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¡Sasha-Simone, el perrito muy enérgio!

Cuando pronto-a-son muchos los dueños del perro piensan la adopción del perro, ellos piensan automáticamente en un perrito. Pero muchos nuevos dueños de los perros no pueden realizar que un perro del adulto es a menudo la opción mejor. ¿Aquí, nosotros? el ll explora apenas tres de las muchas ventajas a adoptar un perro del adulto en vez de un pequeño perrito bouncy.

Los perros del adulto tienen menos energía

Poseer y el entrenamiento de un perrito pueden ser el agotar downright, particularmente si usted opta por una casta de gran energía. En fin, los perritos tienen fuentes de energía ilimitadas y asegurar salud mental, esta energía debe ser expendida. ¿Si usted no puede expender correctamente un perro? la energía de s, ésta conduce a los comportamientos destructivos como la masticación, raspar e incluso ansiedad o la agresión.

Tenía un toro joven del hoyo que vino a mí mientras que un perro foster. ¿Ella era increíblemente destructiva y por lo tanto? ¿un-adoptable? en ese entonces debido a su energía ascendente encerrada. Sasha-Simone (quién caímos en amor con y decidíamos realmente para adoptar ourselves) requirió tres horas de funcionamiento por día para superar su masticación y raspar destructivos.

¿Sasha-Simone? la situación de s no está realmente pues infrecuente tanto perro nuevo que los dueños quisieran pensar. ¿Por el primer año (o dos para algunas castas del funcionamiento), usted puede tener que pasar hacia arriba de dos o aún tres horas que proporcionan ejercicio riguroso apenas para guardar el perro? mente de s sana.

¿Eso dijo, allí? ¿porciones de s de los perros del adulto quiénes son alta energía, solamente su de la energía isn realmente? t comparable a el de un perrito. ¿Para cada perro de trabajo de gran energía usted satisface, allí? perrito del S.A. hacia fuera allí con dos veces el nivel de energía. Adopting a dog age two or older will enable new dog owners to enjoy a dog who has already expended that seemingly-boundless puppy energy, making training and dog ownership in general much easier.

Adult Dogs Are Often Already Trained!

Training a puppy is hard work. If you?ve never trained a dog, there?s a good chance you?re underestimating how time-consuming it really is to train a puppy. There?s housebreaking and potty training; there?s obedience training; there?s socialization and ?training? the dog to meet new people and other dogs; there?s the issue of teaching a puppy how to cope with being alone when you?re at work or at school.

And keep in mind that puppy energy can affect puppy training. Working breeds and some terriers in particular tend to be very high-energy as a puppy, so before you can even entertain the idea of an obedience training session, you?ll need to expend some of that manic puppy energy so the dog can focus. This may mean an hour of running or an hour of fetch before each and every training session (and you?ll need a few training sessions each day.)

Training means time, patience and hard work. And while not every adult dog is perfectly trained or housebroken, remember that an adult dog will not require the basics (puppy socialization, teaching coping skills, etc.) like a puppy does, so training an adult dog is usually much easier. Adult dogs also don?t have endless supplies of puppy energy, making the training process much easier.

With an Adult Dog, You Know What You?re Getting

With a puppy, there?s a great deal of personality and temperament evolution that takes place during the first year of life. And often, novice dog owners will make critical mistakes when raising an impressionable and developing puppy, leading to serious behavioral problems in adulthood.

One example of a common puppy-raising mistake involves constant human attention. A puppy who is always around humans and who is rarely left alone will not develop key coping skills. This makes the dog very prone to developing destructive behaviors as an adult stemming from depression and separation anxiety. Meanwhile, an adult dog who has already learned how to cope with being alone during puppyhood is going to be less prone to developing a behavioral problem if you suddenly have to go back to work, leaving the dog alone for a few more hours each day.

That?s not to say that adult dogs are immune to the development of behavioral problems or even changes in temperament. But once the dog has reached adulthood, he is much more stable and less prone to developing these types of issues, whereas a puppy is much more impressionable.

An adult dog?s care requirements are also going to be more straightforward. You can get an energetic puppy and hope that he grows into a calm adult, but there?s always a chance that he?ll remain very hyper, even in adulthood. Adopt an adult dog and there?s not going to be fewer surprises down the road in terms of temperament and care requirements.

Apartment and condominium dwellers may also do better with an adult dog, since there?s less chance of seeing unwanted barking, chewing and destructive behaviors that are common in puppies. Apartment and condos also often have size limits imposed for dogs living in the complex, so adopting an adult dog, you know what you?re getting into in terms of size. Remember, breed isn?t everything when it comes to size ? I have a 32-pound pug who is not overweight. He?s just large ? nearly double the 18-pound standard for the breed. And as a puppy, he was the runt! So if size is going to be an issue, opting for an adult will help dog owners avoid a situation where they need to decide between their condominium and their dog.

In sum, there are many significant advantages to adopting an adult dog ? these are just a few that I?ve mentioned. And as a dog foster mom, I take in mostly adult dogs and so I can tell you from experience that it?s just as easy to bond with an adult dog ? a main concern among soon-to-be dog owners. If anything, I find that the adult dogs are easier to bond with since there?s less frustration in the equation, from both the dog?s and the owner?s perspective.

So the next time you?re visiting the animal shelter, looking for a new furry friend, don?t pass by all those adult dogs ? you may very well walk past a canine treasure.

For those in the Winnipeg area, check out the adoptable pet profiles on PetLvr.com ? [The Blog] for the Winnipeg Humane Society.