Might not be able to pick up my puppy in 4 weeks - courier service?

[TTlover]

Hi all.

Due to lockdown restrictions, I probably won’t be able to collect my puppy in 4 weeks time. As rules are only for essential journeys. Do you think a courier would still be able to pick up the puppy for me? (It’s not ideal but I’d rather the puppy have a bond with me straight away rather than being with the breeder for months). Thanks.

[pigsDOfly]

I feel like I must be missing something here, but how is having a puppy brought to you by a courier any different from you going and picking it up from the breeder yourself.

Both identical journeys and both nonessential.

Unless the puppy is going into the van of a general courier along with a load of other parcels of course, in which case you're going to end up with a very traumatised puppy.

[fivedogstofeed]

Wow. Breeder's making sure she gets her money then.

[Gigipixiz]

It's tricky as technically the breeder can bring the puppy to do as it is for work and on the Kennel club is says that this is allowed. However no injections and no microchip is the bigger concern isn't it?
We are in a similar position but the family live on our street so they can drop off I guess at the door? I am more concerned about health checks etc.

[GreyishDays]

Is the reference to 12 weeks when you’re getting her or when you’d get her if you wait a bit? I’m wondering how old she is going to be when they release her.

[SoapIsYourFriend]

Have you met the puppy before?

[vanillandhoney]

That is utterly disgraceful.

You shouldn't be getting a puppy at all right now. How are you going to walk it or socialise it by sixteen weeks? Because vets aren't doing vaccinations at all right now.

Shocking behaviour on your part and on the breeders part. Money and greed before animal welfare.

[SpillTheTeaa]

Absolutely shocking.
Your main concern is that your puppy won't look like a puppy if you have to wait longer than you wanted to! Disgusting. You shouldn't have a dog and the breeder is a disgrace and shouldn't breed!!

[Veterinari]

I assume this isn't a KC registered breeder @TTlover ?

Out of interest, what's the (cross)breed?

[midnightstar66]

We are in a similar position. I'm in a fortunate position in that I know the breeder personally very well and already know pups mum so don't need to see puppy with mum/assess home etc and breeder does not need to home check me. My main concern of course is the vaccinations - but puppy will remain unvaccinated and unable to go out and learn about the world wherever they are. They'll have their littler mates if they stay to socialise with but will not be socialised with children which is a worry. It's so he's to know what's best! It's a bit late to berate OP about getting a puppy now as I imagine this was planned long before we had these issues.

[vanillandhoney]

It's a bit late to berate OP about getting a puppy now as I imagine this was planned long before we had these issues.

The breeder should never have let her get the puppy. It's firmly against KC regulations to go and collect a puppy now.

Getting a dog is not essential. Good breeders will have contingency plans in the event a litter cannot be sold for some reason. If they don't have a back-up plan, I wouldn't want to get a puppy from them in the first place as it shows me they're only interested in the money and not the welfare of their pups.

[user1493494961]

Shocking behaviour.

[NurseJaques]

I actually cannot believe OP is real

[midnightstar66]

Oh come on, nobody had a contingency plan for this. I didn't, the government didn't, and I very much doubt any breeders do. Yes they have contingency plans for if a puppy needs returned or if someone who has reserved one has a chance in circumstances and can no longer take their dog but the chances of being left with entire litters when they are sometimes reserved even before conception is not a likely scenario that a ot one would expect to have to prepare for. FWIW I think the courier idea is a terrible one and I'd be very concerned about not seeing the pups in their home sign their parent but it's understandable that OP would want her puppy at the same time and that breeders might think it better for a dog to go to their homes. There is some fantastic advice out there on socialising unvaccinated pups during lockdown and this would be far more ideally done in a pups new home so it's a very tricky and unprecedented situation

[BrooHaHa]

I think this must be happening a lot. I keep seeing posts on here along the lines of, 'I got a puppy a week ago and...' and have to stop myself interrogating them as to how they managed that.

[vanillandhoney]

Oh come on, nobody had a contingency plan for this.

It's been obvious that lockdown was coming for weeks - if not months. If you haven't been paying attention to the news, that's on you. Breeders should have been seeing what was happening in other countries and thinking about their litters and what they would do if the same thing happened here.

Nobody needs to go and collect a puppy right now. Breeders should be keeping them until it's safe for them to go their new homes. It's highly irresponsible to be selling puppies at the moment, no matter how upsetting it is for all the parties involved.

The fact that the Kennel Club says not to do it, and that people have been pulled over and stopped by police for it should tell people something. Puppies should stay with their breeders and be socialised with their litters.

[midnightstar66]

These pups would have been conceived around the end of December/beginning of January - nobody at the time could have imagined this. Knowing about a lockdown a few weeks ago maybe but by then it a too late. The pup we are supposed to be getting it will be hard now for the breeder to socialise well. They live extremely rurally running a normally busy working farm and stables of 40 horses. Socialisation was easy with staff coming and going, vehicles coming and going, family with young kids visiting, the pups were even going on days out in the horse lorry. Now there are no staff, no kids, the horses are all turned away and no one is going anywhere. Absolutely no one could have foreseen that change in circumstances early enough to stop the puppies existing

[TTlover]

I think all of you critical people need to calm down! This was all arranged before the pandemic happened! We paid a hefty deposit so will not lose out on it and we are in love with her.

The breeder has 9 puppies plus three or four other dogs. Also- if you look on the KC website, advice has changed slightly to do with animal welfare! Breeder feels that the puppies would be safer coming to individual homes in terms of care and feeding. If you must know, a pet transportation service (licensed) is picking up my pup with another 6!

My family know a vet and he has offered to give the puppy her vaccines- so no issue there and she is booked in!

Thanks to all of those who understand that this is an impossible situation!

[rottie2]

i suppose to be collecting my rottie in 2wks time she would have had her vacs and micro chip but worried i cant get her she is 14wks old and worried she wont settle with my kids as years ago you be able to get a puppy at the age of 8wks the breeder im having her off is really nice but i have paid for this puppy and she wasn't cheap we want her so she will be used to us as a family like it supposed to be like doing things we want to do with her surely this is normal we buy a puppy we want a puppy this could go on for years so what does this mean my puppy could be fully grown by the time we have her we been waiting for her way before all this was happening we done loads of research to fing the best one we could get.