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Originally Posted by dubc80
Have you considered a guardian/foster program? Most breeders have one.
You'd be getting an intact dog and you have to bring it back to the breeder when they want to use them to mate. In exchange, I got free boarding (saved me a ton of money), annual vaccinations, and a pick of a dog from a future litter which I sold back to them.
Once the contract is done you can spay/neuter and the dog is retired.
It was perfect for me since I was single and lived alone at the time. I was able to get the breed I wanted (lab) which was out of the puppy stage, already house trained, vaccinated, etc. There was also a good return policy so if things didn't work out I could return the dog.
That was 7 years ago.
The poor guy now needs to battle for attention between the wife and my 4 and 2 year olds. Geez, time flies.
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This was going to be my point. What's your family situation? Will there be kids in your near future? We were fine to get a reasonably high-energy dog before we had kids. Once the family grew it was quite a bit harder to go for a long walk.