Puppy Advice (merged)

west_is_best

I would advise you aswell, if you find a puppy not too far from your home, drop in out of the blue a couple of times, just so you can see what sort of environment the little one is living in when the owners dont know your calling.

I had people dropping in all the time, I didnt have anything to hide and welcomed them with open arms...
Actually, I loved seeing them, as then I knew they did care about the welfare of the little puppies..

Something to think about perhaps???

west_is_best

marshmallow79 wrote: »

You are only allowed to be accredited by the KC if you are part of a breeders club so yes I would be happy with it.

This is not true love, Im sorry to say.

I discussed this with my friend who did pay KC to be a accredited seller. She too opted out when she realised its just a name.
Yes she sold all her puppies through the KC, but not one person from the KC phoned or contacted her or even called on her during this time. Needless to say, she wasnt impressed with it all either. She was not a member of any breeders club.

As long as you pay KC their fee for being an accredited seller, they are happy.... Please do not be fooled by this.. :rolleyes:

west_is_best

Show winners will only sell to people who are going to keep the name going by showing the dogs..

I would be very very suprised if you manage to find anyone who will sell a show quality dog as a pet.. They will only deal with you only if you have been known by the show ring or been recommended..

Sorry about all my posts, but just catching up...

polegirl23

www.epupz.co.uk??

kittycatsam

My sympathies to you, I've been on the Pug Rescue Clubs waiting list for three years. Twice I've been all set to go and collect a Pug from people rehoming but been let down last minute.

The waiting list is always huge and most of the dogs they have for rehoming are very old with health problems because people can't cope with them at an old age which is terrible after having the dog all it's life!

I'm so desperate for a Pug but have always had rescue animals and am also reluctant to shell out a grand for a puppy. If I saw a young adult for sale or rehoming I would snap it up though! Good Luck x

Mrs_P_Pincher

If you want a pedigree puppy, please, read up about your chosen breed, go to shows,talk to as many breeders as you can, go on the waiting list, see pups with their Mum (and Dad if he's around) and pick the lively interested one, not the quiet one who is so cute.

Good breeders should not have to advertise - you will need to find them.

Please think twice (and then again) before buying a pedigree puppy from an advert in the paper or a website or a man in a pub. You could be buying yourself a bundle of trouble.

Some years ago I was asked by a breed club to follow up an advertisement in our local paper for pedigree puppies. I posed as a potential customer and was shown a litter of puppies, penned in a back garden on the wrong side of town, at dusk. They were lovely puppies and competitively priced, but they were not pure bred and they had no papers. There was enough of the breed in them that someone who didn't know the breed well would not have realised that they were a cross. You have to be so careful

I have friends who have bought two pedigree puppies in the last 12 months - same breed. One, seen with his Mum and siblings is a lovely pet, fit and healthy, but cannot be bred from or shown because it turns out he is not up to the breed standard. The other, bought after a phone call to a breeder and picked up from motorway services as she was on her way to a show, is undersized and worryingly quiet. I anticipate problems with puppy #2, but that's what happens when you're not prepared to wait. Personally I think both breeders saw them coming and offloaded substandard puppies at top prices.

Alternatively, if you don't have to have a pedigree dog, check out the Dogs Trust, RSPCA or local rescues and take your chance. You may be as lucky as we were with our lovely lurcher, who gave us 14 years of love and protection.

Mrs P P

ali-t

Lynwen wrote: »

Show winners will only sell to people who are going to keep the name going by showing the dogs..

I would be very very suprised if you manage to find anyone who will sell a show quality dog as a pet.. They will only deal with you only if you have been known by the show ring or been recommended..

Sorry about all my posts, but just catching up...

That is nonsense, if that was the case nobody would ever be able to get into showing or get a good quality dog. Perhaps it is true that you are less likely to be able to get a dog from championship kennels but it is not impossible.

Many breeders will recommend that a dog will be shown or will ask you to guarantee that you will go to ringcraft and give it a shot but anyone who has done their research and the leg work to find the perfect dog has a chance of getting a show quality dog - albeit usually with breeding restrictions.

Kimberley

cheepskate wrote: »

Kimberly, sorry but obviously you only have selective reading.

I don't obviously go for selective reading but you know full well that threads like this create good posts and bad feeling ones.

Like I said before, people who buy pups/kittens from online or puppy farms have only themselves to blame if the pup/kitten gets i'll and has to have loads of vet visits. I'm not saying you will, but those who choose to cannot blame anyone else.

ka7e

I think this whole thread would not have attracted the attention it has if it had been called "Where to research to find my pup"!

Cheepskate is just looking for a website for research, and if I was buying a puppy at the moment, I would probably START on the 'net, too. Obviously, nothing compares to seeing the pup with it's mum and littermates, but it helps if you know you are looking at the right breeder/mum/bloodlines.

My current Lab was reject show stock - she was just to shy for showing though she looks the biz. I had seen her kennelmates in the show ring, and approached her breeder directly. Luckily she was looking for a home for Beck and I had her at 5 months. She had 2 litters by stud dogs recommended by her breeder and all her puppies were reserved before they were born. It was all done word of mouth and I must admit I cringe when I see some of the puppy ads around at the moment.

sallyrsm

My Mum's mate got a Shiht-zu poodle cross from a place called Little Rascals here in Lincolnshire paid £300... the dog wasn't gaining any weight after two weeks so I asked what she was feeding her... they'd told her to give her a little tiny bit of puppy food only in the morning.. The poor little mite was STARVING My God EVERYONE knows that little puppies have tiny tummies and need little and often... my old puppy, poppy we called her pog-dog when she ate as her little tummy would pog out after a tiny meal and then she'd want more later...
I told her to give her a weetabix in the morning and then three little puppy food meals. Now she's fine.
but how can a breeder give the wrong info? It's what they do for a living!!
I'd not buy from anyone not recommended by someone I knew had had a good dog. They're too precious.