Had visit last night from someone wanting to buy and take pup away there and then. After i refused and explained my reasons why as politely as i could the woman left. With the information i had about her i done some research on the net and had made up my mind that this woman was not suitable for one of my pups. I contacted the woman and in the nicest possible way turned her down. well today i have been swamped with phone calls and texts from various telephone numbers including withheld all from the same woman or her associates. My son answered the last phone call and she was offensive and rude. She told my son that my house stunk, we were tramps, i was not a responsible breeder and she was going to report me to the authorities.
I feel absolutely horrified by her remarks and quite upset. To think i have put my heart and soul into doing the best for these pups! The rest of the house can fall down for me as long as the pups are clean, fed and watered.

  

If she phones again do not hang up after she puts the phone down that way not only will she be paying for the open line but her phone will not work until you restore the line. If you have free calls you could phone her number and in your confusion of phoning the wrong number forget to switch the phone off.

Just be thankful you found out what she was like before you took one of your puppies home-sounds like you and the pups had a very lucky escape.
If you weren't 100% sure about letting her have a puppy you did the right thing-just let it go over your head.
As for her saying she'll report you to the authorities-of course she won't.

I had a gut feeling about her and the way she treated the mum to pups was quite offish as she brushed 'invisible hair' she told my son tonight she didn't want 'dog hair' on her trousers! What on earth is she doing buying a hairy pup then! God i am so angry and cross!

Hey, chill!  :-)

At least she hasn't got one of your pups, so smile.

I had a call tonight asking if I had a bitch, I said yes, what is it for.  When they said "for pet and breeding" I told them that all my pups have breeding restrictions on them.  Not a happy man, but hey, my pups.  :-)

You know that you have put your heart and soul into your pups, and you know that you will choose the people who deserve them.

Let it go over your head!  Honestly!  :-)

If you have a BT line, you can ban witheld numbers.  And, for a small fee, you can have their "choose to refuse" service.  All phone calls from numbers she is using, or people are using on her behalf, can be a thing of the past.

Get an answering machine and screen all your calls until she stops.

Thank god you made the right decision, just wonder if this woman is drunk from what you've mentioned in another post.

Make sure you write down all the calls, numbers, times etc and what was said for your logging. Don't answer any more of her calls or anything you know is from her. If she does continue pick up the phone and politely say that you are reporting her to the Police for harassment unless she stops, this should do the trick :-)

Do as others have said about blocking, not answering and also get an answer machine, do yourself a favour for the next few days until this monster of a woman calms down..

It is always very hard to tell someone that they are not a suitable person to have one of your precious pups. 

All you can do is explain your reasons to them and hope that the phone calls/emails stop.  When she next calls, do as already advised, tell her your decision is final and if she persists in harrassing you, you will inform the police.  I'm assuming you haven't taken a deposit or she has anything in writing to say she can have a puppy?

You have done the right thing, just try and relax and hope the next phone call is from a genuine person.  I had to turn a family down a couple of years ago.  The mum had come to see bitch when in whelp, she was a really pleasant lady, she came down when puppies were very young and I was happy for her to have one - she then bought the children down - they were all scared stiff of dogs!  They screamed and cried even when my dear old girl wanted a stroke from them.  I couldn't afford to let a puppy go to such an environment.  Lady was very upset and cross and threatened to report me to the KC - I was upset too as it seemed such an ideal situation, but my priority is to find the pups a permanent and loving home and I wasn't comfortable for her to them with the risk that the children would never settle with a lively puppy.

Lesson learnt - always see the whole family before committing yourself to selling a pup.  We're always learning....

She doesn't have the house telephone number, just my mobile. At least i can see who is ringing before i answer it. I feel better today. I'm not good at taking criticism especially when i feel it is undeserved. It's sour grapes on her part i suppose. Thank you peeps for your encouraging words of support, it's appreciated! xx

Have you reported her to the phone company? or the Police? This is harrassment, and she can be charged if you so wished. I got an obscene call (on answering machine too) and took it to the police. They were very hard on the person who made the call.

So sorry you have had to deal with this.

Tell the caller next time they call that they are breaking the law under the telecommunication 1984 act and Malicious Communications Act 1998 that you will be contacting the police straight after the call. This will either frighten the bejezus out of the caller or the caller could get cocky so do contact the police. The police will deal with it but do keep a diary of times and dates and let the caller learn a lesson.  The police will deal with it.

When I was very young my mum received prank calls and she blew a whistle down the phone lol the caller did return but a few whistles later and the caller stopped :)

Personally I would leave the line open when she calls and cost her a lot of money.

In this world of politically correct madness blowing a whistle down the phone is not a good idea ( I've done it!) because a crank caller can sue someone if their hearing is damaged by the whilstle- told you it was a mad world.

Whilst I do not condone this woman's behaviour imagine how you would feel if you were told you were unsuitable! I've done it, lady came to see me, pushed mum to be away, looked horrified when licked and never got down onto the floor to play with my dogs (big mistake) I suppose the fact she was dressed head to toe in cream designer wear was a clue. She went mad when I said no and said she felt interrogated- tough!!

> how you would feel if you were told you were unsuitable!

I quess at some time or other we have all been there. Either been told or found out for ourselves that we were unsuitable, BUT that does not give anyone the right to behave in such a petulant, threatening manner. I might not be fealing too good about it, but I'd go home and deal with it, not by phoning up and giving someone abuse.

Lacy, just to confirm that I do not condone her behaviour either, she is not dealing with rejection very well and if I were the OP I would be pleased with my judgement in not letting her have a pup ( if there is a forum for your breed I would tactfully suggest that anyone who has enquiries from a lady in X place contact you first) and not continue to dwell on what this woman has said or done. Move on and keep looking for the great homes your babies deserve.

I think my next step will be a phone call to the police as i have now had far too many phone calls and texts from five different mobile numbers and different women but it is blatantly obvious it all stems from the original Ms Nasty! the The latest one tonight informs me she wants to buy the exact pup (colour & sex) as the first offensive woman. Took my postcode but not my door number but says she's coming here on Wednesday lunchtime! How? she doesn't know where i live. Then she phoned again asking if i would deliver pup to her door! She said she definitely wants to buy this particular pup even though she has never seen it before in her life neither is she bothered about seeing mum to pups! I'm becoming scared to answer the phone. I slept on sofa last night as am becoming so nervous this crazy woman will do something stupid with or to the pups! Why is she so desperate to have one.

some people are use to getting what they want! and dont like to be told no and this silly woman sounds alot like this! :( ...if it was me id be ringing the police.

if you are worried and are sleeping down stairs because of this then you have good reason to ring them!
xx

Just to add i have noted all phone numbers, times of calls and contents of text messages and what has been said during every telephone conversation in my diary. I'm beginning to feel like a freak myself!

If anyone else phones asking for that particular pup when they haven't seen him/her just tell them you are now keeping said pup and they are not for sale.

If these are all calls to your mobile, get in touch with your mobile company. Apparently you can get records from them which include times, dates, numbers, text messages etc. I think up to a year or more later. I know you're writing it all down but a printout from the phone company is going to give you a lot more clout if you want to lodge this as harassment.

> I've done it, lady came to see me, pushed mum to be away, looked horrified when licked and never got down onto the floor to play with my dogs (big mistake) I suppose the fact she was dressed head to toe in cream designer wear was a clue. She went mad when I said no and said she felt interrogated- tough!!

Smiling at the memory you have just given me.  I had a posh lady, similar to yours.  She would never have hacked dogs hair on her, let alone anything else.

I know I shouldn't laugh, but one of my entire Chi boys walked up to her and cocked his leg on her designer trousers!    

Oh JeanSW, that's priceless. I wish my girlie had done more than lick this woman!! I,m a bit of a saddo as even now I look at the BRS for her name to see if anyone let her have one!