Where to find a new puppy Woes.

[kawakid]

Hello,

My lab died in November from a sudden cluster seizure, the intention was we would wait until after going on holiday at Easter before getting a new pup.

Then someone decided to eat a bat and the world went mad.

My last dog came from pets4homes and I had zero problems, I've tried replying to adverts on there.

However after applying to perhaps 15, none of them are genuine. Sometimes the pictures, dates etc are wrong. I mostly reply to dogs listed in the area and say can I come and see. (Then I get no replies).


Many of the other adverts, the English is wrong, the wording is wrong, the pictures are not consistent.

So it seems Pet4homes is a scammers market place. I haven't had 1 genuine reply and I have received zero phone calls.

I've looked a GumTree and that pretty much looks the same, in fact some are the same adverts or borrowed pictures.


(I have done the reverse Google Image Search). It seems it is ridiculously easy to list a free advert for a dog.

On Thursday I had thought I had found a genuine seller, everything sounded okay. Said they were busy, but free on Sunday or Tuesday. Didn't want a deposit and asked for me to come and have a look. (And then the advert was banned) What anyone gets from making a false advert, not even asking for a deposit, I don't get it. Though I did once go to view a bike that didn't exist, in fact the house didn't exist.

So, I've not started to look on Champdogs, the breeder needs to pay substantially to post a listing, but again there isn't much choice.

Apart from visiting the local travelers site, has anyone an idea.

I'm ideally looking for another lab, a springer or a retriever preferably a bitch.

I'm in West Yorkshire.

Thanks
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[stinkwheel]

Much as I don't like them, have you tried contacting breeders through the kennel club?

https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/findapuppy/Default.aspx
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[Pete.]

[mentalboy]

[Ste]

Watch this space.

I'll either post a detailed reply myself or see if an experienced working Spaniel breeder and working dog trainer to reply.

[Ste]

dog person: "i have waiting lists for years" [working English springer spaniels]

me: oh yes I know you have waiting lists but internet BCF people love any useful advice, plus less buying puppies from dodgy sources that become damaged goods!

dog person: "Errrrrm, I know labrador breeders but he's going to have to wait. They have waiting lists. So he's going to be looking at 18 months to get a decent puppy.

Good, apply to police forces and puppy walk for them with a view to if the dog fails it's training having it back. He could apply to police forces and have retired dogs. He could apply to guide dogs and ask for a failed or retired dog if he's after a lab. Or he could just take any scruffy mutt out of rescue but god help him cos there's a lot of shit.

There's a horse fair in run by pikeys this weekend in northampton, go there and buy one for fifty quid that's probably been stolen! [errr wtf ]

Council licensed breeders so you could advise him to contact his council and ask for labrador breeders in the area. You could mention that he could look on the Kennel Club UK website for assured labrador breeders and go on their waiting lists."

Dog person = https://www.facebook.com/Wigglydog/

[Polarbear]

Just go to a rehoming centre.

Anyone who buys a dog is as much a shit as the cvnts that sell them.
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[Pete.]

[kawakid]

[wr6133]

[struan80]

Regardless if you get a dog from a sanctiary or from a breeder. The fact is you will make one dog happy in this big bad world. Romanian breeders need love too.

[stinkwheel]

Anyone getting a puppy should read Ian Dunbars puppy book first and do what it recommends.

That is my number 1 piece of advice after 20 years of being a vet.

Even better, he has put his book online for free.

https://www.dogstardaily.com/files/BEFORE%20You%20Get%20Your%20Puppy.pdf
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[Polarbear]

I have to admit the last time I went to the RSPCA/Dogs Trust it was just about all Staffies which aren't really my cup of tea although they are perfectly good dogs temperment wise.

We have a few independant ones around our way that have less strict criteria about adoption, ie. will allow people who live on boats to adopt one of their dogs. The big boys won't.
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[Skudd]

I have got a rescue dog after having Kennel Club approved dogs in the past. When you see how much people are charging these days it's silly.

What changed my mind about getting from a breeder was when I listened to a Chicken breeder for competition and sale, out of hundreds of eggs, chicks and chickens bred only a few were kept. Guess what happened to the others? Necks rung and in a bin.
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[stinkwheel]

[Nobby the Bastard]

By the same token, my wife came across two rescue chihuahuas from bath cats and dogs whilst walking ours and ask me if we could have them.

I stupidly said yes without checking how much.

600 bastard quid they cost me....
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[kawakid]