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boss:
its her birthday soon and baisically i have no idea on what to get her. after moving out of my dads house which was occupied by a big german sheperd my house seems bare and uneventfull and she misses walking a dog and has always liked rotties and husky type dogs.

so

im looking at getting her a dog. stuck between a mallamute, or a rotti i have no idea on what a pup costs these days. all i know is that 9 months ago when i was still working at the farm my boss had a litter of springers with a mental pedagree and could only get £150 for them! before the recession he thinks he would have got around £400 each


so yah back to the origional point does anyone have a rough idea on how much a rotti or a mallamute pup will be? or a good site with links.





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boss

MudRat:
Re: want to get a puppy for my girlfriend

Sounds like a fair swap!!  :lol:

Mutz:
Before recession you would be looking at £450 and upwards for registered dog with an average pedigree.

Now who knows.

Firstly you should be thinking about how long the pup would be left? A full grown dog shouldn't be left for more than about 4 hrs. a pup would need a lot more attention than that.

Will your life styles be able to change around its needs?  Remember you don't get bad dogs, just irresponsible owners.

Have you got the time and patience the pup would need? You will have to teach the dog how to behave in all instances, he won't know till you teach him.

Then if you know you can adapt your life for the dog, why not consider a rescue dog?  Try some of the rescue groups, check out Rottie rescue/welfare, GSD rescue etc or just try rescue kennels.

For instance check out the oldies club at  www.oldies.org.uk

There are loads of unwanted dogs through out the country looking for caring, understanding and loving homes.

Pups are only pups for a short period of time, even if they seem to make nice presents; remember they get bigger and need a lot of your time.

Oh and get it insured, my GSD has had no insurance and costs me in excess of £115 a month for medication, with standard vets bills on top of that, and will do for the rest of his life.

You could consider a kitten??

No offence intended mate just hope you thought all the problems through before purchasing a dog and then regretting it and having to then rehome it or worse taking it to a rescue kennels.

All the best Graham.

If you need some more info on recues let me know and ill see what else i can find out for you.

SWEETY:
Get her a Jack Russell I can tell you they are huge dogs in little bodies, plus they can easily jump into a 4x4 :D

Bishops Finger:
Rescue places..

As for Jack Russells..huge mischievors heart in small dogs


I miss mine..least we've got a cat with attitude...

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