How Old Was Your Pet When It Came Home?

August 18, 2008

Since I was relocating when I first got my pooch, I didn't finally pick North up until I was settled into my NYC apartment when he was around nine weeks old. How old was your pet when it came home?

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33 Comments

lostemilie 4 years 39 weeks

I think puppies should be at least 10 weeks old before they go away from the mother. At least for small breeds

baltimoregal 4 years 39 weeks

My Stella was a rescue too, by the way- her mom was rescued not 2 weeks before she had a litter of 8.

klreynol 4 years 39 weeks

Logan spent this first 10 weeks of his life at the animal shelter with his mom and 4 siblings (we picked him out at 6 weeks, though)! I think it helped him a lot, socially, because even at 6 months old, he's great with people, dogs, cats - you name it! He only cried the first night we got him, was sleeping through the night (not having to get up and go out for a potty) by day 4, and hasn't had an accident in the house since he was 12 weeks old.

RustyAngel73 4 years 40 weeks

My kitten was 12 weeks old when we got her from the animal shelter :-)

Txredd 4 years 40 weeks

My Abbey was a little over 6 weeks when I brought her home.

verily 4 years 40 weeks

My cat about five years old when I adopted him. I prefer to adopt adult cats to kittens.

cubadog 4 years 40 weeks

I really wanted to rescue but the woman that runs the local dachshund rescue is a freak and would not give me a dog because I work full time. I was so mad that I found a breeder and have my little Noodle Love!

couture yourself 4 years 40 weeks

Bella was 5 months, and Harlow was a little over 6 months. Sometimes I'm sad that I missed the itty bitty puppy stages with them, but oh well. I didn't have the headache of having to train both of them, either.

cancankant 4 years 40 weeks

Found dog #1 when she was running down the street in my town. Never could find the owner, so she stayed with me. She was approximately 4 months old. Dog #2 was a planned thing. He was 5 months. I also have 4 cats - one was 3 wks old (too young, but feral and mother suspected dead), two were about 4 months old and one was 1.5 yrs old. All technically rescues/surrenders. The two four month old kittens were living outside of a crack house next to the place where I was working (a minimum security prison). Sadly, the husband did not want any prison related names for them!

Stupidasscat 4 years 40 weeks

My girl (see photo) was 5 months old

AmberHoney 4 years 40 weeks

Over 12 weeks with my Raider.

Ellenora 4 years 40 weeks

Zena was 3 and half years old when we adopted her.

mannylove 4 years 40 weeks

I adopted Manny from the shelter, he was about 2 years old...

fleurfairy 4 years 40 weeks

My dog was 7 weeks. It was a little too soon I think. He was still very young.

Jude C 4 years 40 weeks

I think Mikey was about 4 or 5 weeks, maybe. Henry was a little older, since he was a shelter rescue.

karjofas86 4 years 40 weeks

My fluffy was 2 month old when we got him settle at our house.. but his mommy lives only two houses away, we kept visiting her and his brothers...

Plastic bee 4 years 40 weeks

I rescued Sam my dog from an abusive home and being put down, I was told he was two but then the dog warden who brought him to me said no he’s only 18 months and we were told by the vet he may have been only a little over a year. He’s still growing now so we think the vet was right.

minhoca 4 years 40 weeks

i rescued bailey and they estimated him to be a year and a half. he's a sweetie!

SarahPW 4 years 40 weeks

my dog is also a rescue, so he was about a year old. Seven years later, he still acts like a puppy :)

WhatTheFrockBlog 4 years 40 weeks

He was just about 8 weeks old when we adopted him.

Susanna 4 years 40 weeks

I got my dog from the shelter. We think he was about 5 years old. My rabbit was a rescue. He was maybe 3 years old.

lilkimbo 4 years 40 weeks

I am happy that so many people gave rescue pets good homes! I have two rescues and love them both dearly. One was about 18 months old when we got him and the other was about three years old when we got her. Unfortunately, it's difficult to tell exactly since they didn't have the best care previously.

cubadog 4 years 40 weeks

Cuba was 12 weeks old.