Paying for a ready made pet

I can totally see why someone getting their first dog might want one that was fully trained. It might be quite sensible if someone has never trained or owned a dog before to get one that is trained or an elderly person who might not have the energy to train a puppy.

When we got my elderly parents a new cat despite them always having kittens we got an older one that was already litter trained and used to people and dogs as my parents were too old to manage kittens. My sister has a dog and we knew she would bring her dog to my parents house especially when staying the night. We only paid £35 for Missy cat though. She was a bargain as she is very friendly, litter and house trained, fine with my sister's dog and doesn't get scared when different carers come round. We all love Missy and she is such a positive addition to the family.

I remember when my parents first moved in a person came to the door selling pet food and my Dad sadly told them they were too old for any pets now. Thankfully my sister and BIL said that they would help them with a cat and if cat out lives my parents they would take the cat in if they could find one that tolerates dogs and it was not a kitten.
 
Mrs. Jingle said:
done all the early bonding with and the training.
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Because whilst puppies are very cute they are a lot of work and not everyone has the skill/knowledge/willingness to take the task on.

My last 2 dogs were obtained as very well trained adults (jezza due to a friends divorce and daisy due to her previous owners cancer).
I wouldn’t want to do the house training side of it, it was hard enough when daisy was losing her marbles and peeing in the house towards the end of her life.
 
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