Allstar Canine Solutions

A company who knows that our precious canine friends are the center of our worlds.


Buying Dogs

How do you choose a new puppy? Well, the first and most important thing is preparation. You MUST get the yard ready with fencing and proper safety and confinement. Get outside chemicals up. Have no access to gasoline, weed kill, fertilizer, paint, nails, ant hills, blackberry bushes, cliffs, holes in fencing, anti-freeze, glass, bones, biting neighbor dogs and anything else you think a baby dog could get hurt from. It is best to keep a pup inside the house when you are gone. Puppy proof the inside of the house too. Shoes, gloves, rugs, door stops, piano legs, furniture legs, pillows, cabinet corners, door molding, entry doors, the plastic covers over the screws that hold the toilet down, toilet paper, garbage baskets, CD's, electric cords... you name it, they'll eat it. Confinement to a small, flat floor area or a crate is best. See: Training-Potty Train to get helpful hints on the two approaches to early training.

Second is looking for a personality that you want. Try your best to find out any history on the dog. Good breeders and sellers gladly share this with you. How did the pup interact with the siblings? Did he get pushed out of the way? Did he cry a lot? Did he do the pushing and bully all the rest to get to mom? Ask if he ever spent any separate time. Does he show any fears towards any particular thing or sound. Was he always trying to escape or did he entertain himself comfortably. Some adoption procedures have very little history for you to go on.

This is one of the main reasons why we like the rescue process so much. If the dog is not a perfect match, rescue continues to look. As a foster home we learn quite a bit about each dog before placing it with a perfect and permanent home.

Allstar Canine Solutions© is not in the business of selling or buying dogs nor are we a rescue organization able to place them.

Sometimes a puppy that clings to you, maybe a little shy and shows great anxiety when he is placed away from you is mistaken for a loving dog. Be a good and wise observer. This can also represent problems with separation which can mean he will scream for hours if left alone.

He might tear up doors and flooring. If put in a crate his anxiety may go so high that he sweats and drools puddles all over the crate and floor and even get sick from nerves.

When you test a dog, make sure that he can be alone without a huge problem.