Adopt a puppy or an adult dog?
If you want to adopt a dog, you probably ask yourself the following question: should I take a puppy or an already grown dog? To help you make your choice, weights for you the pros and cons in 12 points.
- If you adopt a puppy, you will be able to educate it as you see fit, depending on your lifestyle.
- You will need to spend a lot of time with your puppy to educate, socialize, play with him, teach him cleanliness, and maybe take him to training . If you have a busy job or a lot of activities outside of your home, it's best to wear an adult dog.
- You will have to be tolerant towards your puppy because he is like a child, and can commit some nonsense: nibble on your slippers, tear off tapestry, make holes in the garden, etc.
- With a puppy, you necessarily engage for a longer period (an average of 12 to 15 years) than if you adopt an already older dog.
- Adopting a puppy gives the impression to feel invested with a mission, and to be more responsible. This also applies to your children, if you have them.
- Since it is relatively impossible to educate an adult dog , you will have to get to know him and to trust each other.
- Unlike a puppy, an adult dog will be clean when it arrives at your home.
- Difficult, sometimes, to consider the final size of your pet if he is very young when you adopt it. In adulthood, no more surprises, its size will not move anymore.
- The adult dog you decide to adopt may be aggressive. But rest assured: if your four-legged friend was available for adoption, it may not be the fault of his or her behavior, but perhaps a move of his or her masters, an allergic reaction, or a death.
- Unlike a puppy, the adult dog will already have its character: the staff of the shelter in which he is located will be able to inform you about it.
- An adult dog will normally be wiser than a puppy, and should commit far less nonsense than a puppy.
- An adopted dog usually adapts very quickly to his new masters and his new life.