A Christmas puppy may not be the ideal gift
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Thinking of giving a puppy as a Christmas gift? You may want to think again.
Puppy Traffickers Add Menace to Christmas Pet Trade reports: “The common pitfalls of giving pets at Christmas are well known: the initial excitement wears off quickly for the recipient, leaving the parents to deal with the less fun aspect of having to look after the animal or find a new home for it. Sometimes the easiest but most irresponsible way out is to leave the unwanted pet by the side of the motorway.”
A dog will be a member of your family for a long time. Introducing your new family member as a puppy in the mayhem of Christmas may be a disaster.
Who will look after the puppy’s needs while the family are busy having fun? Who will take it out every few hours so that it becomes house trained?
While buying a puppy as a gift is fine at other times of the year, Christmas is just too busy for families to give pups the attention they deserve.
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