jerojath Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 First, we would like to congratulate you on doing such a fine job with the pubs over the years. They truly sound like an amazing breed which would make the perfect companion for anyone worthy. We are writing to you today in search of your professional opinion on adopting a Visla pup. My wife and I live in Perth, W.A and have searched for Visla breeders in our state and have sadly failed to find one. It looks like they are all in the East coast or New Zealand. The questions on our minds are, if there are any implications on adopting a pub from another state where he/she will be so far from its parents at such a young stage of its life? and how will this impact the pub if at all? Will the flight over state be an issue for he/she. Our last dog was a Visla who we cherished and loved very much and who brought much joy to our lives. We would very much love this friendship with such a great companion again, but we would only love to make this dream a reality with pubs best intentions in mind. We would very much appreciate your opinion on the matter. Thanks Kind regards Hmmmm, not sure weather or not to reply to this one. Sound dodgy? or genuine questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokezu Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I don't like the sound of it jerojath, I would answer them but only with very basic answers, but then again I am very suspicious of e-mails with dodgy spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokezu Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) triple post Edited July 22, 2010 by Bokezu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokezu Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) triple post Edited July 22, 2010 by Bokezu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 be better if they spelt PUP correctly ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I would reply - a lot of effort seems to have gone into it (even if pup is written as pub all the way through). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I would give them the benefit of the doubt. I wouldn't consider the spelling in their email any more dodgy than a lot of posts which you read on DOL ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Sounds perfectly legit to me and they ask "normal" questions that many/most breeders will have been asked at some time in their breeding careers. Yes, the word pup is spelled incorrectly but they could be from a non-English speaking background or maybe their spellcheck failed them? Sheesh, if we discriminated against everybody who spells badly, we wouldn't bother responding to half of the people who contact us and for that matter would ignore most DOLers! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 be better if they spelt PUP correctly Yes I was a bit confused to begin with, as until recently I owned 2 PUBS! ;) Then I read on and realized they meant pups, which, until recently, I had lots of! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokezu Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) "they sound like an amazing breed" but they go on to say they owned a Vizsla...If I recieved this e-mail I would have deleted it. Maybe you could ask them who they bought their last Vizsla off, prefix and State?? Edited July 22, 2010 by Bokezu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 My take on that Bokezu is that the person is from a Non-English speaking background and they have made the mistake that many people make and refer to a particular breeder's lines or doggy family as a breed, simply because they don't know what else to call them. In this case, they've been looking on Jerojath's website, they like what they see, they think from what they've read that Jerojath's dogs/lifestyle/puppy rearing methods would suit them and they would like to ask Jerojath more questions with particular reference to the age of the puppy, flight etc etc. I honestly STILL don't see anything overly suspicious about the enquiry and believe me, with the breed I have, my radar tends to blip a little more prematurely than many others! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 "they sound like an amazing breed" but they go on to say they owned a Vizsla...If I recieved this e-mail I would have deleted it.Maybe you could ask them who they bought their last Vizsla off, prefix and State?? Yes it seems a bit like a generic "insert your breed here" type email. I have no puppies so can't help them anyway. Think I will let this one slip through.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkyTansy Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I'd reply with the basics, but let them know you have no pups at the moment. That way, if they are genuine, at least you haven't left them with a bad impression... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Baggins Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 JJ I love your website and I think that the email has come from that. A reply does not hurt anyone. PS Did not realize one came from Norma and Renzo. Related to the evil Posh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokezu Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 My take on that Bokezu is that the person is from a Non-English speaking background and they have made the mistake that many people make and refer to a particular breeder's lines or doggy family as a breed, simply because they don't know what else to call them. In this case, they've been looking on Jerojath's website, they like what they see, they think from what they've read that Jerojath's dogs/lifestyle/puppy rearing methods would suit them and they would like to ask Jerojath more questions with particular reference to the age of the puppy, flight etc etc. I honestly STILL don't see anything overly suspicious about the enquiry and believe me, with the breed I have, my radar tends to blip a little more prematurely than many others! I read it through again a few times and yes they probably are quite genuine, I am so over scam e-mails that I am a bit too hasty to judge lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Im sure it applies to all states but many WA breeders have been receiving similiar style emails of varying 'WEIRDNESS" We have received quite a few in chinese translation or no address known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkeyre Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Did you end up recieving a reply that made it more legit or more likely to be a scam? Just interested as I would have taken it as a scam and replied with only teh very basic and a contact phone number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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