, family, shinned, or by the fashion of the moment, without stop to think that a mistake to the choice of race or individual, it can be a source of conflict that would extend for many years. On the other hand, a sound choice, we bring a good companion and those same years of coexistence happy. What I like spend time outdoors? What I am an active person, or rather sedentary? How long do free have? Am I willing to devote part of that time to my new partner? These and many other questions we should do so sincere before acquiring a puppy, without forgetting that there is always the dog we need, is pure-bred or crossed.
When the ethologists insist in acquiring a dog pure-bred, they do not by elitism or disregard for the crossings. The important factor that contributes an individual pure, is that their behavior is more standardized, and the possibilities of that to behave according to the specific patterns to their race, are higher than in a crossfire.
Where to look? After the election of race, it would be best go to a hatchery seriously, where we guide on which copy is better suited to our needs, where we can see the nature of their parents, view that living environment, as have been reared and socialized. All these data will help us to choose a copy healthy of body and spirit.
What age buy it? The age ideal to separate a golden of his mother is around 12 weeks of life, when you have exceeded the Imprinting (first and most lasting form of learning) and the period of socialization. At this age already be able to appreciate their future character and we will have a sketch of their future morphology.
