I want a puppy - hubby doesn't.... can I change his mind? EDIT: HE HAS!!

blue_monkey_2

nikki702 wrote: »

Was it Jolleyes by any chance blue monkey??

No, not Jolleys nikki - bit further down the road but not the one next door (you know where I mean!!). I've not been in jolleys for years, always feels a bit scummy and dirty in there. I won't even get my reptile food from in there.

nikki702

Ok the reason i asked is I went in Jolleyes the other day to buy some Autarky for Ollie... and there was a black lab pup who had been reduced because he was bigger and i felt so sorry for him he should have been playing having fun and he was locked up in a big tank type thing.

I have now decided NEVER to shop in jolleyes and my local petshop will order my dogs food for me instead. The shop next door is just disgusting!!

Good luck with your pup atleast she has a good home now.

nearlyrich

Our next door neighbour has a sharpei x staffie, she is about 3 now and she was a rescued dog. When they got her she was crackers but she has trained well and is a good little dog, she looks just like scoobie doo or so my little GS says anyway.

Good luck with the puppy and have fun.

consultant31

Aw, she's gorgeous and looks very contented. Thanks for the picture.

foreign_correspondent

I cannot condone buying a pup from a pet shop, because no reputable breeder would sell through them - the parents are often kept in horrible, horrible conditions without exercise, affection or even daylight in some cases (google puppy farming if you want to know more) and of course, buying from these places does keep that trade alive, whether you like it or not...

however, I do hope this little dog has a lovely, long, healthy life from now on.

blue_monkey_2

It is still the same then Nikki? They opened one in Stevenage and the bloke giving the advice on the fish was hopeless so I inched my way over and told the bloke buying what he should get and what he should look for, the chap serving him walked away and came back after I had finished talking, LOL.

The one we went to they were away from people but you could see them through doors. We had to have hand wipes before we went in and they were clean. She had been there a few weeks we was told and she had come from a family and the chap said that he was pleased she was going to a family again. She is crackers as I said but also very loving and wants to be with people all the time.

I can honestly sit here today and say that my only regret is not getting a dog sooner - but then we would not have found the one we have now.

I am looking forward to dog training tomorrow though, it's a family outing - the kids and hubby as we all have to learn how to teach her to behave. The best bit is when she get's on the sofa and looks at us as if to say 'go, on, just for today' but she looks away because she knows that she is not really supposed to be on there.

Oh I've also been taking her up the school the last few days when I dfrop off and collect the kids, I left her just outside today, on the grass but she in the grounds but not in the playground (if that makes sense) so she is surrounded by people, cars, bikes, kids shouting etc... so she is properly socialised as this is the busiest time in the village. She just lies there waiting for me to come back taking it all in her stride.

We got her microchipped as well. You can never be to careful, a chap my hubby worked with has his dog stolen a few weeks back.

blue_monkey_2

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

I cannot condone buying a pup from a pet shop, becuase no reputable breeder would sell through them - the parents are often kept in horrible, horrible conditions without exercise, affection or even daylight in some cases (google puppy farming if you want to know more) and of course, buying from these places does keep that trade alive...

however, I do hope this little dog has a lovely, long, healthy life from now on.

However,

I do understand that but what would happen to the dog had we not got her....? What when she got to old to be there?

We was told she had come from a family with children and she has been 12 weeks when she arrived with them - she was used to children and for this reason I beleive them. I guess they could not sell her and her brother (who went the week before) and took her to the store. The owner of the place who was not serving actually came over and told us he was pleased she was going to a family and not someone who would use her as a staus symbol. She was very sociable and never had any fear of the house or garden, no problems settling at all and no sign of nerves. It was rather odd to be honest as we expected problems with her coming to a new house.

But I can understand what you are getting at. It also did get me thinking though, what when the puppies are here, they are either sold, stuck in rehoming centre or PTS. What is the best option? Homing regardless or PTS? Surely if people chose not to buy them they would be PTS in the end and that is not fair on the puppies either.

My friend recently got a puppy from a rehoming centre and hers was dumped on the doorstep of the shelter in a box.

blue_monkey_2

consultant31 wrote: »

Aw, she's gorgeous and looks very contented. Thanks for the picture.

Thanks just like her mum (another story on that in a minute) - she has put on 2kg's since that pic. 1kg a week!! I'll try and update when I get the pics off the camera.

This morning I was walking her and saw the UPS man who comes to me a few times a month and is always chatty. He saw her yesterday when he came to the house with a parcel. But I saw him this morning and I said 'morning' to him and the dog was desperate to get on her walk and I said 'she is desperate to take ME for a walk' and the UPS man laughed and said 'yes, she has taste' and I was like 'OK......' and made a very swift exit!! :eek: :rotfl:

foreign_correspondent

the best option is that people stop buying from these places - and these dodgy breeders realise there is not a quick buck to be made by breeding your dog, most likely with no health checks, (and possibly carrying all sorts of health problems) then flogging the pups on to a pet shop... no questions asked do - you really think people would keep breeding these dogs if they were not easy to sell?

People do not breed 'pet sheep' (for example - daft example I know!) because there is not a market for them - if there was, you can be certain all sorts of idiots would be having a crack at it.

Kimberley

The thing about getting them from shops is that they can have illnesses that your not aware off and if the pup were to get i'll then you wouldn't have a case to sue or get your money back. Also most pups sold in pet shops have come from puppy farms.