Re: When Reality Hits Home....
Originally Posted by
Mups
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Art, I have no idea how you live or how fit you are, but I think maybe you did the sensible thing in not going to see the puppies. It is easier to turn down a pup if you haven't seen him and held him!
When you said about the breeders advertising last year as well, it made me wonder how many bitches they had, or were they breeding the same bitch every year?
I am rusty now with the latest rules and regs, but if they are breeding the same girl, it used to be that the KC wouldn't let them register the litter, so if the pups had paperwork, it could possibly be false.
I knew someone who did this and issued false pedigrees and paperwork over and over again to unsuspecting buyers, because she knew she couldn't register them because she was over-breeding the poor mother.
Apart from that side of it, if you miss having the companionship of a dog, would you not consider one that was past the lively puppy stage, perhaps 3 or 4 years old?
There are good and bad rescues. Sounds like you chose bad ones before if they didn't vet their re-homers properly, or weren't honest with you about their temperaments.
I agree with Swim though about many turn down older people now.
This is a shame sometimes, as we are finished working and are at home all day, which a younger couple with jobs are not. We also haven't got young kids racing around pulling tails and poking eyes either!
The only problem I can see is if you want to go away a lot.
How did you manage that when you had your Poodle?
Thanks Mups,
Maybe it was a different bitch that had these puppies? I don’t know?
These puppies wouldn’t be KC registered as they would be classed as mixed breed.
I would consider a dog of perhaps up to 14 months. I wouldn’t take in an old dog as it may incur veterinary fees due to its old age. Yes, l understand a younger dog could have health issues too.
I don’t think we purposely chose bad rescues but with regard to the Flatcoat, we weren’t told until after, that he had been rehomed twice before we had him and returned.
With the Poodle it’s owners were going to live in America and she was returned to the breeder who asked if we would take her in.
With all my dogs, l never went away and put them in kennels. They always came with us on holiday. I was taken on a cruise once and my sister came from her home in Spain to look after my two dogs and hens.
It was easy, with my poodle to take him with me as l could pick him up and carry him onto the train. The same with stairs but I could not do that with a big dog.