breeder may have lied about puppies age...advice?
breeder may have lied about puppies age...advice? General Dog Discussions
We want to get our pup spayed between 6 and 8 months old, as our vet told us that typically the earlier you spay or neuter (as long as it's not earlier than 5 months) the more of a docile "family" pet the dog will turn out to be. We were told our new pups birthday was June 22nd, which puts her at just over 3 months old, but she is a BIG dog. she's HUGE. so much so the vet said she looked more like a 5 or 6 month old puppy, and wondered if we'd been lied to. I started looking at imaged of other 3 month old pups on the net and it's true, she looks not just bigger, but OLDER than all of them. The fur is different, the body is different, the face and head is different and she's at least twice the size of any of the other dogs. I don't have any regrets, she's a beautiful animal and easy to train so far and very smart and gentle, but not knowing her age will affect stuff like the spaying (not being able to spay her at the age we choose to (which is 6 months) and will affect things like the fact we were told dominance challenges come strongest between 8 and 11 months. Even puppy potty training is supposed to be done differently for a 4 month plus old pup versus three months old and lower pups. The problem is that we got her from a farm that just happen to have dogs that reproduced and put the litter of puppies on ebay. They were an hour away from us and she was their last pup. They took the ad down and now we don't have a phone number for them. My husband thinks they may have lied because they thought that a 6 month old dog would be too hard to sell. But why would they lie? They live and hour away from us. Should we just get in the car and drive to their doorstep and essentially accuse the of lying to find out the true age, (and risk being wrong - maybe she just IS a big dog) and have it maybe be a wasted trip? Not knowing is eating me up, and I am sort of angry if it turns out they did lie. I'd have taken the dog anyways. We fell in love with her. but I want to be able to do this dog raising RIGHT and several months off could make a difference! (and explain a lot!) what should I do?