A puppy's brain is not fully developed at birth, but continues to develop for several weeks. Consequently, the puppy needs to be raised in a stimulating environment with a variety of people and sounds. If the puppy is raised in the country, the environment often lacks noise and different people and the dog will not be able to handle city noises and people later on. Some breeders understand this concept and they expose their puppies to various noises and have them fed and handled by different people. In general, however, a puppy purchased from a breeder for life in an urban setting will be unable to manage this new environment.
Although the breeder is partly responsible for this, the future owner may also contribute if he is not knowledgeable about training puppies. Very early on, the puppy should have many experiences: walks along the street, trips in cars, contact with other animals and people and different noises. Currently, vaccinations are available that protect the puppy against early-age diseases, which means the puppy can be taken out as early as eight weeks old, though this is nonetheless not advised.
Other dogs are insufferable. They cannot stay still in one place, they jump, run after everything that moves (joggers, bikes, birds, leaves) and play constantly. They are tireless and often cause damage in the home. They bite all the time, especially if the owners allow this, thinking that the puppy is "teething."
These puppies, in fact, are either born to mothers who are too young and do not know how to raise their puppies, or they are born in such a large litter that the mother is so overburdened that she cannot raise her puppies properly. In other instances, the puppies have been separated from their mother too soon (younger than eight weeks), purchased too young, or their mother is deceased. These puppies have not learned to control motor functions or to control their jaws. They are still rough and lack self-control.
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