SIL cannot sell puppies - What next?

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Hi, my SIL's dog got pregnant by accident. They own father and another dog. It is a mixed breed - part german shepherd part husky with other breeds thrown into the mix. There are 9 puppies, 3 have sold. But the other six are not budging. Added complication is that they are now 7 weeks old and I know the window of opportunity to sell will be getting smaller as they get older. They are cute pups but very large.

What can she do? Obviously she cannot keep them....

This is defo not a wind up unfortunately but if you feel it is, just stop replying.

1. controversial subject matter

2. OP drip feeding

What makes you think that Bran

Recommendations for rescues to contact

Large Breed Dog Rescue
Furry Friends in Surrey- contact name is Emma Semple
Also the Dog warden for Dartford Kent works with a uk wide no kill rescue. His name is Niall Lester.

Good idea, OP.

Tootle-pip!

I want to believe it is a wind up , but probably isn't

Makes me so angry that people treat animals as a source of income.

Have the puppies been taken from the bitch already?!? I thought you had to wait twelve weeks?

Are you going to get her to read this thread?

It still amazes me that people believe baby gates will keep two sex crazed large breed dogs apart.
Entire male + entire female dog = puppies, regardless of size. Sometimes you wonder if a box was involved.

Can she read? Because she doesn't sound as if she lives in the real world.

Your SIL is a fucking idiot. HTH.

at AlpacaLypse waddling, grumpy dalmation/JR cross.

Reputable breeders will usually let pups go to their forever homes at 8 weeks in the UK. That's after they've been wormed loads of times & they can have had their first series of vaccinations & been microchipped.

Not really relevant, but recently learned about something called a 'Pomski', probably not correct spelling , but anyway, it's a cross between a Pomeranian and a Husky apparently; now how the bloody hell does that work? Clearly puts OP's SIL's theory that a small dog won't mate with a large bitch out the window.

It might look pretty, but as is the case with so many of these so called designer dogs, no thought has been given to the desirability or otherwise of mixing these two disparate breeds; obviously OP's SIL has put a similar amount of thought into the breeding her dogs.

It's all about the money.

I'm sure I've seen a picture of a JRT/GSD cross which looked like a GSD with really short legs. Competely wrong IMO.

I love GSDs as I grew up with them but love all dogs (and cats!) really, just do not understand back yard breeders at all. All my animals are from charity rehoming centres (except one who was a private re-homing) and the cats are elderly ones who are a little hard to match.

I don't think it's a wind up because I'm sure I've seen OP around regularly...

Your SIL is a fucknugget. If she cannot sell then she needs to approach a rescue, but if she does, rather than taking money for pimping out her bitches uterus (bollocks was it an accident) she should GIVE a whole lot of money to the rescue that sorts her shit out for her.

I don't know the actual cost, but if this was my vet it would cost the rescue:
£70 in vaccinations, twice.
£50 for full vet check
£75 castration for males, £125 spaying for females

So over £300 PER PUPPY.

Now I know that a lot of rescues have 'pro bono' vets on the books, but they only get the 'cost' of the vet taken off. Rescue will also be paying to shelter, feed, advertise, home check and transport the puppy.

I have a friend that very sadly is finding it hard to rehome (for genuine and very sad reasons) a much loved, much cared for giant breed dog because the rescues are so full. She's willing to continue to pay for the upkeep of her dog until she is rehomed, but no luck so far. You SIL is adding to this problem across the country thanks to her irresponsibility and greed.

SIL is a complete fucknugget and thanks to her other dogs will probably die. If she were my SIL I'd disown her.

You want to know what happens to puppies that can't be sold? Well I am on my way to the pound ( again)this morning to collect one such unwanted pup who would otherwise probably be put to sleep after being dumped by her 'owner'.
Free to good home ads are well known hunting grounds for dog fighters and other morons who want dogs to use for breeding.
Yes, your sister needs to ask for help from a rescue, but she also needs to give them a bloody big donation and not expect them to welcome her with open arms. Rescues here are fed up to the back teeth of dealing with people who try to breed for profit and then can't sort out their mess.
Last year I was at the the pound when 15 black lab puppies were brought in - it was close to Christmas so they had obviously passed the cut off date for selling as 'presents'. That's what happens.
FWIW I have also had the misfortune to know a complete moron who allowed her westie to get her labrador pregnant..
FFS I could go on but I think it's all been said already.

So are you going to show your sil this thread?

Evedallas, has your friend had a look at the large breed rescue? Dont give me any details, we are suckers for big dogs!!!

I agree with the PP who said if it was their SIL they'd disown her. Me too. Wholeheartedly. Stupid irresponsible greedy bitch.

OP

Different sized dogs can mate. The larger female usually lies down for the small male.
I have seen 2 Maltipoos - x between a tiny maltese male and a standard poodle female. Both off spring were tiny like the dad.

Also seen an ad for German Shepherd X JR pups.

She must have them all neutered/spayed.

EveDallas, your vet is a rip off. I paid 40 quid once to get my pooch vaccinated.

Saying that, I'm surey dog was almost 200 to be neutered. Does that sound right?

Buggerbooo, I was going to say the exact same thing. I'd be the one being rehomed after but I'm so tempted to ask...