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A breeder can sure socialize a puppy but there are quite a lot of breeders who work and take their holidays to raise a litter so they can not stay at home for more than 4 months ! In my opinion that are the best breerders and not the one who do not care and put the puppies in kennels for the rest of the period they have to stay. 

And in my personnel situation, almost all my puppies have been sold the last 5 years to foreign countries and they start leaving form 8/9 weeks to be socialised by their new owners. Yes, I also can socialise a puppy but not 6 or 7 and when I keep a puppy myself I want to do that with my own puppy !! When there are so many puppies staying it's also impossible to keep them in my llivingroom so the have to be in a kennel which is NOT ideal and I live in a rural area so I never can prepare a puppy for living in a big city ! Also a 'probem' with older puppies, they stop playing but start to fight and I want to deliver puppies to their new owners without holes in their skin.

#101: SDR - Re:  

 I totally agree with this post. I recently relocated to France but visit home with my dogs frequently. There is more market for good responsible homes in the UK. My options are to be without my bitch whilst she rears them for 3 months in the UK (asking a lot from a friend) or wait for the puppies to be Past Best By Date! Puppies really do need to leave their birth home and start their life at 7/8 weeks with greater indiviual attention than abreeder can possibly give them. They still sleep at random times so fitting in training to a daily routine is very hard with possibly 10 pups.