Colin
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- Location
- Perthshire
Is it me or are pups hellish pricey just now! Lost our collie a few weeks ago so we are looking for a friend for the cocker spaniel. However some are 2k+ !!
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- Thread starter Colin
- Start date
The price of pups seems to have doubled since this virus started and they are selling like hot cakes.
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
Can't have a dog 'cos we both work.
Working from home now-let's get a dog!
Working from home now-let's get a dog!
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Crazy money and tempting even sensible breeders to harvest the cash
Gundogs are stupid money - if you can find one not reserved
Gundogs are stupid money - if you can find one not reserved
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Wife is a vet they now get these cross bred things with hardly any nose bread on them which inherited breathing issues clients will be four to six grand for them 
Spencer
Member
- Location
- North West
Mental
- Location
- Wiltshire
I have an occasional litter of Red Labs, none this year but £2k does seem a lot to ask. I’m sure I would take it if I was offered.
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Spencer
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- Location
- North West
Bring back dog licenses!
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Makes rearing cattle and sheep look silly .
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Plenty of rescue dogs available, don't line the pockets of irresponsible breeders.
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Thats because its a want , not a need.
Give it to the new year and sadly many of these poor £2000 pups will be available for a £50 donation to your local rehoming charity. Ditto, when the Covid dog market dries up, there will be a surplus of pups with no buyers and some breeders will literally dump their dogs to avoid their obligations.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Wait til this recession bites...
- Location
- S E Glos
Thousands of cockerpoos and labradoodles in rescue centres
Lincs Lass
Member
- Location
- north lincs
Folks at home with nothing to do on furlough wanting a dog ,,rescue centers were all closed and the price of pups both genuine and from unscrupulous breeders suddenly became a money making racket .
Neighbors not long bought a labradoodle after losing their goldie retriever ,he was 15 though ,£1600 .
Neighbors not long bought a labradoodle after losing their goldie retriever ,he was 15 though ,£1600 .
Colin
Member
- Location
- Perthshire
Rather get a pup so we know what it's upbringing is like. Seems like some of the proffesional breeders have stopped just now, tried to get one from dogs Trust and because the dog wouldn't be with me or my wife every second of the day we couldn't have one. Never mind that they would be with their friend in a spacious well ventilated kennel watching over the farm yard for a few hours at a time, thats when they aren't out and about in the truck or fields with me. I want to just leave it a bit but my wife thinks the other dog has lost his 'sparkle' despite the fact that he is getting plenty of walks and he is with her or me during waking hours as she is working from home. Do dogs grieve?
Colin
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- Location
- Perthshire
Mum has a JR bitch that was seized by the authorities from a windowless ‘puppy farm’ in Ashington. It’s taken 5 years for it to calm down and finally stop running in circles. There needs to be thorough enforcing of existing rules, and mega fines levied under ‘proceeds of crime’. It’s seen as easy money but safer than dealing drugs, and as such seems to attracts the lowest form of scum.