Downsides of buying a trained puppy/dog?

[GreenDragonisLoose]

I'm looking into buying a ready-trained young labrador, rather than a puppy and training it myself.

So you pick the sex, traits that you want, and it comes toilet trained, with recall, house manners etc.

Any downsides to this? Seems too good to be true so I must be missing something?!

I seem to have gone down a rabbit hole with this website. Obviously designed for people with money and no idea about dogs. Scroll to the bottom of the page

hillsidepawsforlife.co.uk/delivery-of-puppies/

I did a search I had no idea these" trained puppy" breeders existed , maybe the op wanted us to do a search which is quite stealthy isn't it?

I'd shut the door in Buddy's face 😂

@LandSharksAnonymous I'm sure you're right that most of what is being discussed is Bad News; perhaps what I'm talking about is really a different thing entirely!

You will miss bonding at the critical age with the dog.

That is either a shameless puppy farm or outright scam pretending to be a puppy farm.

If you google the address it’s a small 3 bed house.

I think this is a pretty fair and balanced perspective.

I’m currently on my first dog and we got her at 11 weeks and did our best with training, working with trainers, classes and behaviourists. She’s far from perfect and maybe there would have been gains from getting something in the scenario of Mordor or the likes that you mention.

What I think that misses, however, is that I (and my partner) also needed to be trained and develop as part of the growing process. For better or worse. We’ve learned soo much and made so many mistakes that I think are part of life and learning. And would stand us in good stead for a future dog, whilst improving and doing our best with our current girl 🐶.

I don't know anything about the Mordor set up or the dogs they produce.
But what I do know is that writers' write, and then their writing is edited, so that it appeals to the readers of the publication for which they are writing.
The article linked earlier in the thread may be completely accurate but its aim is to provide a story for the reader, not to expose bad practices in dog training and breeding.

Hmm furries. 🤔

It’s a good choice and one more people should make especially when first time owners. So long as your committed to carrying on the training for the life of the dog and understand you’re not buying a finished product.

I think there is a world of difference between breeders like Mordor (for example) and that Hillside place. The former sells working dogs to working homes. My dogs' breeder sometimes has older part trained puppies for sale, although they are ones that haven't made the grade rather than been bred and trained purposelý for sale. The latter seems to be a glorified puppy farm.
£4,200 for a 4 month old GR? How much training will she have had?
Delivered to your home, so you can't see the awful conditions our dogs are kept in.
Anyone who pays those prices needs their head checking. You could get 10 nicely trained, well behaved rescues for that. Or buy a puppy from a decent breeder and spend £1000s on 1 to 1 training lessons.

I think its supposed to be a mascot tbf !

Thank you so much to the mumsnetter who has taken the time to message and was quite right about my circumstances, she very kindly put me in touch with a very reputable breeder.

I've now chatted with the breeder and she's able to help me with exactly what I need - I'm very hopeful! 😊 🙏

Super grateful to all the posters for their input and dialogue on the thread too, even those that were a tad judgemental, as I know their hearts were in the right place. 🐾

@GreenDragonisLoose If and when you get a dog, please post a picture.

@GreenDragonisLoose Good luck. I hope you find your perfect dog.

The same can be said for buying a puppy, though...

Make sure it is a reputable breeder @GreenDragonisLoose As can be down by the website I linked to, looks great at first but digging deeper doesn’t look so good!

(Only quoting this post as it has the link I've just looked at)

That Hillside place - can supply a massive range of breeds - yet quotes the law stating it's illegal to bring more than 3 litters of pups into the world per year and claims it's compliant with that law.

How can that possibly be true? It has to be the front for a load of puppy farms.

@GreenDragonisLoose you need to do your own due diligence. A breed club should always be the starting point when looking for a pedigree.
Check how many dogs they own and how often each bitch has a litter. Expect to be interviewed and maybe home checked. Expect the puppy to be endorsed and come with a contract too.

I think under the new rules for breeders you have to see the mum when buying a puppy under 6 months old. I guess these companies get round this rule by giving you a ‘trained’ dog over 6 months old