Gave dog back to breeder, refusing to give money back

mattuk80

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Why is that, has their poor child lost her fear of dogs now? If she has, I'm pretty sure that she'll revert to her former condition once another blessed terrier is brought into the picture. Tell them that they should consider a nice, placid greyhound instead. They won't be tearing around 24/7 and ignoring any commands, they'll have the devil of a job prising it off the sofa instead

Whilst I believe my mother was/is entitled to a partial refund, I would like to mention to all that have suggested I am more bothered about the money than welfare of the dog that this is unfair. As BitterandTwisted mentioned greyhounds are a wonderful pet, in particular retired racing greyhounds (I did try to get my mum to go down this route). If anyone is interested in adopting a retired greyhound http://www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/ is a good starting point. If you live in the North East and are interested there are a number of greyhound trainers who are active in rehoming. I can pm contact details for anyone who is interested.

Thanks again for everyone's help.

foreign_correspondent

pulliptears wrote: »

I have a 9 year old westie, he's pretty tolerant of the kids (16 & 11) but he does have his moods. Certainly one to watch with little ones.

But yes, sheer stupidity. I was told the other week they are now considering buying a Jack Russel :eek:

whoo, that is a great idea... not!

have they no sense? - child scared of dogs, but they are going to get one and a fiesty, active little terrier at that! I love terriers, but this sounds like a very poor idea!

oh dear - can you talk to them about looking onto rescue dogs? - that way they could get a mature, steady, gentle dog, and would be able to meet it and spend time with it, and really think it over before they arrived home with it!

Brightness

pulliptears wrote: »

I have a 9 year old westie, he's pretty tolerant of the kids (16 & 11) but he does have his moods. Certainly one to watch with little ones.

But yes, sheer stupidity. I was told the other week they are now considering buying a Jack Russel :eek:

In that case, ring every breeder in the surrounding 100 miles and tell them not to sell them a dog!

How stupid are they? Saying that, why is the child scared of dogs? I am a great believer that no one is born with a fear of something. Especially a fear of dogs.

I just feel sorry for the poor dogs in these situations. You should have seen the emotional state of the one I've had for two months when he came to us. mind you he now thinks he owns the place so he's off to borstal tomorrow (training lessons really but the kids are telling him he's off to borstal!).

Paparika

Jack russels are great, mine is so mild mannered but at the end of the day he could turn and we all know that, mine doesn't bite, barks lots but has never bitten... doesn't mean he will never do it tho, and that is something that needs to be in the mind every single day.

Because one day someone/something could just pee him off enough to want to bite

mrcol1000

Brightness wrote: »

In that case, ring every breeder in the surrounding 100 miles and tell them not to sell them a dog!

How stupid are they? Saying that, why is the child scared of dogs? I am a great believer that no one is born with a fear of something. Especially a fear of dogs.

I just feel sorry for the poor dogs in these situations. You should have seen the emotional state of the one I've had for two months when he came to us. mind you he now thinks he owns the place so he's off to borstal tomorrow (training lessons really but the kids are telling him he's off to borstal!).

Certain cultures view dogs differently than the tradtional pet. Certain cultures view dogs purely as guard dogs for protection so these children grow up beliveing that dogs are dangerous attack animals as quite often the dogs around them are dangerous attack animals.

The problem like a lot of things in life is a minority cause problems for the majority. i.e once bad dog can cause a person to have a lifetime fear of all dogs.

aliasojo

Takoda wrote: »

Matt

I have experience of this I won't post it here but I have pm'ed you. If you want help please pm me back and I'll happily share what I did with you. Don't give up just yet.

Takoda.

Can't you put it on the thread? There may be other people who find themselves in a similar position who might benefit from your experience too.

pulliptears

From what I gather, their DD is now 14 and is 'ok' with an aunts very small JR (palm of your hand size!). I say 'ok' because I don't believe she is overly confident with it still. The mutterings about dogs have been going on for a month or two, I've spoken to them as has SIL and so far they havent dont any more than make noises about it. Hopefully it will be something thats forgotten.

poet123

Brightness wrote: »

In that case, ring every breeder in the surrounding 100 miles and tell them not to sell them a dog!

How stupid are they? Saying that, why is the child scared of dogs? I am a great believer that no one is born with a fear of something. Especially a fear of dogs.

I just feel sorry for the poor dogs in these situations. You should have seen the emotional state of the one I've had for two months when he came to us. mind you he now thinks he owns the place so he's off to borstal tomorrow (training lessons really but the kids are telling him he's off to borstal!).

I have a 20 year old who is terrified of dogs, it used to be all dogs, but he can cope now with small, still ones.

It stems from when he was 3, and we were out walking, from down the bottom of the lane, a huge Doberman appeared, bounded towards him, and, as he stood stock still in fear, jumped up at him and rested both paws on his shoulders, and licked every inch of his face. Of course the dog was being friendly, but he was traumatised by the incident. So, whilst they may not be born with it, any early upsetting brush with a dog can result in a lifetime fear of them.

lowis

so where the hell does my absolute terror and fear of earthworms come from then?

poet123

Perhaps you were buried alive in a previous life!!!