If the pound has a good rep, you probably won't have any issues.
Saying that, I had gotten our first dog from the local SPCA-3 weeks later she was dead. Seems they didn't quarantine her or innoculate her and she picked up distemper during her 3 days there.
Our second dog I found at a good dog store. Angie was half Spitz, half Shihtzhu (I called her our little shits/spits) and we got her at 3 months old. She was guaranteed to be healthy and completely innoculated. She lived to be almost 16.
Bottom line is, go with your brains and research, then go with your heart. The minute Angie put her head down on my lap in the "get acquainted" room and sighed, I knew she was going home with me.
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Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.
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