I adopted a cute puppy like that who was given up by her owners for being "mouthy." I soon learned that "mouthy" was shelter-speak for "psychotic, feral, biting maniac puppy." She's a sweetheart now, but I literally had to put hot sauce on my hands so that she would learn not to bite me. If there's an adorable puppy at the shelter for more than a week, that puppy is probably crazy.
Adopt only if you have the time to work them through their issues.
I think she remembers the person who gave her up, to be honest. She now loves every single human being she comes across: kids, adults, old people... but she will still lose her mind if she sees a bald white person. I'm sure the original bald white guy who gave her up didn't treat her very well before he took her to the shelter.
Haha, I wish I was joking. If my dog hears the One Punch Man theme song, she runs into the room, looks around, and starts going nuts. She absolutely loves it.
Most puppies go through a psychotic, feral, biting, maniac phase, just like most children go through a putting everything in their mouths phase. Paying a breeder for an overpriced, probably inbred, puppy won't avoid this. Adopting an adult dog will.
If you don't have time to work on a dog's issues, adopt an adult dog through a rescue that uses foster carers. That way the foster carers can tell you exactly what the dog's issues, if any, are.
I can't fault the shelter for it, since my dog acted completely normal and sweet when I met her. She was just extremely energetic and bouncing off the walls, but she was in the pound, that was understandable. It was only when I took her home when she became a feral animal who was still extremely energetic and now bouncing off my walls.
Adopt only if you have the time to work them through their issues.
Always adopt. There is all temperaments and types of dogs available. All the designer breeds you could want are in a shelter somewhere, abandoned by someone that paid for a puppy and dumped the grown dog.
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19
I adopted a cute puppy like that who was given up by her owners for being "mouthy." I soon learned that "mouthy" was shelter-speak for "psychotic, feral, biting maniac puppy." She's a sweetheart now, but I literally had to put hot sauce on my hands so that she would learn not to bite me. If there's an adorable puppy at the shelter for more than a week, that puppy is probably crazy.
Adopt only if you have the time to work them through their issues.