£10k for dog - seriously

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www.gumtree.com/p/dogs/lilac-chow-chows-ready-soon/1437919701

Surely no one in their right mind would pay this money.

This is taking greeders to a next level

No to mention the colour is impossible for a pure bred chow to produce so there must be something else thrown in the mix at some point.

They same people have other adverts for over £5000 for dogs too. Poor animals just being bred as a cash cow.

They are £5,500 not £10,000 either way bloody stupid amount of money to spend on a dog. If people continue to pay these amounts people will continue to breed irresponsibly. I'm perfectly happy with my £100 donation rescue dog thank you. Although those chow chow puppies are incredibly cute.

No they are £10,000.??

Unless the ad has been removed but I can still see it

I imagine they will be bought by breeders wanting to develop those colours rather than as pets - hence the price.

Ad must have been removed as your link goes straight to £5,500 dogs. Same people seem to have a range of breeds on for sale, must be making a fortune!

The only ads on there are for pups that cost £5,500, which is still absolutely ridiculous.

Still, as they say, fools and their money are easily parted!

Yes ridiculous but presumably people do buy for this silly money otherwise they won’t bother
I really don’t want anything to do with this breeding business - though I recognise there are plenty of responsible breeders out there it’s becoming harder to recognise them
our dog will come from a rescue but recognise that’s not for everyone

As long as idiots pay that people will charge it. Meanwhile rescues are full.

Strange - when i click on the link it still takes me to 10k chows. In fact if you read the advert it's starting from. That's for the cheapest pup. Probably the boys

People do buy them, yes. It's bonkers to me.

My dog is from a breeder - admittedly we got him pre-COVID and all the price hikes, but we paid £650 for him. He came with four generations of pedigree, both his parents had all the necessary health tests as well as hip and elbow scores. We're still in touch with his breeder (and the owners of all his litter mates).

I see some of these prices and think it's absolutely insane. Backyard breeders who don't give a shit and just want money.

But, rescues are almost impossible for many people. I know loads of people (ourselves included) who got rejected for very spurious reasons. I understand they need to do their duty and check owners and homes thoroughly, but they're their own worst enemies sometimes.

I follow a breed specific rescue on Facebook - they have dogs who have been with them for years, but you look at their rehoming criteria, and it's hardly surprising these dogs can't find new homes.

@sunsetsandsandybeaches

My current dog we also got from a breeder. We waited 2 years and finally got him during covid and paid the correct price, £1000

He is a staffy, who mother and father are both true breed standard showing dogs and all fully health and genetic tested. I did a lot of research and went to my local breed club. I would never buy a dog off gumtree etc.

The only reason I got a puppy (the 10 previous dogs I have had, all came from rescues or were unwanted) is due to having primary aged kids we didn't want to test the temperament of a dog on our kids which when you get a rescue you are doing.

I volunteered for a staffy rescue for a number of years and the lies people tell us unreal. So really you only have the foster time or kennel time to know the dog and I wouldn't risk that with my kids.

I think some rescues are a joke with their requests. The staffy rescue I worked with would rehome to most ..partly due to the shear volume of dogs. People in Flats, people who worked , kids etc.

Some rescues are a joke but plenty are more reasonable. Also you can go to local pound. Our local pound will pretty much rehome to most also, saves the dog from being destroyed.

I have seen Bullys selling for 10-15k, no one normal has that amount of spare cash just sitting about for a dog. It all just screams money laundering to me!

As for rescues, the majority work on a case by case basis. And just because it didn't work for you, doesn't mean it didn't work for that rescue. The amount of dogs being signed over with complex behavioural issues (thanks pandemic pups) is ridiculous - they have to be careful. Fortunately the majority will find homes really quickly - the popular ones get dozens of applications so the rescues can just go with the first excellent one from the pile.

Rescues have people lying to them on a daily basis over what they can offer a dog, just to get a dog, any dog. And if they manage to get one, that poor dog is likely to end up being returned pretty quickly, every time a dog is returned they just get MORE confused and need an even more specific home. Sigh.

It makes me want to scream when I see people saying a rescue "forced" them into buying a puppy. No they didn't. People just weren't patient enough to wait until the right match came along. Yes, sometimes it can take a year.

The same people who pay these prices usually then say they can’t afford pet insurance.

People are paying over the odds for merle "spaniels" too.

Except again, this colouring doesn't occur in spaniels so there's x breeding going on. And merles come with a whole host of other things to consider too.

It's madness

@GuyFawkesDay and the worst thing with the Merle dogs is that stupid people don't know enough to avoid the double merle gene, and then rescues get the litters of deaf and blind puppies to deal with. I'm seeing more and more of them and I don't even follow rescues where it is a bigger problem

Had to bite my tongue the other day when out and someone was tellinge excitedly about the silver labrador they were getting

You're moaning about this OP then reveal you paid £1000 for a staff?! The breed most likely to end up in a shelter, there's literally thousands looking for homes.

Pot, kettle, black?!

But if you had read OPs post, you would have seen she had children and therefore wasn’t able to get a rescue staffy

Ive been a volunteer fosterer and assessor for a staffie rescue, on top of rehoming 2 dogs from them
The rescue knows me very well, but they still wouldn’t let me foster or rehome after I had DC in the house

it’s in absolutely no way comparable to the backyard breeder OP has linked to

@Goshdarn

I have primary aged children. I wouldn't ever take a rescue into the home of young kids. I worked for the staffy rescue as a home checker and transporter for many years.

I have 10 previous rescue dogs. I'm sensible and my circumstances this time with children dictated to a rescue not being suitable.

I also researched breeders through the breed club and wait 2 years on a list for a health and genetic tested staffy and paid the correct amount for a breed standard dog, which I show. These dogs aren't being bred for money but to keep the showing blood lines going hence the long wait for one.

My next dog will 100% be back to a rescue as my children will be late teens almost adults then.

Very much not pot kettle black. Just a experienced and sensible dog owner who knows rescues and young children is a risky combination .

£900/1000 is the correct amount for a Staffordshire bull terrier for the last 4/ 5 years.

Plenty of staff pups need home too. No excuse for lining breeders pockets.

Insane.

Also the concept of buying a puppy from Gumtree, as if it was a 2nd hand sofa, is repugnant....

Really?

in several years of volunteering for one of the bigger staffy rescues in SE England, I didn’t see ‘plenty’ of staff puppies needing homes

in fact, the only pups I saw were crossbreeds or puppy farm rescues. Neither of which I would particularly want to have around young children

no shame in admitting you’re wrong on this, and OP isn’t the one doing something wrong here

@Mariposa80

a silver Labrador- do they mean a weimerana - I haven’t seen one before.

No to mention the colour is impossible for a pure bred chow to produce so there must be something else thrown in the mix at some point.

I wouldn't pay that much for a dog. But you are incorrect about the colour. Lilac isn't a recognised "breed colour" - for what that is worth as I wouldn't give tuppence for so-called breed standards either. But lilac chows do exist, they come from Northern China. fictspedia.fandom.com/wiki/Lilac_Chow_Chow

There is someone in my village who paid £6000 for a silver/blue Labrador. Imo, you are not a true animal lover if you contribute to this madness. Dogs are companions, friends and living creatures to care for not fashion accessories. Personally, I would never purchase a puppy and line the pockets of breeders who care about money and not much else. I always rescue but whilst we still have idiots happy to buy designer dogs then this will continue. The government needs to put a stop to this.

"Silver Labs" are relatively new in the UK but started in the US in the 1950s apparently. There probably was some outcrossing to breeds like Weimeraners at first, but now that silver is getting more and more popular as everyone wants that "rare" thing don't they :(