Having made the decision to buy a dog, the future owner goes to the nearest bird market, not even suspecting the dangers of acquiring a pet in such places. It is there that you are least likely to find a thoroughbred and healthy puppy.
To buy a dog competently, you must first understand exactly what kind of four-legged friend you want. Having come to an agreement in the family and having decided on the breed, color and sex of the puppy, you should not run to the market on the same day. The acquisition of a pet is a crucial step that needs to be approached thoroughly. After all, the dog will live with you for the next 10-13 years.
Choosing the right puppy depends on your plans. So, if you are planning exhibitions and offspring from a dog, going in search of a serious breeder of the chosen breed is a primary and necessary matter, only from an officially issued litter, you can take a puppy from parents with a pedigree for a breeding and show career. You can look for specialists on the official website of the National Breed Club (national breed club) or on the forums of breed lovers.
A competent dog handler will be able to guide you in choosing a dog and give you the best recommendation. It is advisable to contact a large nursery, to a breeder with many years of experience (from 5 years). Even if a particular breeder does not have puppies for sale at the moment, he will always advise and indicate the litter where there are dogs worthy of attention. In this matter, it will be easier for a beginner to start under the guidance of an experienced breeder.
If you want to buy a dog, as they say, for the soul, on a sofa, without claims to exhibitions and breeding, in this case the approach may be different, you can call on any advertisement on the Internet or even a local newspaper. The main thing here is to find a litter with purebred puppies so as not to accidentally purchase a Chow-Chow / Pekingese cross instead of a Pomeranian. If you absolutely do not understand puppies of the breed you need, you can take a dog handler with you to buy a dog or, again, try to find a breeder with many years of experience, who cares about his reputation, and not the momentary profit for forgery.
And the second important point (although it would be wiser to make it the first) is the health of the purchased dog. You can insist on checking the puppy by a veterinarian right on the day of purchase, this will help weed out obviously unreliable sellers and save you from acquiring an already sick puppy. But, alas, such a check will not help to find out in advance if the puppy has some serious hereditary diseases. The protection from this today, sadly, is to a greater extent the same reputation of the breeder. That is why it is very unwise to buy a dog in a market where there is no way to know at least something about the seller and the origin of the dog.
And of course, when buying a puppy, it is mandatory to conclude a purchase and sale agreement. Even if you buy a dog home "for yourself" - this will help you avoid many problems in the future and will serve as an additional incentive for the breeder - a buyer offering a contract is always taken more seriously.
Registration of a puppy is necessary only if there are plans for exhibitions and breeding. You can buy a dog for the soul without any official cynological documents at all, but their presence with the breeder gives a significant percentage of the likelihood that you are purchasing a purebred pet.
