6 Week Old Puppy

[sandgrubber]

Demand a refund of your deposit. Don't ask. If they said 8 weeks initially, you have a verbal contract. Codes of practice support 8 weeks. You could take them to small claims court, but doing so would be a pain in the backside. However, it would be even more of a pain for them because they would most certainly loose. The threat of being taken to small claims would most likely suffice to get them to return your deposit.

[Kirislin]

I Wonder how this ended.

[Papillon Kisses]

I Wonder how this ended.

Same.

[Loving my Oldies]

I’m not really surprised the poster didn’t come back. Some of the “advice” was akin to being hit over the head with a blunt instrument :( The poster was obviously a committed owner despite where the dog might have been coming from and, from how I read it, she would have done everything to assure this puppy had a good upbringing to ameliorate its separation from its mother and siblings at such an early age.

And the puppy did have a good first six weeks, which would have helped.

Sad really.

Edited January 4, 2017 by Dame Danny's Darling

[RuralPug]

I'm not really surprised the poster didn't come back. Some of the "advice" was akin to being hit over the head with a blunt instrument :( The poster was obviously a committed owner despite where the dog might have been coming from and, from how I read it, she would have done everything to assure this puppy had a good upbringing to ameliorate its separation from its mother and siblings at such an early age.

And the puppy did have a good first six weeks, which would have helped.

Sad really.

Back in the 1960's and 1970's, six weeks was actually the norm for rehoming. I have no idea why all those dogs didn't become raving lunatics, but very few did. Then when parvo etc. altered vaccination routines, eight weeks became the norm.

Then actual science was done which demonstrated the benefits of pups staying with littermates and dam until 8 weeks or longer. Good breeders no longer rehome puppies under 8 weeks old, some set the bar a few weeks higher.

Yes, you can rear pups from 6 weeks to be well socialised etc. But the point is, it is not indicative of a good breeder to rehome at that age.

Yes, responders here poured shit on the breeder, which was well justified. Booking a holiday (paid for with puppy sales money I wonder?) to commence before your litter is 8 weeks old demonstrated nothing but comtempt and total lack of care for the puppies they bred. For that reason, I would confidently assume that the breeder has not health tested the sire and dam or taken due care in selecting the healthiest and best temperaments to breed from.

Therefore, I would not recommend taking the puppy because to do so would be to support bad breeding. Supporting bad breeding can leave the supporters stuck with $1000's of dollars in puppy health or behavioural training bils [plus a LOT of heartache.

However, many puppy buyers vote with their hearts and not with their head. so I can understand (but not support) that point of view, even if it is basically what drives the puppy farm industry to be so lucrative and uncaring.

I agree DDD. it is very sad indeed.

[Loving my Oldies]

Yes, responders here poured shit on the breeder, which was well justified.

Yes, but the breeder wasn’t the poster. I felt sorry for the poster.

The poster had two other threads which indicated her commitment to being a good puppy owner.

As for reacting with heart first ...... we ARE talking about living breathing creatures we are planning to adopt. If the heart isn’t engaged, I can’t see how a loving relationship would develop.

Anyway, it would be interesting to know what the outcome was. :)