How to Buy a Healthy Puppy

There are many pitfalls to avoid to help make sure you're new puppy is as healthy and happy as possible. But where is the best place to buy a puppy and make sure you are buying a healthy puppy?

Depending on what puppy you decide you want, there are a number of different options when it comes to finding out where the best place to buy a puppy is and at the same time making sure they are as healthy as possible.  Broadly speaking these are:
- professional or regular breeder
- private home
- rescue center
- pet shop

The first big step is deciding what dog breed is best for your family.  Do you want a pure bred dog or are you happy with a mixed breed, which may be healthier and cheaper in the long run?  What size is best and will their temperament and character be a good match for your family and lifestyle.  Are there any common conditions they might suffer from that you should be prepared for?  How much might these cost in treatment and how might they affect your dogs future quality of life?

So how do you buy a healthy puppy?  How do you decide where the best place is and which puppy is right for you.  After all you want them to be as healthy as possible and not come with a long list of hidden conditions.

One of the first places to turn would be professional recommendations.  This might be from your local veterinarian but it could also be from a respected dog trainer or a groomer.  They may know of clients of theirs who are either breeders or who's pet dog is expecting a litter of puppies.

Personal recommendations from friends would be the next option to investigate.  If someone you know and trust got a healthy puppy themselves from a breeder then you could reasonably expect the same.  The alternative is that you might just find out who would be better to avoid buying a puppy from completely.

If both of these options fail to turn up your perfect healthy puppy then another option is to buy one from a registered breeder that is also a member of the Kennel Club or similar organisation.  These organisations may run an assured or accredited breeding register that ensures a minimum standard is met by the breeder.

Never buy a puppy from an advert in the paper or internet ads without satisfying yourself of the puppies condition and upbringing in the same way you would with an established breeder.  How do you know you are not supporting puppy mills or puppy farms. Also never just meet a "breeder" half way by the side of the road or in a service station.

You should think again about buying a puppy from a petshop.  The vast majority of petshop puppies come from unethical puppy mills, they may come with serious existing diseases and they are often poorly socialized. It is only by refusing to buy puppies from these puppy mills that they will ever shut down.  Otherwise they will keep making money and keep breeding puppies.

Check out my other videos:
10 reasons not to buy a petshop puppy: youtu.be/dY5QRdgvmdQ
How to safely socialize your puppy: youtu.be/qlZxgMmJ-bo

My final option is to actually consider in how to buy a puppy is to buy your puppy from a shelter or rescue center.  These are dogs who find themselves abandoned. Often due to a relationship breakup, a house move, a new baby arriving.  Abandoned through no fault of their own.

Get your free copy of my weight and diet calculator to work out how much your dog or cat should weigh, how much to feed them and how many treats they should get every day: ourpetshealth.com/weight-calculator

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