Where did you get your dog from ?

sheramber

Have you contacted them? Sometimes rescues rehome without advertising as they know someone waiting for the type pf dog.

SootySweep1

Thanks Sheramber, yes I have.
The ones I've contacted say they aren't keeping lists of people looking for dogs.
I think they are also restricting the dogs they accept at the moment due to COVID & so they are closed to the public.
Cheers
Jen

onwards&upwards

Spendless said:

 In the end we did get a puppy bought  from pets4homes. They weren't a breeder. They'd just had an accident between the male and female dogs they owned (different breeds). We visited them met the pups saw both Mum and Dad and  hubby got the mongrel he'd always wanted. We are still in touch with the people we bought from plus everyone who had one of the pups. We have a facebook page for them

OP, this is a classic example of how NOT to get a dog. 

onwards&upwards

sheramber said:

 Remember it will be a 10 -12 year commitment 

Or more, if you get a young dog from a long living breed.  Some live into the late teens quite regularly. 

SootySweep1

onwards&upwards said:

Spendless said:

 In the end we did get a puppy bought  from pets4homes. They weren't a breeder. They'd just had an accident between the male and female dogs they owned (different breeds). We visited them met the pups saw both Mum and Dad and  hubby got the mongrel he'd always wanted. We are still in touch with the people we bought from plus everyone who had one of the pups. We have a facebook page for them

OP, this is a classic example of how NOT to get a dog. 

Why is this the classic example of how not to get a dog ?
I do understand the concern about puppy farms and that they use websites like pets4homes & gumtree to sell puppies but how do you pass on pups that are mongrels ? Where should you advertise them ? I'm genuinely interested because I'd quite happy adopt a mongrel pup if I knew it came from a decent home ? I don't think the Kennel Club will list mixed breed dogs. Sorry if I'm dumb but trying find a pup / young dog to adopt is proving difficult. I'm happy to pay but I would prefer not to pay the £3k I see some pedigree pups advertised at.
Cheers
Jen

onwards&upwards

SootySweep1 said:

onwards&upwards said:

Spendless said:

 In the end we did get a puppy bought  from pets4homes. They weren't a breeder. They'd just had an accident between the male and female dogs they owned (different breeds). We visited them met the pups saw both Mum and Dad and  hubby got the mongrel he'd always wanted. We are still in touch with the people we bought from plus everyone who had one of the pups. We have a facebook page for them

OP, this is a classic example of how NOT to get a dog. 

Why is this the classic example of how not to get a dog ?
I do understand the concern about puppy farms and that they use websites like pets4homes & gumtree to sell puppies but how do you pass on pups that are mongrels ? Where should you advertise them ? I'm genuinely interested because I'd quite happy adopt a mongrel pup if I knew it came from a decent home ? I don't think the Kennel Club will list mixed breed dogs. Sorry if I'm dumb but trying find a pup / young dog to adopt is proving difficult. I'm happy to pay but I would prefer not to pay the £3k I see some pedigree pups advertised at.
Cheers
Jen

Responsible dog owners who own male and female dogs in the same house and don't want them to breed, get at least one of them neutered, ideally both.  There's absolutely no excuse for 'accidental' litters these days.  

 People who advertise on places like Pets4Homes are usually fronts for puppy farms or backyard breeders.  The dog being a mongrel is no guarantee against this, lots of designer mongrels go for high prices on these sites. 

sheramber

SootySweep1 said:

onwards&upwards said:

Spendless said:

 In the end we did get a puppy bought  from pets4homes. They weren't a breeder. They'd just had an accident between the male and female dogs they owned (different breeds). We visited them met the pups saw both Mum and Dad and  hubby got the mongrel he'd always wanted. We are still in touch with the people we bought from plus everyone who had one of the pups. We have a facebook page for them

OP, this is a classic example of how NOT to get a dog. 

Why is this the classic example of how not to get a dog ?
I do understand the concern about puppy farms and that they use websites like pets4homes & gumtree to sell puppies but how do you pass on pups that are mongrels ? Where should you advertise them ? I'm genuinely interested because I'd quite happy adopt a mongrel pup if I knew it came from a decent home ? I don't think the Kennel Club will list mixed breed dogs. Sorry if I'm dumb but trying find a pup / young dog to adopt is proving difficult. I'm happy to pay but I would prefer not to pay the £3k I see some pedigree pups advertised at.
Cheers
Jen

Responsible  pet owners with two different sexes do not have accidental litters.  There are steps they can take to avoid that.
Spendless's experience is not the norm. There are many, many tragic stories about pups acquired through these adverts who supposedly come from decent homes.
On thing to be aware of the new law that came in on 6 April called Lucy's law.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lucys-law-spells-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-puppy-farming
 

Spendless

sheramber said:

SootySweep1 said:

onwards&upwards said:

Spendless said:

 In the end we did get a puppy bought  from pets4homes. They weren't a breeder. They'd just had an accident between the male and female dogs they owned (different breeds). We visited them met the pups saw both Mum and Dad and  hubby got the mongrel he'd always wanted. We are still in touch with the people we bought from plus everyone who had one of the pups. We have a facebook page for them

OP, this is a classic example of how NOT to get a dog. 

Why is this the classic example of how not to get a dog ?
I do understand the concern about puppy farms and that they use websites like pets4homes & gumtree to sell puppies but how do you pass on pups that are mongrels ? Where should you advertise them ? I'm genuinely interested because I'd quite happy adopt a mongrel pup if I knew it came from a decent home ? I don't think the Kennel Club will list mixed breed dogs. Sorry if I'm dumb but trying find a pup / young dog to adopt is proving difficult. I'm happy to pay but I would prefer not to pay the £3k I see some pedigree pups advertised at.
Cheers
Jen

Responsible  pet owners with two different sexes do not have accidental litters.  There are steps they can take to avoid that.
Spendless's experience is not the norm. There are many, many tragic stories about pups acquired through these adverts who supposedly come from decent homes.
On thing to be aware of the new law that came in on 6 April called Lucy's law.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lucys-law-spells-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-puppy-farming
 

The 2 lads we bought our puppy from are young, early 20s and a couple. . They live in the home of one of their parents.. Their Mum owned an older pedigree male dog that had had a couple of litters.  The lads owned a crossbreed dog, so our dog is a mix of 3 dogs. There's a further female dog in the same house (same breed as Dad)  The lads  didn't realise she was pregnant till a visit to the vets over something else.  Yes they were naive etc about the liklihood of the dogs breeding. It was most certainly an accident. We visited the household, saw all the dogs, Mum, Dad, puppies and the humans and did this several times before we took our dog home. The people who had the other pups did the same.  We have a facebook group with the lads, the Mum and everyone who took one of our pups siblngs. It might be rare but it happened.

I only wrote about it because we struggled so much to find one in a rescue centre, part of which I touched on in my earlier reply.
Our experience of them was we were going to get a dog that had been shipped in from abroad and usually had health issues. My vet friend confirmed this. She works in the same village as that particular centre and told me they'd been told directly to stop importing them. We then tried other places, we weren't able to be contacted if a match came up with a dog, something the OP has also mentioned. When some suitable dogs did come up, they'd already gone by the time I'd driven to the rescue centre. We didn't always meet the criteria for dogs we'd have been interested in.  We'd have stood more chance if we'd been able to take any breed. One of the breeds often in the rescue centres where I live, often doesn't mix with smaller dogs and this would be mentioned in the centre's info. There's several small dogs in our extended family, so this ruled us our of this particular breed. If our experience  of trying to get a shelter dog isn't the same in England and it's a lot easier then I'm glad to hear it. I would have dearly loved to give a shelter dog a home, 

Spendless

Why is this the classic example of how not to get a dog ?
I do understand the concern about puppy farms and that they use websites like pets4homes & gumtree to sell puppies but how do you pass on pups that are mongrels ? Where should you advertise them ? I'm genuinely interested because I'd quite happy adopt a mongrel pup if I knew it came from a decent home ? I don't think the Kennel Club will list mixed breed dogs. Sorry if I'm dumb but trying find a pup / young dog to adopt is proving difficult. I'm happy to pay but I would prefer not to pay the £3k I see some pedigree pups advertised at.
Cheers
Jen

It took me 20 years to agree to a dog. I'd grown up with a family dog so had husband, but I had concerns how we'd make it work with jobs. Finally the time came when it was right to do. Over those 2 decades DH dreamed of a dog and always wanted a mongrel (a heinz 57 not a mix of 2 dogs). I always told him it would be impossible to find. because 2 diff pedigree dogs nowadays are so called 'designer dogs' and the breeding goes no further than that unless it's an accident. It's pure chance we got a mongrel, he's a mix of 3 breed. Our dog comes from a decent home not a puppy farm or anything.    The lads we bought off went and had pups Mum spayed afterwards, so they weren't looking to do this again. 

KimBaumgart

I understand there are a lot of puppy farms doing a great job raising and producing top breed dogs. However, I would always recommend getting a rescue mix breed. I had a few during my lifetime. They are healthy and grateful beyond words.