would you concider this reasonable?

[lotsafun]

as some of you know my bitch lucy had some pups on monday :-) anyway we had a few people who said they would be intersested in them before they were born and we have now reseaarched online on what they are ''worth'' (i hate saying that). They are a cross breed of a yorkshire terrier and bichon frisse so were asking for £200 each in order to cover our costs i.e food, worming, vacinations, vets bills and so that we can get our bitch and the pup that we are going to keep ourselves spayed in a couple of weeks. Would you concider this fair? 2 people have now backed out saying that they are too much wereas 2 people have said that they cant believe they are so cheap. What do you think?

[lotsafun]

omg kita thats crazy isnt it? i understand the part where they want to match a particular breeed of dog to the future owners and its silly to ask for a big dog such as st bernard etc if you live in a small place or infact are not strong enough to cope with it. But thats just madness

[lotsafun]

hiya carmalee, mother and other pups seem to be ok. Lucy is eating again now so thats one worry off our minds, we treat her to fillet steak today. Expensive but she deserves it lol

[woofgang]

we went to a rescue one year in december. We are two adults, very comfortably off, experienced dog owners who could have provided good references, no kids, large secure garden, we had 2 weeks hols booked over christmas and new year and the centre wouldn't even assess us because "we never rehome in december"

[lotsafun]

that is absolutly crazy, there are thousands of people who actually want these animals and are being turned away left right and centre. Making me think twice now about giving donations to these charities now

[kita1]

If you want to give donations it is better to give to small local animal charities - at least you can see first hand what they do with the money.

Many people don't realise that the local RSPCA animal centres receive no actual funding from the RSPCA - they have to raise the money themselves to cover all the rehoming of animals and the staff wages.

So if you donate to the RSPCA make sure you donate directly to the animal centre locally. Don't have a standing order that goes to the head office.

[fredpuli47]

Well, no responsible breeder is going to let a pup go to a home without making searching enquiries of the potential buyer. It doesn't matter what size the pup will grow to, they are all dogs and some people aren't even ready for the easiest breeds. Obviously there will be additional questions if the breed has particular needs or characteristics; a border collie needs constant attention because it won't be happy without constant stimulation and things to do, a keeshond owner has to expect lots of barking(!), a wolfhound needs a fair amount of space and so forth. Too many people buy a dog because of what it looks like, rather than finding out what it was bred for and what it's like to live with
£200 seems reasonable. If some celebrity has that particular cross it'll soon be fetching £750 and more (labradoodles command such prices and more, I believe) !.

[denby04]

Is Lucy a yorkie and dad a bichon? Or is Lucy a cross yorkie/bichon and, if yes, what breed is dad. I have a 20 month old shih tzu/poodle cross (also called Lucy) and I paid £350 for her and thought this was reasonable as I had previously paid £550 for a cockapoo. I am curious to know if Lucy is a cross as I am thinking of breeding my Lucy with a bichon but not sure if I should (will look into this further in the future),

[McMouse]

Sort of dogoff craft

[lotsafun]

hi denby lucy is a cross, her mother was a yorkshire terrier and her father was a bichon, although lucy looks more a yorky. Lucy then mated with a next doors pedigree bichon. shes got 2 pups who look like her that are black and brown and 2 pups thaat are white with black markings around their eyes. so cute