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As the holiday season approaches, sales of collie puppies will undoubtedly rise. Please remember that a dog’s life is NOT a Christmas toy to be unwrapped and tossed to the side, forgotten, 3 weeks later. They are a “forever” choice, requiring food, shelter, water and – most importantly – love. Have a safe and happy “Colliday Season”!
It is a wonderful experience to see your child’s face light up when you present them with an adorable collie. There’s no getting away from that, however it doesn’t last very long and it is only one side of the coin. Puppies are hard work. They chew, they soil, they can interrupt sleep, they dig and they demand a lot of attention, it’s rather like taking on another child. Although collies grow quickly, their education is a slow process, regardless of their intelligence. During your collie’s education and socialisation you need to remain calm and patient at all times, and above all you must be consistent, even if you are at the end of your tether. One small slip up confuses your pup and can set his education back.
Puppies tend to take up a lot of time, Just like a child. Your collie would need walking (come rain, blizzard or shine) training, feeding, brushing, cleaning up after, as well as playing with. Children soon loose interest with all these chores and they inevitably fall to the parents. Do you have time for all these little jobs every day? If not your bored depressed little collie will probably eat your sofa.
Of course puppy farms are applying hard sell tactics in the run up to Christmas. They prey on people who are unsure if they should buy a collie or not. The puppy farms force people into making rash decisions that are not thought through properly. The salesmen may say “Well, someone else is interested in this pup”, of course there isn’t anyone else, they just want to force the sale by making the buyers think that they may loose the chance of buying the cute little collie they have shown interest in. The puppy farmers are not concerned if you are ready and able to take on a collie, they are only thinking of the wonderful Christmas they can have once they have their hands on your cash.
Christmas day will no doubt be a wonderful day with your new collie and your happy children. Any collie mishaps will be regarded as little accidents and mischievous behaviour and all pups’ naughtiness will be heart warming and laughed off.
BUT… Six to eight months down the line, the bigger collie puppy is having even bigger accidents. Little collie is now a big collie, and proving to be a bit of a handful. The kids have lost interest and everything is covered in dog hairs
This is when the RSPCA see a boom in puppies that have been placed into their care. The RSPCA can not possibly re-home every adorable collie that comes to them. Anyway, who wants your unruly collie at the RSPCA when they can go to the puppy farm and buy a younger, smaller and cuter collie there?
The fact is that some cute adorable pups that find themselves at the RSPCA have to be destroyed, due to no fault of their own, other than nobody want them.
Author: Suie Roberts
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