Puppy from "breeder" or "facebook"?

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#2833440 16-Dec-2021 13:45

For me, always breeder.

It doesn't matter whether the dog is advertised on Facebook ( for example my German Shorthaired Pointer came from the GSP Rescue organisation in FB) but the dog needs proper bloodlines and papers for me and that means it must originate from a proper breeder I can evaluate. YMMV.

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#2833446 16-Dec-2021 13:50

neb:
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Also I agree with another comment about pet insurance.

Another issue with that is the bigger the dog, the bigger the medical bills. Even outside of ACC-subsidised stuff I think it's still probably cheaper to get an operation done on a human than on a large dog.

Yeah. Nah.

My heart surgery would have cost about $60,000. Hard to think of dog surgery that would reach quite that high, although it can certainly cost.

We had a bladder stone removed from our Fox Terrier early on this year. Was $1000.

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#2834992 17-Dec-2021 16:22

Relevant: Puppy scams this Christmas: Police warn of sales for dogs that don't exist - NZ Herald

Investigation Support Unit's Constable Kylee Coubrough said the fake websites had been set up to sell puppies sight-unseen.

"At Christmas time, we sometimes think we can get good deals through online traders and it's not always the case," she said.

"Police have noticed an increase of people selling puppies which don't exist."

"They can be sought-after and popular breeds such as English bulldogs, huskies, Staffordshire bull terriers to Maltese and even toy poodles."

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#2835656 19-Dec-2021 22:14

Next dog I get if I get one is going to be from the pound. My ex girlfriend was a dog lover through and through. She used to save dogs and kill them every day at the pound.

It absolutely broke her mental health, but really highlighted a few things for me. A lot of those animals aren't "broken" as is so commonly believed. A lot of them cost some rich person multiple thousands of dollars only to be dumped at the pound because "they won't stop pooping on the floor" or "they bark too much". A lot of the hate the pound gets is completely unjustified ramblings of those who didn't look after their animal properly.

Good luck with your dog!

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