I just bought a 6month old black lab and i am wondering at what age i should let him know he was adopted, when do they start to realize they are different? maybe at 18 months?
2006-08-25 13:00:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Well if you bought him when he was 6 months old, he already knows he wasn't a part of your family for the first 6 months of his life, so the jig is up.
2006-08-25 13:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...I really hope you are joking and you aren't going to treat this dog TOO much like a child in the future. Dogs don't realize they are different when they are adopted...they just realize they are a part of a new pack. I have never told my dog she was adopted (because that's just STUPID) and she acts just like my other dog that wasn't adopted.
2006-08-25 20:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Amber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a cat, too? Cats are evil creatures and I think would try to confuse the dog by telling him that he is adopted. It's better the dog heard it from you. You wouldn't want him to resent you for the rest of you life. A mad dog is dangerous ~~remember Cujo? Tell him soon.
Edit!! HA, HA, Ha, ho, hummmmmmmm some of these people are in need of a funny bone transplant!
2006-08-25 20:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi-- your question has 2 sides. a human adoption. a pet adoption--i.e. an animal. there is a major difference. when it is a human adoption-- depending on the "age" you adopt the baby or the child...depending on his level of understanding his new family and social environment etc. -- I would venture to say you have to let a few short years pass by --before telling the subject of adoption. as for animal adoption -- you can tell it right away...since the pet knows that he/she has adopted you with love...it is all reciprocal....
enjoy.
2006-08-25 20:06:55 · answer #4 · answered by s t 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm adopted??? Is that why my mom and dad don't look like me? My sister looks like me, are you going to tell me now that she's not my sister??? We are the same breed, and same liver and white, and have the same kennel backround a few generations back. Hmmm. Let me go ask my mom after she takes me for a walk and gives me a cookie, hmmm life is tough for a dog. Cheers Bogey
2006-08-25 21:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by Flyboy Bogey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I told my lab when he turned 1, I thought he was a big boy and could understand.
2006-08-25 20:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GIve me a break, black labs are stupid dogs. Get a greyhound.
2006-08-25 20:06:55 · answer #7 · answered by royal_fryer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is possibly no right time to let a dog know that their adopted
2006-08-25 20:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lab? u mean talking to a dog that he was adopted??
2006-08-25 20:05:46 · answer #9 · answered by Mandee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your so funny--i can't believe you would even ask a ? like this. Do you know how silly it sounds to ask this ?. Do you even have any idea of how crazy you sound? Of course you should tell him when he's one y ear old............lol,..................
2006-08-25 20:12:02 · answer #10 · answered by lovinjerry_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋