There's a Facebook page I joined where people in my city sell unwanted items such as old prams, clothes, cots etc. I joined as I'm having a clear out and thought there may be some things worth selling.
I checked the page today as I often do just to be nosey, and a young male had posted on the page saying he was selling his 6 week old bulldog puppy. The caption was "bulldog puppy £350 or swaps" with a picture of the puppy on his lap.
AIBU for thinking this is completely irresponsible? Maybe I'm getting too much into this but why would you sell a puppy if you're willing to just swap it for another?
I personally don't agree with selling puppies on the page because you just don't know the type of person they are going to. He seemed pretty desperate to get rid of it and I'm worried that someone will buy it who maybe can't look after it properly.
If I was ever in the position to sell a puppy id be in no rush I'd want to know exactly where it was going and to whom.
I've also been told that pups shouldn't be away from their mothers til at least 7 weeks old. My dogs were bought at a slightly older age but I'm not an expert on when pups should leave their mothers.
maybe
AIBU?
To be scared of who will buy this puppy?
Frillsandspills · 24/07/2015 15:43
I've just taken another look at the page I think he may have deleted it, I hope it's because somebody told him it was irresponsible and not because someone is rushing into buying it 
or perhaps admin removed it.
I suspect he's got it from, or is, a backyard breeder. I know I shouldn't wear my judgy pants but the room had plaster and coming off the walls and he seemed too young to be any sort of expert in breeding puppies, and if he got it from somewhere else that would mean the pup was taking from its bother even younger.
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