First dog incoming.. What do we need?
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Google suggests £2500 for a pup. Please tell me that you're not paying anywhere near that for a cross breed dog, without checking out the parents from what sounds very much like a puppy farm.
Looking at their website I got fed up counting the number of litters they have available in November/December.
There's a high likelihood you'll get a fine dog with no health problems, but personally I think it's morally wrong to give a puppy farm anywhere near that sort of money for a mongrel. Sorry if that sounds harsh.
eta - I think it would be morally wrong to give a puppy farm any amount of money - bad phrasing on my part. Glad to hear you're reconsidering OP.
Looking at their website I got fed up counting the number of litters they have available in November/December.
There's a high likelihood you'll get a fine dog with no health problems, but personally I think it's morally wrong to give a puppy farm anywhere near that sort of money for a mongrel. Sorry if that sounds harsh.
eta - I think it would be morally wrong to give a puppy farm any amount of money - bad phrasing on my part. Glad to hear you're reconsidering OP.
Edited by ehonda on Thursday 19th November 10:48
License allows them to have upto 100 b
hes over 6 months old on the premises.
Confirms it for me. They may protest it but this is Puppy farm, they hide it well with all the talk on the website. But it can be nothing other.
3-4 litters per bh and potentially upto 100 birches, I am sure you can do the maths.
hes over 6 months old on the premises.Confirms it for me. They may protest it but this is Puppy farm, they hide it well with all the talk on the website. But it can be nothing other.
3-4 litters per b
h and potentially upto 100 birches, I am sure you can do the maths.
bexVN said:
License allows them to have upto 100 bhes over 6 months old on the premises.
Confirms it for me. They may protest it but this is Puppy farm, they hide it well with all the talk on the website. But it can be nothing other.
3-4 litters per bh and potentially upto 100 birches, I am sure you can do the maths.
hes over 6 months old on the premises.Confirms it for me. They may protest it but this is Puppy farm, they hide it well with all the talk on the website. But it can be nothing other.
3-4 litters per b
h and potentially upto 100 birches, I am sure you can do the maths.
Walk away, OP, and be glad that you have only lost a deposit. There are plenty of other lovely pups, or maybe you will reconsider your views on rescue dogs?
moorx said:
bexVN said:
License allows them to have upto 100 bhes over 6 months old on the premises.
Confirms it for me. They may protest it but this is Puppy farm, they hide it well with all the talk on the website. But it can be nothing other.
3-4 litters per bh and potentially upto 100 birches, I am sure you can do the maths.
hes over 6 months old on the premises.Confirms it for me. They may protest it but this is Puppy farm, they hide it well with all the talk on the website. But it can be nothing other.
3-4 litters per b
h and potentially upto 100 birches, I am sure you can do the maths.Walk away, OP, and be glad that you have only lost a deposit. There are plenty of other lovely pups, or maybe you will reconsider your views on rescue dogs?
Please think it through.
I am gutted for you, taking on a pup where ever it is from should be an exciting time, not having to worry about scams etc but, walk away, take a breather and with all this info you have learned (been bombarded with!!) look again, the right one will show.
Ps, go for a whippet, much easier first time dog breed to have (of course I will be a bit bias on that )
Don't rule out rescue though, you were worried about temperament yet Husky Pom mix is no easy temperament to handle! Rescues can be so rewarding
Ps, go for a whippet, much easier first time dog breed to have (of course I will be a bit bias on that
) Don't rule out rescue though, you were worried about temperament yet Husky Pom mix is no easy temperament to handle! Rescues can be so rewarding
Great news 
after all, acquiring a puppy means spending 12-15 years with it, so it is worthwhile taking some time to get to know where it has come from, what its parents are like, meeting similar breeds and above all, never buying any animal over the internet, sight unseen.
It's hard to imagine anyone doing that with a car, especially a model you've never driven, and being told you should keep driving it for the next decade, so I don't understand why people ever do it with animals
after all, acquiring a puppy means spending 12-15 years with it, so it is worthwhile taking some time to get to know where it has come from, what its parents are like, meeting similar breeds and above all, never buying any animal over the internet, sight unseen. It's hard to imagine anyone doing that with a car, especially a model you've never driven, and being told you should keep driving it for the next decade, so I don't understand why people ever do it with animals
Great news, sorry the majority of the posts have been negative, but scammers are out there. As said they take fake bhes to act as the Mum when dropping the pup off. I once was looking at a more unusual breed, a Large Munsterlander, but the breeders put me off the breed.
They wanted deposits before I saw the puppy and although I had pick of the litter, if I chose one and somebody who showed dogs at Crufts wanted it they would get priority over me right up to collection
It's an exciting time, but do research and meet the pup in it's home before committing.
Also a Pomsky is new to me as well!
hes to act as the Mum when dropping the pup off. I once was looking at a more unusual breed, a Large Munsterlander, but the breeders put me off the breed. They wanted deposits before I saw the puppy and although I had pick of the litter, if I chose one and somebody who showed dogs at Crufts wanted it they would get priority over me right up to collection
It's an exciting time, but do research and meet the pup in it's home before committing.
Also a Pomsky is new to me as well!
There's plenty of info out there about finding a puppy, e.g.
http://www.apdt.co.uk/dog-owners/choosing-a-puppy
On a side note my dogs love their crates, they trot in there at bed time and are never in a rush to get out in the morning. They never go in there as punishment and always get a treat when they go in. I think they're indispensable.
http://www.apdt.co.uk/dog-owners/choosing-a-puppy
On a side note my dogs love their crates, they trot in there at bed time and are never in a rush to get out in the morning. They never go in there as punishment and always get a treat when they go in. I think they're indispensable.
ehonda said:
There's plenty of info out there about finding a puppy, e.g.
http://www.apdt.co.uk/dog-owners/choosing-a-puppy
On a side note my dogs love their crates, they trot in there at bed time and are never in a rush to get out in the morning. They never go in there as punishment and always get a treat when they go in. I think they're indispensable.
i fully agree - Lou has had a crate since she was 10 weeks old (36" size) and she loves it. shes almost 2 now and she takes herself off to "bed" happily. as mentioned, she never goes in there as punishment - i took the door off it months ago and fitted a length of worktop to the top of it so its a firm part of her room now.http://www.apdt.co.uk/dog-owners/choosing-a-puppy
On a side note my dogs love their crates, they trot in there at bed time and are never in a rush to get out in the morning. They never go in there as punishment and always get a treat when they go in. I think they're indispensable.
£2500 for a cross breed?!?! Thats British Bulldog money and I always thought they were some of the most expensive dogs around.
Hopefully the OP will walk away and find something that he can at least go and see in England.
Travelling shouldn't be discounted. I think we traveled several hundred miles around the south of England trying to find the right hound
Hopefully the OP will walk away and find something that he can at least go and see in England.
Travelling shouldn't be discounted. I think we traveled several hundred miles around the south of England trying to find the right hound
ehonda said:
bakerstreet said:
Travelling shouldn't be discounted. I think we traveled several hundred miles around the south of England trying to find the right hound
Shouldn't you have just gone straight to Baskerville Hall?bexVN said:
ehonda said:
bakerstreet said:
Travelling shouldn't be discounted. I think we traveled several hundred miles around the south of England trying to find the right hound
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