Am I entitled to my money back for a puppy I can't keep?

[cordonbleugh]

basically, I have a puppy I can't keep, he is 13 weeks old, and has done exeptionally well with training etc, knows quite a few commands already, is very clever etc, apart from one issue - the biting, it's not just normal biting and rough play, but is actually very agressive.

Before you say anything, I have tried EVERYTHING to train him out of this, no techniques work, and when his agression is directed at my 3yo DD, I just cant take the risk that he will grow out of it.

It's not fair on her, DD can't be a normal 3yo, do anything she norally does for fear of getting attacked!

So, the breeder has agreed to have him back, but says she has no money to refund to me!

I'm assuming that she used the money for the sale of the puppies to pay off a large debt, because 8 puppies at £250 each is a lot of money!!

He is not purebred by the way, so he is not kennel club registered or anything like that.

I have asked her to have him back asap, otherwise he will go to dogs trust or somewhere similar, but now she is getting a bit nasty towards me (via text!) about the whole situation.

I made a mistake in getting the puppy and fully admit to that, now i just want him gone before he hurts DD again. I did a LOT of research, and waited months before getting him btw, so it was definately not and impulse decision, it just hasn't worked out

Anyone got any advice?

Zombie thread

At 13 weeks old, you can't have done 'everything', sorry. You can't have had him more than 5 weeks. You can't fully train a dog in that time. You can make a good start, certainly, buts he's a puppy. He'll have bad habits, he'll do things you don't like, he'll be a pain in the backside for a good year or so! Even then, they never stop learning. This is exactly why rehoming centres have such a huge pressure placed on them - people don't get this.

I would accept you made a mistake and lose your money, gracefully return him to the breeder. Be grateful she's willing to take him back, it shows she's a good breeder who cares about her puppies and will hopefully find him a new home.

Just please don't go get another dog in the hope things will be different next time!

What is it with all the zombie threads lately???

i feel for the dog going to a new home and people u should not wait for it to been foe 13 mth tha than u want to let it go think of the dog feel

Hm.
Some dogs growl and lunge and bark in play.
Rottweilers are known to be a very vocal breed and labs are known to be excessively mouthy/bitey puppies so it’s behaviour isn’t terribly unusual imo.
At 13 weeks old it’s highly likely play tbh no matter how much it ‘looks’ like aggression.

My collie growls very savagely during tuggy and play fights/roughhousing with us and the cat but it’s genuinely play.
She lunged at faces as a pup aswell.

I think you should return him as if you are scared of him now it isn’t going to go terribly well when he is a big muscly teenager and testing boundaries for real but I think it is almost certainly play fighting, not real aggression.

Oh.
I see this was 2009