[Hound Dog Mom]

I hate when I hear of breeders selling pups at 5 or 6 weeks of age. It’s just not right and it’s unfortunate some people don’t know better than to buy animals that young. We had some people come into the shelter once looking for a kitten and they were upset when they saw our kittens they said they wanted a “little kitten.” Several of our litters had just turned 8 weeks and gotten their surgery that week and they said that was too old. We tried to explain to them that we do not adopt out kittens or puppies under 8 weeks and how crucial it is for the kittens/puppies to remain with their mother and litter mates until this time and they got very upset and said they were going to check the free-trader. Ay yi yi…