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Originally Posted by Vicky
As another aside, in the US it is illegal to sell anyone puppies removed from their mothers and littermates before 8 weeks old, so anyone removing pups any younger than that and selling them in the US is breaking the law, anyway!
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It is also breaking of the European Law. And also the Kennel Club law. In the most cases it is not allow to sell puppies younger than 8 weeks (7 weeks in Czech Republic as far I know).
Why breeders are still breaking it? It is because of the Urban legends.....
Old breeder are talking over and over again about the times when CzW were bred by the army. The puppies werte born in the kennels and had VERY limited contact with people. So the puppies get more bounded on other dogs than on the people. It was the reason why it was better to take the CzW puppies away from the mother than it was by other breeds.
Now it changed a lot - the puppies are born at homes, they have much better contact with people - they grow up as family members. And it is no more needed to separate them before they are 7-8 weeks old. It is even better not to do this because it is clearly visible that puppies which leave mother earlier have huge problems to come clear with other dogs later. Such puppies have also much worser bite control (they didn't learn from other puppies that it is "allowed" to bite too strong).
Of course there are still kennels where the dogs live in the same or even worser conditions than 30 years ago. In such cases it is really better to pick up the puppy as soon as possible. Also if the mother of the litter is shy or over reacting (agressive) - it is better to separate the puppy sooner.
BUT there is always the question - if it make sence to buy puppies from a breeder who is not carrying for the puppies and not socialising them.
And if it is good (responsible) to breed (or buy offsprings) of extremly shy or agressive dogs...
Anyway: if you want to get a NORMAL Czechoslovakian Wolfdog it is really better to keep to this 8-weeks rule and not to pickup the puppy to early or too late...