Ok, so I've been on the hunt lately for a dog. This has turned out to be a more challenging task than I had anticipated. I have also discovered people really drive me bonkers.
1) I've contacted a few people about their dogs. We've exchanged emails and phone calls and have arranged a time to go meet. In their ads they all say they *have* to rehome their pooches due to moving, work...etc etc. Then just before I'm supposed to go meet the critter they call or email saying they've decided to keep their dogs. Ok, great, but a tad annoying.
2) I now understand why there are so many dogs in shelters. I have contacted a ton of sellers only to find the vast majority of them are not spayed or neutered. Seriously? I even had one person tell me their intact male isn't interested the girls. Really?
3) Scammers. Have I ever run into a pile of them. I can usually tell pretty quickly that they're not legit. But I got one email I couldn't really tell for sure, so I rode it out for a few exchanges just to see. Yup, scammer. They're located in Dawson City and will send me a pup via a door-to-door puppy delivery service for only $120. Ummm......DC is located in Yukon, pretty sure its going to cost more than that to get a dog down and across the country to Nova Scotia. Yeah, nice try. I'm glad I'm at least savvy enough to know the difference, but those poor people who aren't? Yikes.
Ugh. I know I need to just be patient, eventually I'll find something. But its all so frustrating. The first dog I found and fell in love with was an AmStaff from the SPCA. I SOOOOOOO wanted to bring her home. I really really did. What eventually stopped me from proceding was her age. She was an older girl so, though they tell me she is healthy and has lots of zip left in her, who knows how long until her health starts to decline. If space and money weren't an issue I'd bring her home to have a happy retirement, and I'd bring a younger one home too. But that isn't the case. I contacted the SPCA letting them know I was no longer interested due to her age, and received a snarky reply back. Really? It took a lot of thinking and it litterally pained my heart to tell them.
Then I found a border collie lab cross that needed to be rehomed. He was great! He was about 4, did well with kids, other dogs, on and off leash, comes when called etc etc. He was apparently a fast learner and enjoyed learning new tricks - so I figured I'd look into agility classes for him. Everything was going well then they pulled out at the list minute.
I'm now looking at a Chihuahua Terrier mix, who again isn't fixed, however the owner has decided to drop the price so I can use the difference to get him fixed. We'll see how this turns out. I have to find out what the cost of neutering is first.
Blah. So yeah, people suck and try to take advantage of everyone they possibly can.
Good Luck!
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