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Dog raising preferences.

Reconscope

Supreme Citizen of ZV
Would you rather get a new puppy or a unaltered dog thats kinda grown a bit? If you wanna explain it go ahead
 
I raised the German Shepard I am with right now and I think raising him helped us be close and connected. We have a close bond and are faithful companions, the sexual part is just the icing on the cake.

I am not sure I would be as close with one that I got when he was older.
 
I would go for a puppy as my sole companion and partner. The bond is much stronger, we get to live together for more time, and it is an awesome chapter in lives of dogs in general. You can much easily find a way to live together, older dogs can have much bigger problems getting used to new enviroment. And of course, it is the prime age to teach them some behavior so you both are safe. We have had many dogs in my family, and the dog that I was taking care of straight from breeders, while rest of family happened to have a holiday planned, still has deeper bond to me, than to others, even three years later, even if now I only visit them once a month or so.
However, really can see myself opening something like a private shelter for any dog that has been left behind and wants to join life of some human again. In my country, there is quite good service of animal shelters, but more east, in countries like Romania, or the whole Balkans, there are so many stray dogs that nobody cares about, and many of them need help, or at least some love. It was breaking my heart going around them and only being able to at least leave them some water and food to make at least a few days better. So, that I can see as my plan for "retirement", or really any time of my life when I would be self sufficient enough to be able to take care of more beings at once.
 
There is a similar discussion going on here:
 
I've done both. My oldest dog that passed away and my boy were all raised from puppies and my huskies were already a few years old when I got them and we're all pretty much inseparable. Both ways were successful in me getting some of the best dogs, so I'm not picky at what age a dog has to be for me to take them in.
 
i'm very much on team "adopt, don't shop" which pretty much entails getting an older dog... i know there are pups up for adoption at times as well, it's just the number of older guys/gals is way higher. moreover, my girl (i got her as a puppy) taught me that i can't really raise a dog from a pup properly, she's just too spoiled.

i also don't think you need to be part of someone else's life from the start for it to matter or that it automatically makes the bond stronger.
 
for my part I premake a little older, I have mine he was already 2 years old and now he is 7 years old, he has never been crazy about sex, but I love him as he is.
 
I have experiences with both (although not sexual for the first dog). We adopted the first dog when she was 8 years old and she was just as attached to us as my current dog (that got raised as a puppy) is. But maybe she was an exception idk.

Personally I don't care haha
 
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