To ask honestly where you got your dog from

[wowowwow]

Ours came from an ad on Pets4homes. Had no idea this wasn’t good. Dog has been fine though.

Not at all allthe

I think such a draconian sort of line - you can buy this dog from me for a large sum of money but I will decide this and this and this - actually drives people to puppy farms.

Obviously dogs shouldn’t be sold to less than ideal owners but if you are selling dogs there has to be some acknowledgement that once that dog is sold you lose control over it.

First one from rescue and 2nd from breeder because daughter wanted specific breed.
Having gone through "the puppy stage" any future dogs will be adult rescue dogs!!

@wowowwow

Most breeders sell their puppies with a clause in the contract that if the dog has to be rehomed for any reason that you’ll contact the breeder first.

They also usually endorse the pedigree so you can’t breed without them lifting the endorsement.
Yes technically you could go find a sire / dam and have a litter but you won’t be able to register the progeny if the parents have endorsements on their pedigree.

That’s not in order to control people it’s to protect the breed and to protect the breeder’s line, it’s their name on those puppies’ linage.

Personally I’d be more concerned around the likes of the labradoodle breeders who neuter puppies before they leave for their new homes or put clauses on their buyers so they have to bring them back for breeding.

Not for someone trying to ensure a puppy they raised doesn’t end up on gumtree.

I tell everyone that ours came free from a bloke in the pub!

In reality, although it was indeed a bloke in the pub he was a family friend who’s two dogs had puppies and he wanted to find good homes for them. He absolutely adores his dogs and would only let the pups go to people he knew and trusted.

All the puppy owners are still in contact with him, and some with each other. Our dog is absolutely fantastic and loved by everybody!

We got our collie great dane cross (basically look like Dalmatians) brother and sister as 12 week old pups from The RSPCA in Australia when we lived over there and brought them back to England when we moved back. They're 8 now. They were BOGOHP as they were the last 2 from the litter that had been handed in and were a bit pooey with upset tummies and noone wanted them.

Rescued. She was found abandoned on an industrial estate, aged about one year old. We rescued her through a fostering charity.
Took a long time for her to settle, she's very scared of people, men in particular, shouting, and cars - even 3 years on she hates the car

She's a Portuguese Podengo mixed with, I think possibly, golden retriever... would love to DNA test her!

A small rescue.

Breeder.

1st dog- given to us as he was going to be pts
2nd dog- battersea dogs home london
3rd dog- battersea dogs home brands hatch
All family dogs when I was at home with my parents.

No they weren’t hip tested but were both in great health, have no health problems in their families and both have beautiful temperaments for passing down to offspring bound for a family home. I am fully aware of the argument for testing dogs before breeding to protect the breed but at the same time any one of the puppies could have been unlucky and had a health problem whether the parents passed with flying colours or not. Touch wood one year on and none have had a single health issue. Same with the parents who are now middle aged.

Actually we got our current dog from breeder through pets4homes - looking for specific breed, availability specific time of the year and that was one place she was advertising in. I am knowledgeable about dogs so knew what to look for which was lucky. The breeder was exceptional and my dog is the best in the world absolutely 100% pure breed, excellent temperament specific to the breed, no problems whatsoever.

A relative who was terminally ill.

Oh for goodness sake wow as another poster said you are being really goady now. The breeder I bought from is passionate about the breed, I doubt very much that she made 'enormous' sums from selling me a very carefully bred, reared and homed puppy. She puts an awful lot of effort trying to eradicate a problem particular to the breed, writes papers on it, dies talks etc. If my money helps with funding even a bit of that then all power to her I say. She's a good, responsible breeder and I would go back to her in a heartbeat and I know that she would trust me totally with one of her cherished pups.

Does talks

I’m not being goady. I have a different view to you - that isn’t being goady.

What all the rubbish about renting??

Pets4homes, but the breeder lives half a mile away from us and DH knew her from school. They also run a dog grooming business just round the corner from my work. They have only had a couple of litters from the Mum but also own the dad who has been stud to a fair few litters due to his working pedigree.
I was looking for a Labrador locally, hoping to get one from similar line to our previous lab. She is actually the great great niece of our old dog. She is a very healthy lab, we get lots of compliments because she’s a beautiful example of the breed. She is a working/show mix so low inbreeding coefficient.
Our previous lab was from a gamekeeper friend and was also very healthy.
I wouldn’t buy from the local reputable breeders. Their dogs are kept in barns/kennels and they breed on an industrial scale. I did a lot of research and found that their lines were unacceptably inbred.
Seeing our dogs parents with the pups relaxed in their home environment was a great help.

lovely the point is once you sell something and someone else becomes the owner you cannot stipulate how it is used. However if you just pay to use something they can. Hence owning renting comparison. I’m sorry you didn’t understand.

Patronising now too... I thought I was being helpful answering your question for whatever reason you asked it

Breeder
Family relative who was sick
Rescue

Labrador Rescue (same one as a previous poster). He was 2 or 3 then and we've had him ten years. He's a local legend

One from a friend whose dog had puppies and the other is a rescue from Many Tears.

One from a KC Registered breeder, the other from an ad on gum tree. Both amazing dogs.

Pets 4 Homes.

I work within the pet industry and meet 100 odd dog/cat owners per day, and the majority are brought. Not rescued

Although my first dog was brought from a shop window. and I’m only 24 years old !!!!

@ImNotReallyAWaitress

That’s exactly it. Thank you. My lines trace to 1918. I’m not having any tom dick and Harry breeding on!

@wowowwow you don’t get it, do you?

I’m not selling for “enormous” amounts of money. I’m not making a profit. Most of the true breeders, who breed every four or five years, aren’t. Ours are not a fashionable 4 figure priced breed.

The whole point of a contract is that I do get a say after I sell it.

Think of it more as a convenant or an overage. You can buy a property with restrictions on, say about not building a conservatory. You still own it.... (or the mortgage company does!) .