Anyone ever buy a puppy online?

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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    brainofPJ wrote:
    i have only really been looking at those that list the fact that the puppy lives indoors with them and they have kids...too many talk abouts kennels and the dogs being outside...i assume this is what many of you mean by puppy mills?

    Do you have a way to verify that it true? Puppy mills have such a bad rep now, if I was the owner of one I would advertise like I wasn't.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    aNiMaL wrote:
    I agree with this.

    In fact, I am getting ready to adopt a dog from our local dog pound, this summer. I can't wait. I keep checking out the available dogs at the pound on-line, but I know i can't even begin to pick one out yet as I have to wait until June or July.


    Let us know what kind you adopt. :)
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,217
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    No it's a Pedigree commercial. That one with Sarah I can't watch or if I do i'm in tears by the time its over. lol
    oh ok, might give it a look when I get home then

    yeah, the one with her is gut-wrenchingly sad...
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    cutback wrote:
    go to your nearest shelter....it'll be the best dog you've ever had :)
    agreed
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  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    No it's a Pedigree commercial. That one with Sarah I can't watch or if I do i'm in tears by the time its over. lol


    No shit. The first time me and my g/f saw that commercial I nearly started crying. I got up, grabbed my wallet, grabbed the keys and headed for the door. My g/f starts asking me where I'm going and I tell her I plan on going to the nearest pet stores and buying every damn animal I see. She took away my wallet for the next day.
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Some great people and dogs in this video. :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWz3q6Spp2o&feature=related
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Let us know what kind you adopt. :)
    Oh, I sure will. I will post pictures and everything.

    I want a Lab - and right now there is an over abundance of black labs in our pound - which just breaks my heart. But what is there when I am ready, I will have to wait and see.

    It will be the hardest thing to only adopt 1 dog. i will want to take at least 10 home I bet. :)
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    cutback wrote:
    go to your nearest shelter....it'll be the best dog you've ever had :)
    AmentsChick wrote:
    "Don't breed or buy while shelter pets die"

    I agree.
    I don't believe breeding should be encouraged while dogs are daily being destroyed due to lack of people wanting to re-home them. I'm not saying all, but some breeders, unfortunately only see pound signs instead of the tiny lives that they are responsible for. I don't know much about the states or other countries but here in the UK, puppy farms tend to be horrific squaller filled holes where dogs are just kept and disposed of.

    There are good breeders out there however. I'm not trying to take away from them, I'm sure they love and care for the animals they breed. I just think that people should be a little more aware of the amount of mongrels, that love and make great pets like any other dog that are sat in kennels waiting for homes or judgement day.

    I personally would never buy or home an animal over the internet that I hadn't seen in the flesh. I wouldn't be too happy about my future pet being in transit for long periods of time and I'd want to know where it came from...

    but that's just me :)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Oh, I sure will. I will post pictures and everything.

    I want a Lab - and right now there is an over abundance of black labs in our pound - which just breaks my heart. But what is there when I am ready, I will have to wait and see.

    It will be the hardest thing to only adopt 1 dog. i will want to take at least 10 home I bet. :)


    first time i went to a shelter i wanted to take every dog home....heart wrenching...

    i adopted what i thought was a black lab puppy and he looks just like one yet he is a mix of many dogs....which, imo, is the perfect dog :)
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    i'm glad i put this thread up and all of you were pretty unanimous...

    i went to petfinder.com which i had never heard of and found many puppies in our area.

    thanks everyone.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    brainofPJ wrote:
    i'm glad i put this thread up and all of you were pretty unanimous...

    i went to petfinder.com which i had never heard of and found many puppies in our area.

    thanks everyone.

    that's where i started....i must of spent hours looking at that site....it really helps :)
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    brainofPJ wrote:
    i'm glad i put this thread up and all of you were pretty unanimous...

    i went to petfinder.com which i had never heard of and found many puppies in our area.

    thanks everyone.


    Best of luck finding the right doggie for you. :)
  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    markymark550 wrote:
    Can't watch youtube at work, but is the first one the ASPCA commercial with Sarah McLachlan? That one gets to me too. Those puppies are just so sad looking. :(

    whenever that commercial comes on, i remind my dog how good she has it. this usually results in a licking of my face.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    http://www.onsimplicity.net/2008/05/lessons-in-simplicity-from-my-dog/

    :)
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    brainofPJ wrote:
    or any other pet for that matter?

    we've been looking at a lot of sites and some of them say they will ship the pup to you. i don't know, i would almost rather go and check it out before i put the money down. but that requires a plane ticket and time off work.

    i'm thinking it's almost worth it to just have it boxed up and shipped to me.

    input? questions? suggestions?
    ADOPT A DOGGIE!!!
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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    SENROCK! wrote:
    ADOPT A DOGGIE!!!

    :)

    i'm going to look at one today.

    Gretchen the Beagle...

    that name has to go!


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    This internet puppy dating is a bad thing. Meet one in person.

    Peace
    Just me
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    brainofPJ wrote:
    :)

    i'm going to look at one today.

    Gretchen the Beagle...

    that name has to go!
    awww!!! a BEAGLE!!!! aroooooo!!!
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    I only got one of those kittens from Japan... in the air tight container...

    i need to find a link.

    Kitten in a jar...

    http://www.shorty.com/bonsaikitten/gray.html
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    brainofPJ wrote:
    :)

    i'm going to look at one today.

    Gretchen the Beagle...

    that name has to go!

    awwww!! :o

    Gretchen the Beagle is an awesome name!! :D:D:D
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.

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