Why should I buy a puppy and not an adult?
Whatever your education level, employment background, the language you speak, your religion, race, or political party, you probably are moved and can chuckle at the antics of a puppy. Their vulnerability and charm, clumsy attempts to discover a world that can be dangerous. My nurturing instincts (nature has implanted deep in the genes of every male and female, child and grandparent), kicks in when one (the first) puppy crawls out of the whelping box. At that time, I immediately start to worry about the electric cords, toys they might choke on, the other adult dogs that might harm them or play too rough with them. And loving puppies is good for us! We live longer and take better care of ourselves if we have a puppy (eventually a dog) to care for also. Puppies bring us closer to our prehistoric, cave-man, animal needing selves. Raising a puppy can be one of the most rewarding experiences.Also, once that puppy becomes a full-grown dog, the bond you have created during those first year can solidify into the kind of relationship that will sustain you throughout your dog’s lifetime and beyond. Argos was an old hound dog raised as a puppy by Odysseus, in Homer's The Odyssey. Living long past his expectancy (20 years), Argos couldn't do much but sit around Odysseus' palace and wait for his master's return. Many long years passed, and most presumed Odysseus dead in a foreign land, but Argos continued to live, just barely, and wait for his master. One day: [A] hound that lay there raised his head and pricked up his ears, Argos, the hound of Odysseus. Recognizing his master's approach from afar, Argos lifted his head, raised his old bones from the ground, let out a single whimper, and died. The dog lived 20 years, waiting on his master, BECAUSE Odysseus had raised him as a puppy.
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