How do I find a puppy?

[featherglass]

Have recently retired and were looking for a puppy. We're after a smaller dog as have a small house and garden - but live beside forests and fields so exercise not a problem I don't mind paying but am not after a 'designer dog', I want a 'dog dog / cross breed?' We have two cats hence wanting a puppy. I daren't risk a rescue dog with an unknown background. Any advice about where to look / go? Thank you.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Rescue centres often have puppies.

Otherwise, a reputable breeder through the kennel club.

[CMOTDibbler]

How about Dingle who is a patterdale x pug x terrier, or one of his siblings?

Unfortunatly there are quite a lot of puppies born in rescue, but you are better looking with the smaller charities for them

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Aw Dingle is lovely.

[CMOTDibbler]

His mum, Nelly is very cute - she was in rescue for a couple of days before having the pups, and is awaiting a forever home too. The pups have been with mum in foster, and then in their own foster homes, so are really well known, used to family life etc.

[featherglass]

Dingle looks adorable. We're on the outskirts of London. We've been to several Rescue centres and none of them had puppies - lots of staffies and greyhounds who we'd have adopted in a heartbeat - if it wasn't for the cats.

[featherglass]

Think Evesham is a bit too far from us sadly

[featherglass]

CMOTDibbler - have also spotted Sugar on the website - adorable

[CMOTDibbler]

They can homecheck anywhere, and I know that for people with a homecheck done, they have allowed them to visit the dog and take them with them if they are happy.
If you bought from a breeder, you could have to drive a long way anyway

[featherglass]

Thank you - that's really helpful.