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want to get a puppy for my girlfriend
wormster:
--- Quote from: SWEETY on October 02, 2009, 22:33:52 ---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
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Aye, small dawg huwge attitide plus you can scoop em up and run if you have to, like to see that done with a huge rottie!!!!!!!!
T30CDB:
ive had two jack russels from the RSPCA. one was 6 years old and lived to 18 years old and the other was 6 months old and is now 12 years old. Small dogs are definately a lot less hssle than big dogs but can still do everything a large dog can. RSPCA is worth a look. We paid about £65 each for the dogs 12 years ago so quite a good saving from £450 for a pedigree
TDi90:
--- Quote from: Mutz on October 02, 2009, 22:33:01 ---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.
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Bob696:
I really don't understand the fascination with Jack Russels. Nasty little things. Always starting fights with other dogs
You always hear the same things from the owners as well (normally said with a smile on their face "He/she wont hurt your dog ... it's only small". Don't they know it could KILL my dog if it got stuck in her throat? :roll:
Mutz:
--- Quote from: TDi90 on October 03, 2009, 10:40:42 ---
--- Quote from: Mutz on October 02, 2009, 22:33:01 ---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.
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