Lol, sorry Richard, make a pot of coffee and sit back,
cuz, i
am all about bringing home adult dogs. I just can not imagine bringing home a mystery puppy. for about a bazillion reasons.
I so so admire those who ARE willing to do allllllllll the work req'd, 24/7, for months and months and months in raising up an infant dog, but, it's not for me.
I know for a fact,
and many many others here can vouch for this: An adult dog WILL love you just as much, if not more, than a puppy you raise up from scratch.
You do NOT have to raise a dog from infancy to develop a close, one of a kind, super tight bond. An adult dog WILL totally, comletely adore you with all his heart, if you only give him a chance.
Many of us sometimes wonder, if our adopted adult dogs might even love us a bit more, as somewhere along the line, in their life, they DID and HAVE known a life with no human to love him, maybe these dogs even latch a little harder, appreciate having a human of their very own even a bit more....
My bond with my adult dog is as strong as any i've ever seen or heard of, hand raised infants or whatever, my dog adores us. totally. He is 500000000% devoted to us.
Another reason, i want only adult dogs, (and i hope i don't derail this as some do disagree) but, being dog-aggressive or supershy,
is a genetic thing, a neurobiological disorder,
and dog-aggression does NOT manifest til the dog is about 9 mos old. By then, you love that dog, and living with a dog-aggressive dog is not for everyone. enough on that, no need to derail your thread, but, if interested, i have tons of links on the veterinary research teams from all over the world, isolating the genes in aggressive dogs. It's inherited, even if the parents are 'normal'. the supershy dogs DO manifest in the litter box, so you can tell
right off it is shy dog, but the dog-aggressive dog blends right in....til he approaches maturity, then all hell busts out.
a puppy is 100% mystery. No way to know for sure, what type of dog he will be when he grows up, hyper/barker/high strung/demanding/stubborn/aggressive/whatever. Certainly, i'll aggree, many of those behaviors can be managed, but, it can be easier to bring home an adult dog that you can see
WHO HE IS.
Apuppy is harder to train, has to learn evvvvvvvverything from scratch, and it takes longer time to teach a puppy things,
and almost all puppies are hyper hyper hyper hyper as puppies, which IS cute, but can be draining if one wants a quiet evening now and then.
A puppy might be far more exhausting and draining to your wife (who you earlier stated is being coaxed along to get a dog) than a ready-to-go, easy-cheesy adult dog.
A puppy WILL destroy some item you really liked, like your cell phone, or your ipod, or your wife's favorite shoe.
*Something* will be destroyed during puppy times.
but an adult dog is past his chewing stage, and if he is a chewer, an adult dog is easier to train "leave it".
A puppy can keep you up allllllllll night long, night after night, crying and crying.
An adult dog will smle at you, settle down peacefully, deep sigh, off to sleep.
A puppy will takes MONTHS AND MONTHS to potty train, and it is exhausting to some ppl. Even an unhousebroken adult dog 'gets idea' very quickly and easily. Like a week.
Puppies, well, you can be opening door to greet your dinner guests, and realize you are tracking
on your shoe.
Im' just a bit too lazy to clean my carpets daily, and be wiping up pee and poop
every few hours.
for months..
and months.....
by then, your wife might be glaring at you, "
I told you i didn't want a dog!"
a puppy, you shouldn't really leave home alone for too long. Puppies jsut don't fit into everyone's lifestyle.
An adult dog will happily greet you home, nothing chewed up, carpets are fine.
A puppy will nip your toes and fingers daily, for some period of time. Some ppl's toes and fingers are pretty sensitive, and your wife might be that way. It can get a lil old.
A puppy can grow up to be a dog you did not expect. My lifestyle is not set up for puppies.
An adult dog may slip
effortlessly right into your life,
far easier than a 24/7 puppy who needs so so so much teaching, training, monitoring, cleaning up after, etc etc etc.
An adult dog,
will love you
more than you love your own self,
more than he loves his own life,
if only someone would just give him a chance to show it.
GOOD LUCK, but i strongly, wholeheartedly, vote for BRING HOME AN
ADULT DOG!!
all that kicking the dog, yanking on dog's collars, etc, all that hypnotizing ppl that dogs "manifest" a human's secret inner issues, what a buncha crapola.
