"We couldn't do it anymore"

[skinnydipper]

 

[FestiveG]

Wtf!!!!!!!!!

 

[smolmaus]

They don't sound particularly heartbroken tbh. Credit where credit is due for doing the right thing for the dog in the end but zero credit awarded anywhere else in that absolute fiasco.

 

[fiwen30]

There are no words, without getting a slap on the wrist from admin, to sum up how angry that makes me. The fact that this Rob Nash probably got money as well as exposure to put together that train wreck makes me even angrier.

 

[FinnBobs]

Argh!

 

[meleeka]

Well at least it might put other stupid people off. ?

 

[AmyMay]

So, those of you who are expressing anger - should they have kept it? ??‍

 

[Britestar]

Working bred, in a domestic home, 1st time collie owners.
Lucky puppy as got taken back..

 

[Mule]

I suppose I wouldn't expect him to keep it but he should make an effort. If the seller didn't take it back, no doubt he'd have dumped it on an unsuspecting rescue. Anyway, he's still an idiot. I'd be embarrassed to admit doing what he did.

 

[Cortez]

Well, perhaps it will act as a deterrent for other foolish people not to get a pup that they can't deal with.

 

[paddy555]

I expect there are a lot of Rob Nash's and a lot of Mabels. It was lucky to get taken back before too much harm was done.

and no, Cortez it will not act as any sort of deterrent to others. It never does I am afraid. They will simply think they can do a lot better and anyway a BC pup is just small, cuddly and not a problem anyway. I remember my last BC, she ran all day alongside the tractor and still was not tired but people don't understand how much mileage they can do.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

So, those of you who are expressing anger - should they have kept it? ??‍

No, they should have done more research into that particular cross - BCxPoodle, was always going to be a difficult, bright, active pup and into pups in general, they certainly shouldn't have panic bought because 'we've come a long way and another lockdown is imminent'. It seems to me that the pup had more sense than the author!

 

[AmyMay]

No, they should have done more research into that particular cross - BCxPoodle, was always going to be a difficult, bright, active pup and into pups in general, they certainly shouldn't have panic bought because 'we've come a long way and another lockdown is imminent'. It seems to me that the pup had more sense than the author!

They didn’t buy a cross. But of course everything else you say is correct.

Thankfully though, when they did see sense, they returned it.

Why on earth vilify them ??‍

 

[IrishMilo]

Why on earth vilify them ??‍

My thoughts too. People buy unsuitable horses all the time, come on here, and get advised to sell them if not suitable as that's what's best for horse and owner. Why's it different just because it's a dog?

 

[Mule]

I suppose it goes back to the (well worn) warning that a puppy isn't just for Christmas. It's a reasonable assumption that people would realise the same applies to lockdowns.

 

[FestiveG]

My thoughts too. People buy unsuitable horses all the time, come on here, and get advised to sell them if not suitable as that's what's best for horse and owner. Why's it different just because it's a dog?

Because the idiots who bought this pup did no appropriate research and didn't even seem to understand, or have any control over the children they had produced! A supposedly educated couple with no thought for anything but their own immediate wants!

 

[skinnydipper]

Even though they have children - who will have needed potty training, it didn't seem to have crossed their minds that a puppy would need house training.

 

[Kipper's Dick]

The author of this article is an Editor at the Sunday Times. Someone who should know how to use a computer and would likely do some research before buying a car or a washing machine. But appears to have bought a pup without doing any homework on suitable breeds or puppy care and training. The pup is fortunate that the farmer was prepared to take her back. Not all pups are so lucky.

And most people who buy a horse have some idea, I hope, of what is entailed in keeping one. If they haven't then I have no patience with them, either.

 

[cobgoblin]

At least the dog had some sense.

 

[Wishfilly]

The author of this article is an Editor at the Sunday Times. Someone who should know how to use a computer and would likely do some research before buying a car or a washing machine. But appears to have bought a pup without doing any homework on suitable breeds or puppy care and training. The pup is fortunate that the farmer was prepared to take her back. Not all pups are so lucky.

And most people who buy a horse have some idea, I hope, of what is entailed in keeping one. If they haven't then I have no patience with them, either.

Very much this- they admit they have no idea what keeping a puppy would involve. Most people who buy a horse do have some idea. It's not just this puppy being the wrong match- it sounds like any puppy would have been the wrong match.

At least the farmer did the decent thing!

 

[Supertrooper]

I expect there are a lot of Rob Nash's and a lot of Mabels. It was lucky to get taken back before too much harm was done.

and no, Cortez it will not act as any sort of deterrent to others. It never does I am afraid. They will simply think they can do a lot better and anyway a BC pup is just small, cuddly and not a problem anyway. I remember my last BC, she ran all day alongside the tractor and still was not tired but people don't understand how much mileage they can do.

Agree, it won’t put people off, they’ll still buy puppies that are totally unsuitable for their lives and that they can’t afford when things go wrong (but that of course is always someone else’s fault ?)

 

[TPO]

"We saw a litter not living in the best of conditions" but yet they were happy to return the pup to those conditions and then publically insult the farmer who done them the kindness of taking the pup back.

People ??

 

[Arzada]

I find it absolutely pathetic that 2 adults + 2 nearly adults can't 'get out more' under their own volition

 

[Moobli]

So, those of you who are expressing anger - should they have kept it? ??‍

He should never have got her in the first place.

 

[Moobli]

Makes me so depressed! I truly wish that article would put other similar muppets off buying lockdown puppies but sadly we all know it won't.

Head. Brick wall.

 

[PapaverFollis]

I can't understand why people have such strange expectations of dog ownership. It's like they've never met a dog or spoken to anyone who ever had a dog.

 

[scats]

My friend text me this weekend to tell me she had just put a deposit down on a lab puppy. She’s never had a dog before, her and her husband work full time and they have 3 young children. The husband doesn’t want a dog. So much so that he wouldn’t talk to my friend after she put deposit down.
I have a feeling it’s going to end in disaster, but I desperately hope I’m wrong.

 

[AmyMay]

My friend text me this weekend to tell me she had just put a deposit down on a lab puppy. She’s never had a dog before, her and her husband work full time and they have 3 young children. The husband doesn’t want a dog. So much so that he wouldn’t talk to my friend after she put deposit down.
I have a feeling it’s going to end in disaster, but I desperately hope I’m wrong.

Oh God, that’s awful

 

[wispagold]

Even though they have children - who will have needed potty training, it didn't seem to have crossed their minds that a puppy would need house training.

The article says they are cat people... Maybe they thought it was going to be like a cat and toilet train itself and be pretty much self sufficient.

It is amazing that people will pay large amounts of money and take on a long term commitment with so little thought and research.

 

[misst]

At least it has gone back and they were honest enough to admit defeat quickly. The puppy will be fine. "not living in the best of conditions" - was this a farm dog? I think people expect fluffy beds and immaculate conditions.

My latest pup was from a registered breeder. The old bungalow on site which staff used as coffee room/loo etc and the dogs were brought into for viewing was pretty grubby (like a yard tea room set up). They were not bred in a kitchen but in professional kennels. They run a boarding kennel as their main business. Clean and heated. They came into the bungalow in the day for socialisation and play. They sometimes went home with the breeder at night to her house to introduce them to a home with applicances etc and they would go in the car to pick her kids up from school etc so that had experience of this. Two litters only from the bitches at age 2 and 4 then bitch spayed. However I read a review that described the place as "filthy" and a puppy farm - it was neither but nor was it a cosy kitchen in a house.

She is now a proper house dog spoilt as anything - but they were terriers bred for mainly local farming families so some will remain outdoor dogs. Not my choice but not unacceptable if housed properly. My previous pup came from local settled travellers and was bred in the "garden shed". She was healthy as anything and again well socialised and handled - not ideal but not awful. Both times to be fair they wanted to know if we understood what terriers are like

No one will learn from this article because as someone else said people will just think they will do better. Pets4homes etc are full of dogs being sold "no fault of their own" "heartbreaking sale" - reading between the lines it looks to me like they bark, poo, wee, chew - and people cannot cope.