We all know the song, ¡ All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,¡± but as long as I have been a parent, I have never heard a child ask for teeth. What I have heard is the phrase,

"I want a puppy for Christmas".!

As a parent, it is hard to ignore this request. Everyone can imagine Christmas morning; the children rushing down to the Christmas tree and sitting under it, in a well ventilated box, is a puppy. The kids screech in delight, gush about how much they love their new puppy and how much they love you, and the rest of the morning is a blur of opening the remaining presents with the warm, fuzzy feelings that the puppy brought with it still abounding throughout the day.

Unfortunately, that feeling does not last very long. Sure the initial excitement is there but that Christmas present comes with a lot of long term commitments that can make the present a little less shiny by the end of the week. Puppies require a lot of care, they need to go out several times a day, they will whine at night until they adjust and there will be months and months of training that will need to occur.

Okay, you are probably thinking to yourself that a puppy, regardless of the time of year, is always a big responsibility and if you are ready for a puppy, what does it matter when you get it. Usually, I would completely agree with you but unfortunately, a puppy for Christmas can take the responsibility and blow it up significantly.

Even if you are not going to be out very much over the holidays, Christmas can still be a very stressful time. Usually at this time, you are not following your regular routine. This can be stressful for a puppy; not only is he being separated from his litter and dam, but he has no routine. His feeding schedule will be off, the time you can spend with him will fluctuate and he will not know what is happening. This can throw off any housetraining that you are trying to accomplish and can lead to long term problems for both your puppy and your relationship with him.

I hope you understand I had to add this to my site. I want you to see the pit falls also.

I care about my puppys so please show me the same gratitude by only taking one of puppys home if you are 1,000% sure.

I do not NEED to sell these puppys for my Christmas MONEY!

as I have said before and will say again this is my HOBBY! not my INCOME!, and I would so much wish that these puppys where ready after xmas rather than before and if I could without jeopardising puppys temperament and soundness I would hold onto them until after but unfortunately i cannot.