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this is too long post, even with paragraphs removed! Babbling.. I am close to giving up getting a dog at all. Not just giving up on poodles. No breeders with puppies or adult dog in our price range for at least a year, or two, that I can locate. Our range with a Maximum $2500 price and a 6 months or so wait. Now wait can be 1-3 years. Majority want you to pick their kennel, send $250-$500 to hold your place. Even if each litter is small and your wait gets longer they do not return deposit. Smart and needed for them, but also means locked in to one seller for us. Cannot afford thousands to be on multiple wait lists.
i over react to scams, meanness,etc. my frustration over all our lives changed by covid, our dog’s death, mixed in with frustration from perfectly understandable changes in locating a dog, mixed with reactions to scams, cheating.
our Shetland sheepdog was a pick of litter for stud’s breeder but too small.( Under $1000 but 16 years ago).
I thought we might find a well bred healthy dog not show quality for under $2500. We hoped for a poodle. i even also checked other breeds this week. FYI in our area true local rescue dogs are pit mixes labeled as various things but..pits. Husband strongly dislikes them.
Looks like a purebred puppy or adult (to age 5) is out of our price range. More like $3000 to $10,000?
this goes off into a long rant. I feel as if the frustration mixed with the loss of our 16 yr old dog in September, my isolation since covid.( I am very high risk.) Feels like I am hitting multiple roadblocks. Covid emptied shelters, yay! But also emptied breeders kennels. so, yay for them. Frustrating for me. also finding what I suspect are scams.
breeders down payments so high we would be locked in to a years long wait Or forget the $500.
I have been searching, emailing, making a few calls.
a few breeder’s sites asked for application without payment, before calling.
most recent one, I fill out application then called two days later. (not a poodle breeder but very near us) asked us to call her., but she did not yet see application.
i was so nervous I stuttered (not usual ever) and babbled (usual) too. Started off wrong. Said we are excited by her CV. She said I do not have a CD. Funny but i felt stupid, thus stuttered. ( she links her reply email to personal history for her sales business)
she is inundated..getting 15-20 applications every day! Crazy. If I understood her she asks around $5000 and up With a quality show prospect of her breed about $10,000. way Beyond us.
she stated the AKC Marketplace is not always reputable decent breeders.
she confirmed what I am seeing on adoption sites like petfinder...rescues with 20-75 puppies every month. Said some are calling it “retail rescue”. can write more if interested.
so we may need to give up this search, for any dog. I just turned 70, so waiting a few years seems tough If we get a puppy. I housebroke lots of fosters but I have come to think my old Collie dog housebroke and trained them.
am I right in assuming we may need to stop looking for now? I just cannot pay $3,000 and up up up. I actually wanted an off sized dog. A too big mini or a too small standard. Perhaps an adult dog that has lived in a house. Any color but black.
the only option besides ads online are to buy a southern hound that will not hunt!
barbara
i over react to scams, meanness,etc. my frustration over all our lives changed by covid, our dog’s death, mixed in with frustration from perfectly understandable changes in locating a dog, mixed with reactions to scams, cheating.
our Shetland sheepdog was a pick of litter for stud’s breeder but too small.( Under $1000 but 16 years ago).
I thought we might find a well bred healthy dog not show quality for under $2500. We hoped for a poodle. i even also checked other breeds this week. FYI in our area true local rescue dogs are pit mixes labeled as various things but..pits. Husband strongly dislikes them.
Looks like a purebred puppy or adult (to age 5) is out of our price range. More like $3000 to $10,000?
this goes off into a long rant. I feel as if the frustration mixed with the loss of our 16 yr old dog in September, my isolation since covid.( I am very high risk.) Feels like I am hitting multiple roadblocks. Covid emptied shelters, yay! But also emptied breeders kennels. so, yay for them. Frustrating for me. also finding what I suspect are scams.
breeders down payments so high we would be locked in to a years long wait Or forget the $500.
I have been searching, emailing, making a few calls.
a few breeder’s sites asked for application without payment, before calling.
most recent one, I fill out application then called two days later. (not a poodle breeder but very near us) asked us to call her., but she did not yet see application.
i was so nervous I stuttered (not usual ever) and babbled (usual) too. Started off wrong. Said we are excited by her CV. She said I do not have a CD. Funny but i felt stupid, thus stuttered. ( she links her reply email to personal history for her sales business)
she is inundated..getting 15-20 applications every day! Crazy. If I understood her she asks around $5000 and up With a quality show prospect of her breed about $10,000. way Beyond us.
she stated the AKC Marketplace is not always reputable decent breeders.
she confirmed what I am seeing on adoption sites like petfinder...rescues with 20-75 puppies every month. Said some are calling it “retail rescue”. can write more if interested.
so we may need to give up this search, for any dog. I just turned 70, so waiting a few years seems tough If we get a puppy. I housebroke lots of fosters but I have come to think my old Collie dog housebroke and trained them.
am I right in assuming we may need to stop looking for now? I just cannot pay $3,000 and up up up. I actually wanted an off sized dog. A too big mini or a too small standard. Perhaps an adult dog that has lived in a house. Any color but black.
the only option besides ads online are to buy a southern hound that will not hunt!
barbara
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