I don;t know what to do. My old rough mongrel who was 16 was pts two weeks ago and I miss him. Hed been my best friend all his life. My partner came home two days ago with a staffy puppy to replace Toddy. A surprise for me. I don't want any puppy yet and when I'm ready I thought we would choose one together and it won;t be a staffy because I don't like them, but my partner got angry when I told him to take the puppy away and he won;t. Where can I take the pup so my partner won;t find out and blame me because he thinks it;s nice? Please help me.

Call the breeders!  See if they are willing to take the puppy back they should be your first port of call.

Completely agree. Explain the situation to the breeders, they should be responsible enough to take him back.

Ofcourse, the bigger problem is your hubby - and that's something you will need to tackle yourself.

All the best,
Patty

Absolutely agree with above posts. Try and contact the breeder. Any good breeder would have the puppy back whatever the circumstance.
I can see that your hubby wanted to get you something to make you feel better and it was done with the upmost thought to you. However people are different when they lose a dog and I totally understand where you are coming from. If you are dead against this pup. Try and speak calmly to your husband telling him it was a beautiful thought but you're just not ready and the sooner the pup can go back to the breeder, the sooner it can go to a new home. If your heart isn't in it at the moment then this is the kindest thing for you and the puppy. You can't help how you feel.

I can too understand where your coming from  it took me 2years before I could take on a new puppy when one of my dogs died ( he became ill very quickly and was gone in a week at 10 yrs)
you need time to grieve for your old boy and time to remember him.
Maybe your husband cant cope very well knowing how heartbroken you are and the only way he could think of was a replacement ....a puppy for you to love but hes unfortunately made a drastic error and as the other posts suggest I think too it would be better for all concerned that the puppy be returned to the breeder to quickly find it a new loving home for life.

~Roni

I would have thought we could safely say the breeder probably isn't the king of person to be bothered with the pup, else why would they sell a pup as a surprise in the first place? JMO :)

I really feel very sorry that you are in this position. Honestly sometimes our husbands
do not always read how we feel you know.
I would sit down very calmly with my husband and say to him, that you love him and
that you need to explain that you are not ready to have a puppy back in your life at
the moment.  Ask him if he would mind you getting in touch with the breeder and seeing
if they would take the puppy back.  I am sure the breeder would take the puppy back.

Luvdog

I know it's a longshot but at least they can't say they were not aware of the situation and if they are willing to take the puppy back it saves the poor little soul just being handed over to rescue or sold on to just anybody.

Oh dear! Yes, try to get the breeder to take him back, and explain to your husband that you appreciate the thought but you want to choose your own puppy once you feel ready for another one. To be honest, even if the breeder won't take him back, it would be better to rehome the puppy than to resent him as not being what you wanted for the next 16 years! Let us know how it goes. :-(