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Buying a puppy from donedeal

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  • #32
    PieForPi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭PieForPi


    Indricotherium wrote: »
    Lol.

    500€ on a dogs bed and toys!!!

    An auld pillow and a tennis ball and you're away.

    This post is an example of the madness going in on with dogs on this forum.

    100% on vets bills etc, but its a dog. €20 will get you a fine leather collar. €30 will get you a fine crate and the above mentioned pillow is all he needs to sleep on.

    People spouting madness about €500 on a dogs bed and toys would put you off reading the rest of the post that could have been good advice.

    If you want to go the cheap route and give your dog "an auld pillow and tennis ball", that's your choice, but don't throw a little fit over others spending more on their dogs.

    It stinks of jealousy and nothing more. You saying you quit reading the post over a monetary figure would indicate you've your own issues with money yourself, and not it being spent on dogs, so please keep your issues to yourself.


  • #33
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Mod warning:
    Folks, please keep it civil and do not descend to personal insults. How much people spend on their pets is their own personal choice, there's no need to take the mick out of them for it, particularly in this forum.
    If posters have a problem with any post, please report it rather than feeding the taunts.

    Back on topic please.


  • #34
    Indricotherium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,575 ✭✭✭Indricotherium


    DBB wrote: »
    Mod warning:
    Folks, please keep it civil and do not descend to personal insults. How much people spend on their pets is their own personal choice, there's no need to take the mick out of them for it, particularly in this forum.
    If posters have a problem with any post, please report it rather than feeding the taunts.

    Back on topic please.

    I think the gist of my post was that it is unescessary.

    I think the other dude descended into the name calling.


  • #35
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Indricotherium infracted for keeping thread off-topic following a mod warning.
    Please be aware that any comments on mod warnings must be made by PM, as per the forum charter.
    Back on topic now please.
    DBB


  • #36
    marijame
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭marijame


    We took in a pup from a back yard breeder who was "getting rid of her" she was on the way to the pound. It went against everything we knew about the do's and dont's of getting a pup, she was too young under nourished badly treated and riddled with lice but we couldn't leave her and took a chance that she would be ok with us and being a cross breed, not a pedigree we hoped she would escape hip dysplasia and other health issues, she didn't. She's only 4 months but has just undergone her first TPO for severe hip dysplasia she will also, we discovered yesterday have to have the same procedure on her right hip. It is the most heartbreaking thing to watch a lively energetic pup cry in pain and frustration and know she has a further 12 weeks of this to go through. But she's lucky because now she has a chance of a normal life eventually. This post is not about money, we didn't pay a penny for her and really feel she was more or less a rescue but we feel strongly that it's absolutely criminal for people to breed dogs without getting full health checks and hip scores on parents. If people could see the pain she has to go through I'm sure they would agree, it's downright cruel to breed irresponsibly. It's a myth that a crossbreed will be healthier, they are susceptible to same risks and issues as any other dog. We weren't planning a pup at the time, fate just took her to us but we love her dearly and will get the best treatment for her, but that's not the point she should never have had to go through this pain, if people want a pup, please do as the other posters have strongly suggested, go to a registered breeder, if they have not hip scored the parents walk away. Use us as an example of how not to do it, we took a risk and everything we were worried about happened, make sure you do it right


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  • #37
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,119 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    I think no matter where you buy a dog, it's a case of buyer beware. You will most likely get a sense if something is not right,be that on donedeal or elsewhere.
    I can see how €500 could be spent.we just bought him a new bed which was €50, then €50 twice a year for grooming. Dog food is now €9/3kg bag. He's on meds. Which are around €20 a month and that will go up for us soon as he's going to end up on more. Then there's all the usual stuff like annual vet checks, toys etc, we don't have insurance because it wasn't a thing 13 years ago and now he's too old. Also boarding kennels are €12/night when you're on holiday.


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