Not tring to defend this breeder but she may have not know any different. This is the first I have heard of any of this so it is very well possible that she didn't know either, but she didn't tell me about not keeping him off the ground I just happen to over hear that part. I was thinking that 7 or 8 weeks was the proper age, but I also hear of a lot of people getting pups at 6 weeks too. How big a deal is 2 weeks. Some people act like this woman should be hung by her toes. Do they really learn that much in a 2 week period.