Owner wants £1k for rehoming

[Bunionbabe]

Looking for another dog after my lab died this year aged 10. Always loved labs and would like another. Nothing in local rescues but I have seen a lovely dog, aged 2 online. Owner wants £1k for him. New baby forces sale, he says. Is that reasonable? KC pup would cost similar.

I have a teenage twat of a labrador you can have for free ...

For a start, for that money, I'd expect to see the dog's full breeding and pedigree and details of when this owner purchased the dog.

Far more likely though that this is properly dodgy and I would avoid it.

Well precisely, they are utter Twats at that age.
They do (mostly) get better from around 2 if it helps

I see many lovely dogs for rehoming on Instagram page, - many tears rescue. Might be worth a look.

This made me proper laugh 😆

Please don't, OP. It just encourages people to try and make money out of dogs any way they can.

A well-bred KC registered puppy from health tested parents would certainly cost significantly more than £1k, so I suppose it depends what this dog is.

If it is a slightly older version of the above (KC registered, from parents who have all the health tests for the breed - hips, elbows, eyes at a minimum) and the dog has been raised well, I would bite their hand off at that price. If the parents didn’t have the health testing, I wouldn’t want it at any price.

If the dog is wild, you’d want to know dogs well to evaluate how easy it might be to change that and what the base temperament is like.

As others have said, you would be buying the dog, not ‘rescuing’ or ‘adopting’. Approach the situation logically and you may get a gem, but you’d need to work that out.

I'd be concerned there is a hidden illness and vet bills wanting covered.

That poor dog..

Please don't buy a random dog from a stranger on the internet. It's a really stupid thing to do.

This usually means puppy farm to some extent.

Many Tears rescues almost exclusively from puppy farms.

nearly always the sick dogs, older unsold pups or bitches that have reached the end of their breeding life.

they generally will not have had any socialisation, having lived in breeding barns their entire lives. No toilet training, no living in a house, little human interaction.

they are often unethical breeds like “teacup” dogs and ridiculous fashion crosses. None of them have been health tested and many are very sick.

nearly every MT dog requires an existing dog in the household, so they can learn how to “dog”.

there is an argument that MT by taking in all the puppy farm rejects they are actually facilitating the farming as they don’t have to drop dogs in rivers with bags of bricks- which if discovered would soon shut them down. But I can see it’s very much a rock and a hard place and saying no would be near impossible knowing you’re condemning so many dogs, even to save more in the long run.

It really makes me cross for some reason when people say they are rescuing or rehoming a dog from a private seller what you are doing is buying a dog in the same way as you would buy a puppy from a breeder . Nobody says they are rehoming a puppy when they buy from a breeder do they . Anyhow @Bunionbabe a 2 yo Labrador is not worth £1k unless it’s doing something that another 2 yo lab can’t do .

It's prob just because I have only ever had labs so haven't really considered other breeds. All the breed sites and Pets4Homes etc are swamped with lab litters. Getting a bit ancient now so a pup might be a bit of a challenge. If not a lab then what? Not a fan of terriers but I do like poodles.

Unfortunately lots of dogs brought around COVID are being rehomed and prices have gone down

I would be the buyer from hell if I was handing over £1k for a 2yo. Vet checks, chip checks, training/recall checks, etc. Suspect as soon as you mention any of this they will run for the hills.

Have you considered this?
www.guidedogs.org.uk/how-you-can-help/volunteering/volunteer-with-our-dogs/fosterer/

I read in the newspaper that there is a glut of puppies for sake. As you say Jannier, lockdown dog mania has stalled. I wonder what will happen to all those surplus pups.

..for sale..

They don't sound a good owner. Selling the dog because of a baby is pretty shitty of them. So I'd be concerned and suspicious about how the dog has been raised. They might be one of the lab owners that exercises it by endlessly flinging a ball, giving the poor thing a life time of arthritis. I also agree that they should be more concerned with finding the perfect home than money and that they should go back to the breeder first if it is in fact a well bred dog.

We've just rehomed an adult dog from a legitimate rescue. The plus points for us apart from the fact that the dogs needed a home were that the dogs are all fully vet checked, behaviourally assessed and potential owners also thoroughly assessed as to their suitability.

If I had to give up my dog, id want to do so through this sort of charity as I would be confident of the home it was going to.

Have you tried many tears rescue OP?

It's a massive red flag. Although "free to a good home" is not at all advisable, £1k isn't rehoming, it's selling.

If you want an adult labrador, look for breed specific rescues. Some of these are so full now that they do 'supported direct rehome'. This is basically facilitating rehoming without the dog going into the rescue centre or foster. The advantage of this is that an independent person will have seen and assessed the dog, so you will have some idea if there are any potential issues. I wouldn't trust someone asking £1k for selling their adult dog to be honest about any issues the dog may have.

No, but some good info on MT upthread a few posts.

The website isn’t great but these are a specialist adoption for the breed, if you’re on Facebook their page is better www.team-edward-labrador-rescue.co.uk

@Bunionbabe do you have the sort of household that would mean you are eligible/ attractive to a rescue - older / no kids , home a lot etc .