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Agree! Sticky please

I know many such "breeders" who at the moment the mom dog stops doing ALL the work the pups are "ready to go". Here in NH we have a State law that the pup MUST be at least 8 weeks old. But many states have no such law. Just because there is no law does not make it right

The reason pups need to stay with mom and littermates until at least 8 weeks old is so that they can learn to be dogs, learn dog language skills, learn the basics of bite inhibition and many other very important things we humans just cannot teach or give them
I keep mypups til 10 weeks old but I also do individual work with them, socialize them, crate train, leash train etc. IF the breeder is not doing all that then they need to place the pups at 8 weeks old but NOT ANY SOONER!!

Raising a litter is a boat load of work and puppy poop and hair pulling but that's part of being a breeder