Looking to buy a puppy this weekend

To add -always, always, see the puppy with it's mother at the place it was born.

Always google the phone number before ringing, always say I'm ringing about the puppies........if they ask which ones it may be a red flag. Don't accept any excuse, OH has just taken the mum out etc. If the pups are purebred and can be registered there is no good reason for them not being nor for breeding from an adult withoit full registration.
Avoid the scam registries. Dog lovers and Kennelreg are there to assist puppy farmers and dishonest breeders. Kennel club, ISDS, NGRC are no guarantee of quality but not haviong proper documents is proof of dodginess.

Just because somewhere calls itself a rescue doesn't mean it isn't an outlet for a puppy farm.

Please don't buy a deliberate cross breed -ask yourself would you buy it if it ended up with all the bits you don't like in the parent breeds plus if someone has a quality health tested bitch they should be using it to promote that breed. Cross breds are often to fool the books as a bitch is only allowed one registered litter a year.
 
s4sugar said:
To add -always, always, see the puppy with it's mother at the place it was born.

Always google the phone number before ringing, always say I'm ringing about the puppies........if they ask which ones it may be a red flag. Don't accept any excuse, OH has just taken the mum out etc. If the pups are purebred and can be registered there is no good reason for them not being nor for breeding from an adult withoit full registration.
Avoid the scam registries. Dog lovers and Kennelreg are there to assist puppy farmers and dishonest breeders. Kennel club, ISDS, NGRC are no guarantee of quality but not haviong proper documents is proof of dodginess.

Just because somewhere calls itself a rescue doesn't mean it isn't an outlet for a puppy farm.

Please don't buy a deliberate cross breed -ask yourself would you buy it if it ended up with all the bits you don't like in the parent breeds plus if someone has a quality health tested bitch they should be using it to promote that breed. Cross breds are often to fool the books as a bitch is only allowed one registered litter a year.
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I hope you don't mind - i'm nicking this and posting on facebook. So many people on my friends list could do with reading this :)
 
s4sugar said:
To add -always, always, see the puppy with it's mother at the place it was born.

Always google the phone number before ringing, always say I'm ringing about the puppies........if they ask which ones it may be a red flag. Don't accept any excuse, OH has just taken the mum out etc. If the pups are purebred and can be registered there is no good reason for them not being nor for breeding from an adult withoit full registration.
Avoid the scam registries. Dog lovers and Kennelreg are there to assist puppy farmers and dishonest breeders. Kennel club, ISDS, NGRC are no guarantee of quality but not haviong proper documents is proof of dodginess.

Just because somewhere calls itself a rescue doesn't mean it isn't an outlet for a puppy farm.

Please don't buy a deliberate cross breed -ask yourself would you buy it if it ended up with all the bits you don't like in the parent breeds plus if someone has a quality health tested bitch they should be using it to promote that breed. Cross breds are often to fool the books as a bitch is only allowed one registered litter a year.
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This is wonderful advice and should be a sticky, how many times have people come on here with very sad stories which could have been avoided by asking these questions.
 
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