Eight weeks is about the right age to purchase a puppy. If you buy a puppy any younger you may find that the puppy has not been socialized properly. Most people agree that the period between six and eight weeks is a very important time in a puppy's life for his/her development.

If you choose a puppy older than eight weeks the important thing is to make sure it has be socialized. So, do not think that it is bad to purchase a puppy older than eight weeks. Just make sure that the dog has been socialized with his/her siblings and humans and not just left in a kennel to fend for themselves.

Your goal as a new Puppy Parent should be to give your puppy the best possible start in life. It is essential that you provide your puppy with proper care, nurturing, and socialization during his/her first 16 weeks. You puppy's first few months are the most important months of his/her entire life, and they are crucial to your puppys social development and future well being.

The average puppy will learn more between the ages of 3 to 16 weeks than he will in his entire lifetime. What occurs during this critical period of development has an everlasting emotional and cognitive effect on the dog.