reading my local paper last night. two ads for pups caught my eye....

One said 'will keep until christmas' which implied could be given as a present, the next ad actually said 'will make ideal christmas presents'

**Bang head on brick wall time**

Its so wrong, the poor thing could be chucked out by New years eve.

Hopefully only sensible people will respond (if they exist).

I'm fed up of seeing these sort of adverts they seem to be everywhere

I had a rushed (desperate) call this morning from a man looking for a surprise christmas present for his wife. I seldom have calls like this these days so was taken aback.

He reminded me of the people in the supermarkets on Christmas eve. 

i had a woman email me a few weeks ago asking if we had any rescue bloodhounds....i explained that all ours stay with us for life and that we never rehome our "family" and suggested she spoke with breed rescue. When I said id get them to call her she was horrified incaset hey rang when her husband was at home, as apparently shed wanted a rescue bloodhound as a christmas surprise for her husband!!!! well it certainly would have been hell of a surprise thats fr sure!

LOL...I can just picture it.

it certainly would have been hell of a surprise thats fr sure!

Lord...!!!!

Thinking about the newspapers and advertising sites though, wouldn't it make sense to think though a campaign that lobbies them about advertising pets and banning certain phrases? Like "would make ideal Christmas present?"

> it certainly would have been hell of a surprise thats fr sure!
>

Apart from the mindless stupidity, how do you give a dog as a 'surprise' present at Christmas. When and where do you keep (look after) it till the big day, in the shed, garage? Nothing would surprise me with someone who buys a pup like a box of chocolates?

who knows...maybe they expect the breeder or rescue centre to doll it up in a big red bow with lit up reindeer horns ready for the big ride to the happy new home in the car. Horrible.

A friend of ours found a tiny pup in a shop doorway in town on Boxing Day     He thought it was a kitten and took it home in his coat because it was freezing cold.  A visit to the vet the next day confirmed it was about 6 weeks old and a Shih Tzu or Lhasa pup :(   - turned out to be a Shih Tzu! and lucky to be alive in that weather.

They kept the pup as they felt it was meant to be, they'd always wanted a dog but had both worked full time and he'd just retired.  It was one lucky pup, the vet thought it wouldn't have survived more than an hour or so in that weather.
They never found out where it had come from - makes me wonder what kind of person could throw a pup out in freezing weather

On another forum I visit there is a family, with small children,(so it sounds), getting a puppy, of my breed, on Dec 22nd. They are asking for all sorts of advise, (nothing wrong in that). I keep pointing them to the breeder and the breed website. A puppy ready and delivered for Dec 22nd , I hope the breeder will be readily available.

At least he can sit and watch his 101 friends on TV...because the film  is bound to be shown ;-(

Dont laugh but sometimes I watch Tears & Tiaras on Sky about pagents in USA, its like a fascination and live dolls - no idea why I watch it but first "prize" was a shiney crown and a puppy!!!

I nearly cried poor little things. (the puppies).

its sad these types of adds still exist.
ive been seeing lots of adds saying, "not endorsed, not spayed, due in season now, Self whelped last litter"

i saw one website last yeah where the breeder (term used very losley) was offering to deliver pups on christmass day

Do none of these people care about how traumatic it may be for a little pup (or kitten, for that matter) to be put into a new home with all the excitement and chaos of Christmas going on around it?  The poor things are probably totally confused and terrified.

> Dont laugh but sometimes I watch Tears & Tiaras on Sky about pagents in USA, its like a fascination and live dolls - no idea why I watch it but first "prize" was a shiney crown and a puppy!!!
>
> I nearly cried poor little things. (the puppies).

Seen it..... not much hope for those poor little girls either..... 

> ive been seeing lots of adds saying, "not endorsed, not spayed, due in season now, Self whelped last litter"

Now these adverts really make my blood boil.

> ive been seeing lots of adds saying, "not endorsed, not spayed, due in season now, Self whelped last litter"

Thats so so sad.

Im not a breeder but from what i know, no 'good' breeder would let a pup leave over the christmas period as its just not a good time to be introducing a new pup to the house. For that matter, no responsible dog owner would want to get a pup at that time for the same reason (i dread the chaos of xmas as it is without adding a new pup into the equation too!) .For so called 'breeders' to be offering to deliver pups on xmas day...well, it just beggers belief!!!!!

On the other hand in our house the Christmas season isn't really any different to any other time we'd still take time off work regardless to help settle in a new pup so it wouldn't matter, and breeders can't pick and choose when their bitches are in season so that obviously dictates although i would like to think respected ones would use their wisdom and not let one go to a busy household during that period.

> no responsible dog owner would want to get a pup at that time for the same reason

Surely that depends entirely on the household? Out of 4 dogs that I've had from puppyhood, 3 were brought home around Christmas - 16th December, 15th December and 30th December. It wasn't planned that way, it just happened to be when the puppies were born. For me personally though, Christmas is a great time to bring a puppy home, we have no kids and there is an extended Christmas break. The only downside is standing in the garden at 3am in January isn't much fun!!!