Private purchase - puppy with health issues

Fosterdog

Again keeping the emotions out of it, which is not easy when it involves a living creature, are you claiming for the death from Petplan?

https://www.petplanbreeder.co.uk/2/petplan-breeders-scheme.htm

It states on their website that they cover the death of a pet up to the value of £750 which would at least only leave you £200 out of pocket.

bris

The breeder offered a full refund, you refused, this meant you accepted the contract knowing the problems. You are in no position now to claim otherwise.

arcon5

You sound like a very caring responsible owner. Unfortunately though your case is very weak.

Gavin83

Sorry I’m a little confused. You state PetPlan covered the treatment costs so what exactly are you claiming for? The excess? How much is this?

I appreciate it’s an emotional situation and why you took the route you did but from a legal perspective a pet is considered the same as any item you purchase. You can request a remedy but the seller is entitled to choose one if the others are more costly. They offered you a refund, you refused. Your case is a bit weak here to be honest.

karcher

Personally I despair of any Dog breeder, registered or not.

There are a plethora of dogs stuck in cages crying out for a home.

If you are a dog lover it's better to offer one of them a home than line the pockets of those producing more (often cross breed to some absurd degree just to satisfy a fickle market and where the health problems begin:()

Just IMHO.

OP I am sorry and the above wasn't directed at you, it is clear you had your pup's best interests at heart and couldn't just return him for a 'refund':(

...it just upsets me so much that puppies can be bought and returned as you would a faulty TV..

hollydays

elsien wrote: »

The breeder did offer to take the dog back. The OP chose not to because the puppy would not have been offered treatment if returned.

But this is not a registered breeder.That was my point.

Fosterdog

hollydays wrote: »

But this is not a registered breeder.That was my point.

When it comes to dog breeding being registered makes no difference at all to the quality of the dog nor what after care you will be provided. An awful lot of puppy farms are “registered” breeders but the registration isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

You said you would only buy a dog from a registered breeder who would offer to take the puppy back, well the breeder in OPs case did offer to take the pup back so it really doesn’t matter whether or not they were registered (we don’t actually know that they were unregistered only that they were a hobby breeder, a hobby breeder can be registered) so what elsien is pointing out is that the registration would be irrelevant because the breeder offered exactly what you are saying you would expect.

OP chose to decline the offer and instead chose to pursue their own “repair” which failed.

Shaka_Zulu

hollydays wrote: »

I would only buy a dog from a registered breeder who offered to take the dog back for any reason within 30days.

I would only buy a dog from someone I have been recommended they may or may not be registered but I will have done my homework on the bloodlines of the parents and will have determined what the chances are of it being fit for the purpose I require the dog for which is normally flushing and retrieving or terrier work.

So the likelihood of the breeder being "registered" will be remote.

hollydays

Shaka_Zulu wrote: »

I would only buy a dog from someone I have been recommended they may or may not be registered but I will have done my homework on the bloodlines of the parents and will have determined what the chances are of it being fit for the purpose I require the dog for which is normally flushing and retrieving or terrier work.

So the likelihood of the breeder being "registered" will be remote.

I do all that homework too.
But for the average joe someone being registered is the lazy persons way of getting it partly right but most people don’t even bother to check.
I know so many people who have bought from puppy farms - using a registered breeder cuts that out.
I’m sorry but I’m not getting into one of those emotive long” animal” arguments .

Do some basic homework and in most cases it makes fewer problems.

unforeseen

It depends on what you want out of the dog.

For the last 30 years our dogs came from

USPCA
Battersea
Dogs Trust

The last one being the most expensive at £80. Although that was 10 years after the previous one so is probably due to inflation.

TBH unless you are going to show/breed a dog then I fail to see the point of forking out hundreds if not thousands for a family pet.

I may be biased as I am firmly in the rescue dog camp. Current one is a mongrel/cross breed, Boxer cross Rhodesian Ridgeback (according to the vet ) 4 years old fully grown but still thinks she's a lap dog and will climb up for a cuddle.