Holiday Tip from Cesar Millan: Don’t Give a Puppy
December 23, 2008 by Paris and John
Filed under Tips
This week we’ve been passing along holiday tips from the “Dog Whisperer,” Cesar Millan, about your dog and the holidays. As Christmas fast approaches, here’s a good tip about puppies as gifts:
I don’t recommend giving a puppy as a holiday gift. I strongly believe that the whole family needs to have basic knowledge about the commitment and responsibility of pet ownership before receiving an animal.
The excitement, unconventional schedule, and general flurry of activity around the holidays make it very difficult to get a puppy settled in his new home. Here’s what we believe is a better solution: give a gift certificate from a shelter. You can take the weeks after the holidays to learn more about dogs, think of what type of dog you’d like to receive, teach your family about living with a dog and divide up dog duties, and what you need to do before bringing a dog into your home. Your schedule will return to its routine. Best of all, you’ll have the coming weeks to anticipate the joy of a new dog as part of your family!
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