hey guys
ive never had a dog in my life, but as im done with college soon and the summer is coming i figured ill have time to get one, i was thinking of buying a small Chihuahua or a Teacup pomeranian (see pic)
problem is i dont know much about dogs , ive asked a lot of dog owners, ive read a lot about it etc but i still cant make a choice yet. lots of people say its better to get a puppy, because u can raise them yourself and that apparently the relationship created between the pet and its owner is stronger the younger you get it, is that true? i fear that if i buy a puppy i wont be good enough to teach her how to behave and i"d like to have a tidy pet, how hard is it, does it depends on the race or its character or mainly how good you are at it?
also , depending on the country you live in, it probably has a different name depending on where u live, but i believe it exist in any country: there are some kind of associations that save pets from the streets, are allowed to take away dogs from people if too many people complain about the owner (dog abuse etc). so in most towns u have a place like this where homeless dogs live, and some people take care of them for free, and then sell them, pets of any age. some of them have been abuse, beaten by their owner, or some just were abadoned, each animal for sale has its own story/past written on the website and u can go and visit to see if you'd like buy it. i was wondering if getting a dog in this kind of association was a better idea than getting a puppet in an animal shop or a doghusbandry? i dont think id like a dog that has been beaten as it'd probably always be afraid of me etc, but i was thinking of maybe one whose owner just didndt have time to take care of maybe. but at the same time, how much can i really trust what they tell me about the dogs and what they wrote about it anyway?
as dog owner does anyone of you have any good advice about buying dogs?
do u think the temper, dog's character is mostly gonna depend on his race or the dog itself and how it grew up?
ive asked those questions to different people but they all answered a bit differently, so i figured why not post about it and share opinions