No, actually. I will not place my puppies in a new home right near a major holiday. It’s incredibly unfair to the puppy to come into a brand new home in the middle of holiday festivities and excitement. It’s *stressful* for a new pup to change homes – every single thing he knew before is changing! – and they deserve a relatively peaceful transition. Coming in as, say, the Christmas/Hanukkah present for the kids is insanely unfair to a puppy. Those videos of kids opening a big box with a puppy inside are adorable where the KIDS are concerned. Not adorable at all for the very stressed, scared, and overwhelmed puppy in that situation. There are creative ways to “give your kids a puppy for a holiday” without having the puppy there yet.
So no. I won’t put my pups through that. Pups who are ready to go home around a major holiday will stay with me until that holiday is over, then they can go home when things are back to normal in the new house!
