Adopting a rescue pup is like a box of chocolates, you never reallllly know what you're going to get. The folks at the rescue have their own guesses, you the new pup owner have your own suspicions, and your nosy neighbor from across the street has a different opinion entirely. We do agree that it is important when getting a pup to know their breed for a number of reasons.
The first and most important reason (in our humble opinion), size. It's super helpful to know how large your dog may potentially be, in order to decide if your home space is adequate for a small/large dog. Well, seems as though the days of knowing how big our dogs may become are behind us, and that is definitely something to consider when going through the adoption process! Let's see what happened to these Reddit users when confronted with relevant situations!
We love that this couple was so prepared for this very exciting journey! The journey being adopting and raising a rescue pup. It's definitely important to try and predict the size of your new addition so that like OP, you are able to determine if your home is a good potential environment.
At the same time it's important to make peace with the fact that this prediction could be off, and to be prepared for anything!
Too cute! It's hard not to fall in love while raising a puppy. Much like raising children, you become attached and determined to create the best environment for your child! Kudos to this couple for establishing such a strong bond with their pup.
Whoops! 0% Newfie. That's okay though, he's still perfect and managed to get all the good traits from all the breeds this user sought to avoid!
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