Advice - Leaving pup at home

con1888

Search dog walker on gumtree in your area, lots will likely come up and perhaps talk to other doggy owners/vets in the area to get an idea of reputation also google them.

Are there any pet pages on facebook in your area? I help run one in my area and we have both a dog walker and a pet boarder who use the page and its good knowing they are there plus people come on and recommend them so worth joining any similar groups.

alisara

Posted in the N.Ireland board.

alisara

chris_n_tj wrote: »

Had you been near me in Yrrks I would have helped xx
Maybe there is someone here in MSE land that could help this lady out for a few months?
I hope you sort something out, and like others have said try your local Vets they might be able to put you in touch with someone xx

PS have you thought about putting a post on the The N. Ireland Board. x

thats so kind Chris, I have looked in gumtree, not sure but I have also posted in N.Ireland boards.

puppypants

I took on my pup at 7 weeks old. The litter's mother had been killed on the road and the pups were hand reared. Does this make me a bad owner?

thorsoak

puppypants wrote: »

I took on my pup at 7 weeks old. The litter's mother had been killed on the road and the pups were hand reared. Does this make me a bad owner?

No it doesn't - circumstances were not the best for that poor litter - but it's a bad breeder that lets puppies - especially toy/small breed puppies leave their mother under 10 weeks.

_Andy_

alisara wrote: »

Andy, I did state I have always had dogs and I did state that my hours of work had changed from mornings only to days not a lot I could do about that, other than be unemployed. For goodness sake unless you are stupendously wealthy most people have to work for a living.

And my choice was a pug, although that was not my question. It was as my hours of work have changed, has anyone got any tips advice etc. I got a whole lot from the kind comments of the other posters and currently I am looking for a pet sitter/dogwalker.

Fair point about the hours - admittedly I did skim-read so apologies there.

However I still fail to see why anyone would want to support the disgusting industry of breeders, meanwhile thousands of dogs get put down/slaughtered as they can't be homed. Pugs are awesome dogs, why not get a rescue one rather then making some selfish pr*ck money?

Like I say, if I mis-interpeted/made assumptions regarding the hours situation, I apologise. But I abhor breeders and I just don't get why you'd want to support them.

krlyr

_Andy_ wrote: »

Pugs are awesome dogs, why not get a rescue one rather then making some selfish pr*ck money?

Like I say, if I mis-interpeted/made assumptions regarding the hours situation, I apologise. But I abhor breeders and I just don't get why you'd want to support them.

Perhaps OP did some research and found a breeder who's not a selfish pr*ck in it for money? There are many breeders who's aims are to improve the health and temperament of the breed - the only way we can ensure a future of healthy dogs with good temperaments is to carefully breed them that way. To stop breeders altogether would do the dog no good in the longterm, otherwise the only source of dogs would be accidental litters, or BYBs/puppyfarms with no regard for the "greater good" of the species. The good breeders are not the bad guys - they take responsiblity for their actions, research to breed the best of the best so that their litters have a bigger purpose than moneymaking or cute ickle puppies. It's the backyard breeders, the puppy farms and the petshops in it for the cash that we need to educate people about and to end the demand for, but not for breeders altogether.

Yes, ideally all the rescue dogs would be homed and there wouldn't be a single dog stuck in a kennel or pound, but that's not going to happen overnight. However, education to stop the overbreeding of dogs by dodgy breeders by stopping the demand (teach people to do their homework and say no to these kinds of breeders), and to teach the important of health tests and ensuring sound temperaments will. The more seriously people take the breeding and obtaining of dogs, the less that will ultimately end up in rescue.
If there was a pause button that good breeders could use to take a break while there are so many rescue dogs out there, I'm sure many would take that option, but there's not, and it would be a shame for these breeders to throw away years of hard work and good lineage because of the greed of BYBs and puppyfarms.
It doesn't have to be breeders vs rescue - people can support both.

_Andy_

Demonstrably all breeders are in it for the money, otherwise they wouldn't take payment.

alisara

Andy, I have always had dogs with a 4 year break. I had 2 dogs from the USPCA one which I brought home and died of parvo and another which I took home that was in and out of the vets with various illness etc. I bought my pup from a reputable breeder and it was my choice.

arbroath_lass

_Andy_ wrote: »

Demonstrably all breeders are in it for the money, otherwise they wouldn't take payment.

Yeah, cos it doesn't cost anything to breed your dog and vets give their time and medicines for free :rotfl: