How to Choose a Dog For Your Family

"Mommy, mommy, I want a Dog" cry out your children. How can you resist your children wanting a cute little puppy?

A trip to the pet store will be necessary to see what is available. As the family walks about the store admiring the cute puppies on display you and the children are finding it difficult to resist these precious puppies looking at you with eyes expressing, "take me home with you.

Is your family ready to add a four legged animal to the household? This purchase will bring about a life style change in the home. Before or after going to the store have a family meeting. This is a purchase that should not be impulsive. How to choose a Dog for your family requires research of the different breeds and how your chosen breed will fit into the family.

What breed of Dog would the family like to have? Will it be a large Dog or a small dog?

How to choose a dog is not only the matter of breed, but also its size and is its temperament suitable for children and elderly family members? The size of the dog will probably be determined if you are considering a house dog or building a dog house in your large back yard for a dog that prefers to be outside.

All dog supplies have been purchased and are in readiness for the new dog coming home. The next important step is to make an appointment with the veterinarian. All vaccinations are necessary as well as a physical checkup to be sure the dog is healthy.

Financial maintenance is of concern to many pet owners at this time. Before purchasing a dog be sure that vet checkups, medication if needed, grooming, training, food, and other miscellaneous expenses of keeping a pet is affordable for the household budget.

People love animals and we can get taken away with the cuteness of a puppy. Do you or your family have the time and patience to give to a puppy? He has a lot to learn from puppyhood to almost adult stage. He has to learn everything the family wants him to be and sometimes more.

Busy families which want a canine may find it worthwhile to consider purchasing an adult dog. The adult dog has been house trained requiring less time and training for that particular lesson. You know the size of the dog and its temperament. It may be familiar with basic terms of 'sit' and 'down' or more. It would be important to know the history of the dog as to his owners, habits, likes and dislikes. An adult dog can still learn new things and they learn very quickly.

There is a lot of fun is choosing a name for the new puppy. I have owned adult dogs. Sometimes I continued with their original name and other times changed their name. With repetition the dog will learn its new name quickly. Depending on the size of your family there will be many name choices. Sometimes there is an instant name and sometimes it may take a week or two.

With children you may want to set up a schedule as who is responsible for feeding, for training, and taking the dog for walks. Playing is never a problem. Children will keep the pet very active with exercise and things to do; or is it the other way around?

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