There are many advantages of getting your Bichon Frise puppy from a Bichon Frise breeder rather than a pet store. Bichon Frise breeders spend lots of time on only a few puppies, making sure they are healthy and properly socialized. Pet store puppies get very little attention and are stuck in cages at the time of life when they should be getting training. And, most importantly, Bichon Frise breeders are not puppy mills.

If you really have your heart set on a Bichon Frise puppy, then you can make life a lot easier for yourself and the dogs by getting in contact with a Bichon Frise breeder. You can find them through the Internet, by going to dog shows, through recommendations from other Bichon owners in your area and sometimes even your vet. If everyone stopped buying puppies from pet stores, then this inhumane practice could be stopped. What's inhumane about buying a puppy at a pet store? Plenty! First off, all puppies in all pet stores are from puppy mills.

Perhaps you once had a Bichon Frise, a Poodle-like toy dog that is becoming more and more popular. You should get your next Bichon Frise from a Bichon Frise breeder. A Bichon Frise breeder will offer a lot of little extras that no other pet store or even an all-pet animal shelter can. This is because he or she can spend a lot of time and effort on just a few dogs ? or at the most, a few dozen ? and gets to know their temperaments and quirks. In this way, you can be matched with a Bichon Frise puppy that is most compatible for your personality and lifestyle.

One of the best things about getting your puppy from a Bichon Frise breeder is that you get to meet Mom. You may also get to meet Dad and even aunts and uncles. Genetics makes up a lot of how a puppy is going to behave in the future. When you can see what kind of dogs the puppy is going to be springing from, this will help you select a puppy wisely. You will be reassured that the puppy is healthy, sane and being well cared for.

The next inhumane thing about buying a puppy from a pet store, rather than a Bichon Frise breeder, is that puppies are not animals that should be in cages. Other animals like baby hamsters do very well in cages. However, a puppy is caged right at the time of life it needs to learn how to be a dog in today's complex world. The time a puppy can best learn is when they are seven to fourteen weeks old, right around the same time they are in cages at pet stores. This means that pet store puppies are often a lot harder to train than puppies from breeders.

Bichon Frise breeders will also give their puppies' basic training in how to get along with people, other dogs, household objects and everyday situations. Your Bichon will be socialized, taught its first housebreaking lessons and first basic training lessons. Your puppy will often be sold to you at just the right time they can best learn. This is often why you are put on waiting lists before the pups are even born, so you can pick the puppy up at the best time.