If you are confronted with a litter of adorable pups and spoilt rotten for choice just try to control the natural urge to grab the first one, cough up the cash, and be off!

Spend a few minutes - indeed half an hour or more, and just observe each puppy. Patiently watch each little person, and try to spot the shy and nervous, or the one who hangs back in the pack - not a good choice that one - better left for someone else! Pick each one up and cuddle them, see who responds.

Naturally at the end of the day it will be the one which appeals the most which wins your heart and a place in your home.