You can skip the puppy stage

Puppies are unbearably adorable, but the destruction they cause certainly isn’t. Adopting a puppy means agreeing to the risk of torn pillows and wrecked carpets. Puppies also like to do super cute things like wake you up at 3 a.m. to pee and throw up in your bathtub.

If you choose an older dog, you can skip past all that chaos. That being said, adopting a dog as a puppy definitely has its merits. You can train the dog from a younger age, which can give you more control over their behavior and temperament.

Plus, you get to witness painfully cute moments like when their feet are disproportionately large for their bodies or when they beg with huge puppy dog eyes. It can be worth the extra work!