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Just a quick comment: If the breeder has not been clipping the puppies faces, feet, and tails, I would avoid buying from that person. Puppies need to become accustomed to being handled and groomed from at least five weeks of age.
One exception - if there were quite a few puppies in a litter and they were all the same color I used to clip different combinations of feet in order to tell those little black fur balls apart. We had a bitch who kept the name 3-Foot for months because she was the puppy who had three of four feet clipped! Other techniques are using a dab of nail polish on the back - different colors - or using stretchy rick-rack as a "collar". I'm not a fan of the latter because even if stretchy there could be an awful accident.
One exception - if there were quite a few puppies in a litter and they were all the same color I used to clip different combinations of feet in order to tell those little black fur balls apart. We had a bitch who kept the name 3-Foot for months because she was the puppy who had three of four feet clipped! Other techniques are using a dab of nail polish on the back - different colors - or using stretchy rick-rack as a "collar". I'm not a fan of the latter because even if stretchy there could be an awful accident.