puppy going to the right home?

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Rigth well, the pups all have wonderful homes, are leaving us in a weeks time. The homes are just perfect. I actually smile when i think of how lovely the new owners are
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We were going to keep the pick of the litter for ourselfs, but due to circumstanses, are having to sell her.
Now a gentleman and his wife with small boy about 7 came to view her. He left a deposit and went. I asked him all the questions I wanted to ask, and he answered them.

But, on thinking about it, I dont want her to go to these people. Now this pup has to spend the rest of her life with them, and i want them to be perfect for her . The son loved her playing with her, and was smiling, but the father and mother didnt seem interesed to be honest. But it may well be the best home ever? I always judge a book by its cover and know I shouldnt. I want the whole family to want her and play with her not just the son. I dont know what an earth to do. The houses they live in are big with a huge garden, which would be loevely for her, but i just dont know. I told my partner the deposit is going back, but i dont want to be personal to them. What the hell am i going to say? Sorry for rambling on!
Oppinions would be great x
 
Oh no
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Lou , I think before you send the deposit back , I'd have a chat to them . Air your concerns .

They sound on paper the perfect family for her . It would be a shame for you to let them go
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Ok , now I'm rambling , shall leave the dogs experts to tell you what to do
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I haven't read other posts but I would say if you have any doubts don't sell her, there will be someone more suitable around the corner.

My mum has just collected a staffie puppy and the breeder told her two tales of how she mis judged people, the first couple turned up and they were in expensive clothes and when the man put the puppy down he sneered ' oh god bl@@dy dog hairs' so their deposit was given back and secondly she has a policy of not selling to single young men and this chap rang and said he was 24 and wanted one and she said no but he begged and begged to see them, anyway apparently he got there and explained how he had just lost his staffie at 14 and he was devastated, anyway the puppy licked him on the nose and that was it, he picked her up at the weekend.

These puppies could have their lives ruined if the wrong choice is made.
 
I sold a litter of whippet pups once. I made one mistake and I worry about it now, 11 years after the event. The guy didn't tell me the truth. It turns out he was a long distance lorry driver and he regularly left the puppy with his other dog, for a couple of days, with plenty of food and water. I was very upset when I found out. I was satisfied with the other homes and turned down a couple of people as unsuitable.

Depends on the breed, but people buying a puppy for a 7 year old to play with, is probably bad news. You will find someone else for her, give them the money back.
 
we had similar case when my parents had a litter forsale, my mum just couldnt get over a feeling she had about this couple,in the end she rang them and said she couldnt sell the puppy (she didnt go into the reasons just said she would return the deposit and that was that). sometimes you just get a feeling!!
 
I was in this situation once, and I did return the deposit. The people had other GSDs and the home seemed great but I just wasn't happy. They weren't very happy and were a bit rude to me, for which I don't really blame them, but I am glad I didn't let her go. The bitch in question is still with us, it is her 11th birthday today.
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If you really aren't sure I would follow your gut feeling.
 
Don't sell to them - trust your instincts! Give them their deposit back and just say you don't want to sell the dog. I had the same thing with one of my buyers; in some ways it was a blessing in disguise as the puppy they would have had, died. The lady then tried to get me to sell her one of the other puppies, but there was just something that didn't feel right to me so I didn't sell. Anyhow, she found another puppy elsewhere - I had a clear conscience and she had a puppy.
 
phew, thank you so much guys. You have just confirmed how I feel. Just cant put my finger on it. But will return deposit tomorrow
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Your memory is failing you, the people were from North Lancashire, I just wasn't sure about them, and yes your constant wailing and gnashing of teeth did have some influence on me I suppose.
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It's difficult. In my second litter of JRs I only had one bitch left, I was keeping the dog so couldn't really keep her. A lady had emailed me and arranged for her OH to come and have a look as they lived a while away and he was over here. He polls up in a sporty, expensive car and gets out in a suit. Give him his dues he asked all the right questions but reckoned pup was going to be living outside and be by it's self most of the time. I told him there and then in no uncertain terms were any of my pups living like that. So home he went alone.

Got a phone call that evening from the lady saying she didn't know what OH had said but could she come over to see pup. Ok, over she comes. Turns out she is one of a partnership that owns their own company and she had 2wks off to spend with pup to get her settled and was going to work from home more often than not.

Sandy (pup) gets to out with the horses, to agility classes, on regular holidays and has the life of riley. She's even picking up on their local shoot.

Yet the last litter I had nearly 2yrs ago I had the only dog puppy to sell. Had a phone call and the lady kept saying how she'd experienced terriers, they'd just lost their Staffie, how he'd be walked every day and go on holidays etc etc and sounded like a fabulous home, met them and they gave the same impression off in person.

WRONG! Nightmare. Phone calls regularly, he's doing this - he's doing that - how do we stop ... No matter what I suggested they ignored. Even when they said "we're getting another dog to calm him down" I told them it doesn't work like that but they went and did it. And what happens?? Fight breaks out and she gets bitten. So I played on it a bit and went and got him back.

He was petrified of the car and I swear he didn't even know his name, he was nearly a year old at this point. Not house trained, no basic obedience.

My best friend has him now, he knows his new name is Ollie, he's trained, only ever had one accident in the house, is spoiled rotten and loves his agility. But the old owners were adament you couldn't train him.

Don't sell her if you're not 100% sure but bear in mind things aren't always what they seem
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Trust your instinct and give the deposit back. Having a big house and garden doesn't make you a good dog owner and little boys can soon tire of pets leaving 2 seemingly uninterested adults to care for the dog. You can lie and tell them you've decided to keep her or tell the truth and say you have reservations about them. Who cares, they're not friends or relatives so if they're cheesed off so what
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