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Anybody here can share their opinion regarding age for importing dogs? I just bought a 3 year old male and most of my friends told me that the age is just right but for me it would be better if I had just bought a younger one like less than 2 years old. What do you guys think?

I prefer importing puppies. With the older dogs one has to stop to think why are they selling them. Could the dog at a later age showed them somthing they did not want to see.

chinito, hard to tell without knowing you, what you are capable of, what your training infrastructure is, what you wanted the dog for, etc. If you bought a 3 year old, then likely already titled and with a maturity level that you can work with right away. A dog less than 2 may not be titled, only with foundation, or green, but a dog that still needs work even if already titled. Always depends on your needs and wants and budget and ability. Important is if you are happy with your purchase. If you wanted a younger dog to begin with, why settle for an older dog? There must have been something that made you consider him. Or did someone talk you into him? If that was the case and you now feel remorseful, then listen to your own needs next time and only what you need and want. Within reason that is. The dog still has to be suitable. Brunhaus, some people raise pups specifically for the purspose of resale. Or search out qualified youngsters specifically for resale. Older and/or titled dogs from private parties are often sold because of space (ie dam is sold because some of her pups were being kept back, turned out well and will take the dams spot now), breeder kept back several pups to pick his favorite when they are of age so the others have to leave then, because people enjoy certain parts of dog ownership ie raising a pup but not owning an adult, because some dogs in the household are no longer getting along, because the dog is not a good fit in that home any more, the dog did not turn out to meet that persons goal, but may be a perfect match for someone elses goals. Life circumstances such as new or lost job, death, divorce, new baby, new partner, accident, disease, allergies. Some dogs are sold if they do not place as well as the owner hoped for. Sometimes a breeder has a very high standards and a reputation to preserve, which does not mean the dog is bad, but simply does not fit into that scenario, which someone else may be extatic about. Sometimes those are impulse decisions after an event. Sometimes the owner doen't know how to present or train properly and their dogs never meet potential so these people become a steady source of dogs every year or two. Lots of reasons. Does not mean the dogs that are sold are bad or that there is something wrong with them. You could apply your own logic to the pups you buy: why did the breeder not keep the pup you are getting? Were they showing the breeder somthing they did not want to see? Probably. Still does not make them a bad dog. Bottom line is that you cannot keep them all, pups or adults. So some will be sold.