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We took Mr. Wonderful up to a dog show this weekend to meet his new daddy. We've been talking to the guy for 6 months and he's been soooo nice. We've been holding Mr. for this guy for 3 months, which has been a pain. But scheduals just haven't meshed to allow an earlier meeting. Mostly HIS schedual... John would have been happy to take him up and deliver him right to this guys door when he went to get Saleen but he was busy that weekend.
Anyway we arrived at the show with one noisy out puppy and two standard poodle in tow. We've been there about 5 minutes when Up walks this guy, who I have never met in person before, who proceeds to shoulder my husband out of his way to get down and look at this puppy. No hello, no introduction, no eye contact at all..... I found that a tad odd, maybe it's just me ? We determine that is our guy and try and make introductions. Jazz needed no intro. she decided he was there to pet HER and cuddled right up to him. He gave her this odd look and said, "hey poodle" and then sort of shoved her away. For somebody who's said poodles are his favorite but he just can't deal with the grooming and politics to show one I found that odd too. The guy didn't seem excited to see Mr. Wonderful at all, he didn't smile, and when he picked him up and held him he didn't really look at him. For somebody who's been waiting almost two years for a nice show tibbie and who was soooo excited via phone - he cried when he thought I was going to decide to keep Mr. for myself... I found this a little disturbing. I would have been jumping up and down in his shoes and I'm a kind of shy person. Weird. He was also really kind of rough with him, even just petting him he was being rough. I didn't like how he was handling him at all. He did point out Mr.'s front which isn't the best in the world right this minute, something he was told more than once and shown photos of. It isn't bad, it just isn't the best. You aren't going to get a perfect dog. I told him it wouldn't be an issue in the ring, the dog would finish easily and quickly, which is the truth. His front is correct, it is just a little more bowed than I would like personaly, that are supposed to be bowed though. The guy just didn't act like he was very happy and didn't seem to like Mr. much at all. He kept pointing out that he didnt think Mr. liked him and kept going back to questions about the front. Ironicly all the rest of the time he barely mentioned Mr. or looked at him, he just carried or walked him around. He didn't praise him when Mr. came up to him or when he let his bite be check. Just very strange all around.
He said he wanted to walk around with him and go buy a catolog if that was ok, we said sure.. but I had John kind of follow him because by this point I had a funny feeling. As soon as he was out of earshot I turned to my mother and said "I don't like that guy, Mr. is comming home with us!" momma has ignored my gut feeling about people in the past and has talked me out of them before. I reminded her that every time she had done that we either got the puppy back or something bad happened to it. This was a WONDER PUPPY and he was NOT going anywhere with somebody I wasn't sure about.
After about two hours my mind was made up. This guy wasn't right for this puppy. He treated him like one might expect to see livestock treated and didn't really seem to want to bond with him at all. His personality was the polar opposite of what it has been for the last 6 months. I don't place puppies in show homes often. I don't like the idea of them just being show dogs. They are family memebers! If that family memeber just happens to enjoy showing then so be it, but pets first and foremost. period. This wasn't how this guy was treating Mr. and I can't think it would have been any better once he got him home
So Mr. Wonderful came back home with us. There are a ton of people who would kill to have him, but I don't know. He might just have to stay here, though John is really against that idea. He doesn't want any more male dogs and he doesn't want any more dog's that shed. John agreed 100% that he couldn't be placed with the guy yesterday, he was very upset at the idea that he might go there. Awwww I think John secretly loves Mr. LoL!!
Anyway we arrived at the show with one noisy out puppy and two standard poodle in tow. We've been there about 5 minutes when Up walks this guy, who I have never met in person before, who proceeds to shoulder my husband out of his way to get down and look at this puppy. No hello, no introduction, no eye contact at all..... I found that a tad odd, maybe it's just me ? We determine that is our guy and try and make introductions. Jazz needed no intro. she decided he was there to pet HER and cuddled right up to him. He gave her this odd look and said, "hey poodle" and then sort of shoved her away. For somebody who's said poodles are his favorite but he just can't deal with the grooming and politics to show one I found that odd too. The guy didn't seem excited to see Mr. Wonderful at all, he didn't smile, and when he picked him up and held him he didn't really look at him. For somebody who's been waiting almost two years for a nice show tibbie and who was soooo excited via phone - he cried when he thought I was going to decide to keep Mr. for myself... I found this a little disturbing. I would have been jumping up and down in his shoes and I'm a kind of shy person. Weird. He was also really kind of rough with him, even just petting him he was being rough. I didn't like how he was handling him at all. He did point out Mr.'s front which isn't the best in the world right this minute, something he was told more than once and shown photos of. It isn't bad, it just isn't the best. You aren't going to get a perfect dog. I told him it wouldn't be an issue in the ring, the dog would finish easily and quickly, which is the truth. His front is correct, it is just a little more bowed than I would like personaly, that are supposed to be bowed though. The guy just didn't act like he was very happy and didn't seem to like Mr. much at all. He kept pointing out that he didnt think Mr. liked him and kept going back to questions about the front. Ironicly all the rest of the time he barely mentioned Mr. or looked at him, he just carried or walked him around. He didn't praise him when Mr. came up to him or when he let his bite be check. Just very strange all around.
He said he wanted to walk around with him and go buy a catolog if that was ok, we said sure.. but I had John kind of follow him because by this point I had a funny feeling. As soon as he was out of earshot I turned to my mother and said "I don't like that guy, Mr. is comming home with us!" momma has ignored my gut feeling about people in the past and has talked me out of them before. I reminded her that every time she had done that we either got the puppy back or something bad happened to it. This was a WONDER PUPPY and he was NOT going anywhere with somebody I wasn't sure about.
After about two hours my mind was made up. This guy wasn't right for this puppy. He treated him like one might expect to see livestock treated and didn't really seem to want to bond with him at all. His personality was the polar opposite of what it has been for the last 6 months. I don't place puppies in show homes often. I don't like the idea of them just being show dogs. They are family memebers! If that family memeber just happens to enjoy showing then so be it, but pets first and foremost. period. This wasn't how this guy was treating Mr. and I can't think it would have been any better once he got him home
So Mr. Wonderful came back home with us. There are a ton of people who would kill to have him, but I don't know. He might just have to stay here, though John is really against that idea. He doesn't want any more male dogs and he doesn't want any more dog's that shed. John agreed 100% that he couldn't be placed with the guy yesterday, he was very upset at the idea that he might go there. Awwww I think John secretly loves Mr. LoL!!
