What's the best way to find a puppy?

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ooh just spotted these as well...

so many pups in rescue at the moment...

http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=185591

http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=185590

http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=185589

and a big doggo to be (wolfhound x pup!)
http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=184903

suki1964

remembered_nights wrote: »

Not sure what kind of dog really - medium sized and likes walks? I will check out all the links guys, thanks!

We have been looking at a puppy as thought it might be hard to find an older dog who already gets on with cats. And there is someone home full-time. And, well, they're cute

Cute as in like other peoples children, very cute till you have your own and are up to your eyes in wees and poos and nips and scratches and disturbed sleeps and standing out in the rain and snow saying " wee wees" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Loads of dogs in rescues that are good with cats - and already house trained

Seeing as you havent decided on what particular breed you would like, I would urge you to hold of getting a pup/dog till AFTER the christmas holidays. This will give you time to research what breed is more likely to suit your lifestyle and if you are thinking resue, theres always a lot handed in over the holidays so you will have more choice in the new year. And if you decide you are going for a pup, you wont have the madness of christmas happening whilst you are concentrating on training the we thing

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suki1964 wrote: »

Cute as in like other peoples children, very cute till you have your own and are up to your eyes in wees and poos and nips and scratches and disturbed sleeps and standing out in the rain and snow saying " wee wees" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

yup i agree - and they are cute for so much less time - a few weeks of cuteness then they soon become gangly adolescents, still hell bent on chewing your best shoes, long after the cute and fluffy stage has passed!!

Give me a sensible adult dog any day! So many nice family dogs land in rescues at times like this for no other reason than finances. My last do was abot seven whe I got her and we then had her for another nine years, my current dog was about five - both of the have been no trouble at all, and very little work - and what you do need to teach they pick up quickly - I find training older dogs is like communicating with a sensible adult rather than a toddler with no attention span!!