Best place to buy a puppy

3leigh

Thanks for your replies everyone i'll certainly be doing a lot of research.
Don't worry gemini i won't be getting a dog until the new year as you say it's a busy time and i want to be able to settle the dog in with the minimum of fuss going on.
chris your dog looks adorable

3leigh

Kinski well done for rescuing your dog it's something to consider :T

rageagainstessays

my dog came from a local breeder, reputable in the local area. You could meet the parents of the dogs, and they were clearly loved.

Find someone local, and someone who clearly cares.

senileturtle

AlwaysAllie wrote: »

Please please please also consider a rescue dog. Either from a reputable rescue centre, or the majority of breeds have their own breed rescue. Google should help a search for this.

AA

This.

http://www.bichonfriserescue.co.uk/ - breed specific rescue

http://bichonfrise.rescueme.org/uk

http://www.bichonfriends.co.uk/

http://www.dogsblog.com/category/bichon-frise/

Every time you 'buy' an animal from a breeder you encourage the notion that animals are things to be bought and sold. You also encourage the breeder to keep breeding. There's an overpopulation problem with dogs, cats, etc and many are put down simply for not finding a home soon enough. Every animal bought from a breeder takes away a potential home spot for a rescue.

gettingready

Every animal bought from a breeder takes away a potential home spot for a rescue.

That may have been the case - if it was not for most rescues impossible to meet conditions when lots of lovely homes offered for dogs do not "meet the criteria" so people who could have happily adopt.. go out to buy a dog as they are not accepted by rescues.

chris_n_tj

senileturtle wrote: »

This.

http://www.bichonfriserescue.co.uk/ - breed specific rescue

http://bichonfrise.rescueme.org/uk

http://www.bichonfriends.co.uk/

http://www.dogsblog.com/category/bichon-frise/

Every time you 'buy' an animal from a breeder you encourage the notion that animals are things to be bought and sold. You also encourage the breeder to keep breeding. There's an overpopulation problem with dogs, cats, etc and many are put down simply for not finding a home soon enough. Every animal bought from a breeder takes away a potential home spot for a rescue.

BFR wont let a Bichon go to a family with any children under 5. Understandable really, many rescue dogs have issues.
Thats one of the reasons I went for a pup and not a rescue. I have a 2 year old Granddaughter that visits often.
Not all of us can take a rescue, I just say its each to their own, but I would never say to anyone shame on you for not taking on a rescue. You have to do what suits the needs of your family. Things are not Black and white x

krlyr

senileturtle wrote: »

Every time you 'buy' an animal from a breeder you encourage the notion that animals are things to be bought and sold. You also encourage the breeder to keep breeding. There's an overpopulation problem with dogs, cats, etc and many are put down simply for not finding a home soon enough. Every animal bought from a breeder takes away a potential home spot for a rescue.

Or, when you buy from a reputable breeder, you support their cause and help them in breeding a healthier, sounder breed. You help the future of dogs, as a species, because without reputable breeders then in 10-20 years time the only place to get a dog will be from a backyard breeder or puppy mill.

Person_one

gettingready wrote: »

That may have been the case - if it was not for most rescues impossible to meet conditions when lots of lovely homes offered for dogs do not "meet the criteria" so people who could have happily adopt.. go out to buy a dog as they are not accepted by rescues.

If that was the case hardly anybody would have rescue dogs...

There's nothing wrong with getting a puppy, as long as it comes from an ethical, responsible breeder. That and a responsible rescue organisation are the best choices.

gettingready

Person_one wrote: »

If that was the case hardly anybody would have rescue dogs...

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and hardly anyone I know does - and not for the lack of trying, believe me....

some rescues think a dog is better of in a cage for years than on a sofa of a working owner who lives in a flat (both a no no)

my dog and all my cats are Gumtree babies - and I would have a rescue if one considered me at the time I was looking but nope....

and pls do not say I should have contacted more rescues, I contacted enough

just feel sorry for poor dogs spending years in cages because potential (often very good owners) do not tick the boxes

Person_one

I'm sorry you had bad luck, but I'm typing this while sat in a flat with no garden, having been out to work today, and there are two rescue dogs with me.

Please stop trying to put people off at least considering rescues!