My hubby and I have three pleasing offspring who in turn have countless friends. Scores of their friends have pets, rabbits, kittens and of course dogs. Maybe you already know where this story is going. The kids have been pleading with us for a while to buy them a puppy.I really had not thought properly about the idea so told them I would think about it. I didn't intend to sound tight-fisted to the children when I said I would think about it, but they're not quite old enough to realize that a puppy can be hard work. Nevertheless, space is not a problem. We have a charming large house with gardens to the front and rear, plenty of room for a puppy to exercise and explore. My husband and I started looking more into it without telling the kids. We wanted to find out about different breeds. Apparently, Labradors are gentle and good with children while West Highland Terriers are yappy and poodles are aggressive. We looked at pictures of puppies for sale on a website and fell in love with a handsome Labrador pup. We also read how to take care of puppies and dogs, in other words, hygiene, extremely important when around young children. It's seemingly necessary to check out the parents of the puppy to make sure the breed is good as well as what food to give it. There were also topics discussed like worming and vaccinations. After a chat, we decided to acquire a Labrador puppy. The kids were so overjoyed that the next day we visited several pet shops. While there were loads of puppies for sale, we could not find a Labrador. We also tried the animal rescue centers, but there were Labrador puppies for sale Austin. The kids were starting to get upset so I told them we would go home and look on the internet. You can, via the net, read about the different breeds of dogs for sale as well as other animals. On the net, we found a lot of dogs and pups that are without charge as they are rescue animals. After more research, we found reputable websites selling puppies as well as buy and sell sites. Pet owners advertise their puppies to be bought and sold online. There were scores of superb little things to choose from, however, we stuck to our guns until we found a Labrador pup.