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The doghouse

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got a lump in my throat about this poor fellow on Gumtree

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RhodaBull · 11/01/2017 09:20

was just cruising through Gumtree for chest of drawers when up came this dog. Poor boy. A year old. I can't bear the fact that he was posing for a photo... his rehoming photo . Sadly I can't take him as I already have a big dog, but...

Golden Labrador for sale £450

Chandlers Ford, Hampshire
£450
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Golden Labrador for sale £450

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FabulouslyGlamourousFerret · 14/01/2017 12:02

The chap selling the Springer bitch 'James' is also advertising Poochon puppies a GSD a Sprockador and a Springador, as well as a Dacshund for stud .... cunt 😡😡😡😡

FabulouslyGlamourousFerret · 14/01/2017 12:24

... and a 'rottie cross' 😡 I need to step away from Gumtree before I end up sending 'James' a strongly worded email ... and then getting myself battered probably 😂

Pogmella · 14/01/2017 15:03

If you report the ad as puppy farming they'll pull it. I reported on similar basis and they deleted.

FabulouslyGlamourousFerret · 14/01/2017 15:14

It doesn't stop him doing it though does it 😥

RJnomore1 · 14/01/2017 15:26

Oh I hate these threads 😟

My dh is asthmatic and severity allergic to dogs but they make me want to buy him an isolation suit and go get all the dogs. Which would not go down well.

Empress13 · 17/01/2017 06:32

Aww look at that gorgeous face makes my heart bleed. Until we stop buying from these puppy farms it will go on.

FGS I beg each and every one of you thinking of having a dog do your research of breed, size - yes they do grow ! Think about how much time you have for dog, especially puppy, the cost of keeping dog - basic facts but still ignorant people buy them - I despair!

..... Now goes off to give my pup a big hug!

QuitMoaning · 17/01/2017 06:43

"I judge, I'm afraid. Not for giving the dog up when they are no longer able to care for it, but for having got the dog in the first place. They should have thought long and hard, considered all possible eventualities for the future, researched their choice of breed. Totally unavoidable and unforseeable circumstances are very rare."
What about husband leaving and changing from SAHM to having to go out to work? There are some situations that are unforeseeable....

SaorAlbaGuBrath · 17/01/2017 06:49

My friend returned her dog to the breeder (her son developed a severe allergy, she didn't ditch the dog because she couldn't be arsed). A year later she was contacted by the police because he'd been found dead, and the microchip linked to her. He was a braw, big, chunky Rottweiler when she had him and when we went to pick him up he was skin and bone, clearly starved and infested with fleas. I'll never forget seeing him in that state, his body was skinnier than his head and he looked brutalised.
Turns out the "breeder" had just dumped him when he got bigger because they couldn't sell him. They were jailed for what they did to him, quite right too.

Nemosnemsis · 17/01/2017 09:21

What about husband leaving and changing from SAHM to having to go out to work? There are some situations that are unforeseeable....

Actually, I count that as a forseeable circumstance. All relationships have the potential to break down. If keeping a dog is entirely dependant on the success of a mariage, I'm afraid that's not good enough.

As I said in my previous post, I waited 10 long years before I was in a position to get a dog. Some people seem incapable of waiting more than 10 minutes...

LumelaMme · 17/01/2017 13:24

If keeping a dog is entirely dependant on the success of a mariage, I'm afraid that's not good enough.
Seriously?

I take your health is 100% guaranteed for the remaining lifetime of your dog? Because health breakdown is about as foreseeable as the breakdown of a marriage, in my experience.

Nemosnemsis · 17/01/2017 14:37

I take your health is 100% guaranteed for the remaining lifetime of your dog? Because health breakdown is about as foreseeable as the breakdown of a marriage, in my experience.

Sorry I think you might have misunderstood my point. I'm not saying people should be able to predict the failure of their marriages. Infact, it's the unpredictability of marriage breakdown that rather proves my point. it's then a question of whether people are prepared to step up to the responsibility they took on when they got a dog. Not every SAHM should feel automatically entitled to rush out and get a dog, just like not everyone who works from home should feel entitled - unless they truly think they are in a position to make it work in most future eventualities.

And of course my health isn't 100% guarenteed. Although it would have to be extremely serious for it to get to the point where I couldn't keep my dog. I had a terrible 'unforseen' accident a while back and couldn't walk for almost 2 years. Did I rehome him? No, I paid out for a dog walker and pulled in favors from friends. I don't have a lot of money, but the dog comes before holidays, luxuries etc.

To be clear, I never said that there weren't some very sad, unavoidable cases where a dog had to be given up. But most of the time it's just excuses.

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RhodaBull · 17/01/2017 14:47

Exactly. Of course there are disasters. But we're not talking about death, we're talking about increasing work hours . As a SAHM, you might think, "One day I'll go back to work," and thus it might enter your head that bouncy dog at home all day is not a good acquisition.

I guess some people do not see dogs as permanent family members, just a diversion when it's convenient in life. Out dog walking I sometimes meet a lady with a lovely old spaniel. This poor old boy came to her aged 10 because the owners were retiring and wanted to travel and go on cruises etc and the dog would be a tie. The f*ers probably didn't fancy forking out for kennel/vet fees.

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Blacksox · 17/01/2017 18:49

I have never seen Gumtree before - now I am feeling really sad for those lovely dogs.

How on earth can people be charging hundreds for dogs that need re-homing? There's a lovely toy poodle that is 4 years old and they want £400

mollie123 · 17/01/2017 19:36

what I find so sad about so many of these ads is how young the dogs for sale are (often less than a year old ) and the descriptions blithely talk about - having no time for him/her, for sale through no fault of their own etc - so why oh why did they not think about that before getting a 'cute puppy' and not realising the commitment they have to make. Occasionally there can be a reason for the re-homing/sale if an owner has died or become ill but IMO these idiots (sorry for the word) buying a puppy are what is keeping the breeders (good and bad) in the money.

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