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General notes on puppies leaving our kennel

Our puppies' health and general well being is our FIRST and MOST important concern. These are warm blooded living things and that's why we will ask you questions about what you plan for the puppy when it is in it's new home. We want to be sure you fully understand what it is to own a Husky. More importantly, we want to be sure the Husky is going into a good and suitable environment.

OK, so you have watched the progress of that special little Husky puppy on our website. You have sent us a good chunk of change as a deposit (click here for Deposit rules) to make sure we keep this one just for you, as you know it is THE one for you. We know it can be tough to see that special little critter's happy face shining out at you from the OkamiPups website. We know you just want to grab that little critter and hug him or her and play with it because he or she is soooo irresistibly cute. However there is more at stake here than just what we humans want.

Think about what happens to the puppy after birth. The little critter is always surrounded by Brothers, Sisters, noise, chasing each other, mock fighting, chasing anything that moves and generally having a very nice time with life. Mom is never far away and always on the look out to see her kids come to no harm. When you choose your puppy, it is suddenly whipped out of this very familiar environment and plunged into our human world.

Because of this, we do not let the puppies go before 8 weeks of age. This is a very well established age for puppies to leave their Moms, Brothers and Sisters. Most, if not all dog registration agencies and Kennel Clubs (UKC, CKC etc.) strongly recommend that their members keep puppies at the kennel until 8 weeks of age.

It has to happen sometime, so when is a good time?

By the time the puppy is 8 weeks old, we at OkamiPups have spent a great deal of time introducing them to human behavior. We teach them basic social skills. We pick them up, cuddle them, stroke them as they lay in our arms and just generally bestow great heaps of love on them. All fine treatment from our point of view, but all totally foreign to a dog's normal behavioral patterns. Being picked up is not in the Puppy's user manual, nor is being carried around being 3 feet off the ground in the manual either. All pretty scary stuff the first few times it happens.

Abducted by Aliens

Sometimes when we pick up a puppy for the first few times, when we put it back on the ground it just stands there without moving much for a while and it appears a little bewildered. It's as if you can hear them thinking, "WOW, what was all that about?"

"A few minutes back I was running around the yard with Flipper, then suddenly, whoosh off to the stars."

"I got a sort of out of body experience looking down on the planet and then before I know it, I am back down on the ground again."

"Weird stuff. Hey Flipper come over here, I think I was just abducted by Aliens and then returned, do I still look OK?"

We have found, as have many other breeders, that to let the puppy go before 8 weeks invariably leads to poor socializing behavior and a less than ideal puppy and adult dog. It is for this reason that we keep the puppies until they are a full 8 weeks old. It is best for the puppy and it makes for a better puppy and adult dog for you.

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		General notes on puppies leaving our kennel
		Our puppies' health and general well being is our FIRST and MOST important concern. These are warm blooded living things and that's why we will ask you questions about what you plan for the puppy when it is in it's new home. We want to be sure you fully understand what it is to own a Husky. More importantly, we want to be sure the Husky is going into a good and suitable environment. OK, so you have watched the progress of that special little Husky puppy on our website. You have sent us a good chunk of change as a deposit (click here for Deposit rules) to make sure we keep this one just for you, as you know it is THE one for you. We know it can be tough to see that special little critter's happy face shining out at you from the OkamiPups website. We know you just want to grab that little critter and hug him or her and play with it because he or she is soooo irresistibly cute. However there is more at stake here than just what we humans want. Think about what happens to the puppy after birth. The little critter is always surrounded by Brothers, Sisters, noise, chasing each other, mock fighting, chasing anything that moves and generally having a very nice time with life. Mom is never far away and always on the look out to see her kids come to no harm. When you choose your puppy, it is suddenly whipped out of this very familiar environment and plunged into our human world. Because of this, we do not let the puppies go before 8 weeks of age. This is a very well established age for puppies to leave their Moms, Brothers and Sisters. Most, if not all dog registration agencies and Kennel Clubs (UKC, CKC etc.) strongly recommend that their members keep puppies at the kennel until 8 weeks of age.

		It has to happen sometime, so when is a good time?
		By the time the puppy is 8 weeks old, we at OkamiPups have spent a great deal of time introducing them to human behavior. We teach them basic social skills. We pick them up, cuddle them, stroke them as they lay in our arms and just generally bestow great heaps of love on them. All fine treatment from our point of view, but all totally foreign to a dog's normal behavioral patterns. Being picked up is not in the Puppy's user manual, nor is being carried around being 3 feet off the ground in the manual either. All pretty scary stuff the first few times it happens.

		Abducted by Aliens
		Sometimes when we pick up a puppy for the first few times, when we put it back on the ground it just stands there without moving much for a while and it appears a little bewildered. It's as if you can hear them thinking, "WOW, what was all that about?" "A few minutes back I was running around the yard with Flipper, then suddenly, whoosh off to the stars." "I got a sort of out of body experience looking down on the planet and then before I know it, I am back down on the ground again." "Weird stuff. Hey Flipper come over here, I think I was just abducted by Aliens and then returned, do I still look OK?" We have found, as have many other breeders, that to let the puppy go before 8 weeks invariably leads to poor socializing behavior and a less than ideal puppy and adult dog. It is for this reason that we keep the puppies until they are a full 8 weeks old. It is best for the puppy and it makes for a better puppy and adult dog for you.