i feel awful doing it but this person wanted to buy one of my pups for his nephew who is 7 and i said sorry i do not think it would be suitable if you wanted to bring your nephew with his mother and father and rest of the family and we could have a talk about having a puppy and what this would entail, he got i would not say angry but did not understand why i would not let him have a puppy and said that he was the one buying it ,and i explained yes but did he live with the family and he said no and i proceded to explain that the family needed to then come to see the pups and as they where going to be the main carers of the puppy but he said if i felt like that he would go else where.
I think i did the correct thing would you of done the same ?

I haven't had a litter but by jove I with you on this one, what is up with people. You need to meet the people, the small ones too when looking to sell a puppy to a family, this young lad may not be good around dogs, his parents may hate the idea etc... You did the right thing and I suspect no believe that everyone on this forum would agree and done the same thing

I would say you were totally correct!!

Completely agree, i said the same to one of my puppy buyers, they arranged an appointment but the whole (immediate) family couldnt come so i asked them to re-arrange to a convenient time when they could all come, they then asked if the MIL could come too :-) when they had gone i had a lovely email from them thanking us for making the MIL's day she was delighted to have seen the litter and thoroughly enjoyed it, they passed all our expectations and had one of our babies :)

Yes you have definitely done the right thing! :-)

No matter the breed, when someone askes me for a puppy for a child I say "buy them a bike".

When they get rough with it and break it or tired of it they can put it in the shed or through the free ads....just not with my puppy.

I turn people down all the time.  I'm probably not as restrained as you though.  I asked one man why he wanted a pup, and he said for the kid to play with.  :-(

The kid was 5 years old.  I advised the man that he would be better taking "the kid" to toys R us.

Ive just had a 9year old email me through this website and ask if they could have a pup, they were still trying to persuade their Mum.....not only that, she lived right at the other end of the country to me.  What worried me even more than the asking for a pup was that she was emailling people she didnt know without her parents knowledge and telling me all about herself.  I did ask her Mum to email me and to her credit she did and she has had a chat with her daughter about online safety.

(Caveat: I work in a Primary School so perhaps this worried me more than most people).

Totally agree, it doesn't matter who's paying for the puppy, you need to meet and be happy with the family they would actually be living with!

some parents should use the blocking and parent controls availableb with children usingthe internet for there own safety ,my 10 nearly 11 year old son loves to read all the forums on here but heknows hes not allowed to comment or do anything on here or it will spoil it foir him self to read as he looves doingthis in his own time after homework etc

On the other hand thing your completely right notto let anyone have a puppy you feel isthe wrong person i know my self would never think  about breeding a litter of puppys with out thinking i may keep the whole litter till i know they go to safe loving homes who can afford and look after a puppy to meet there needs  i personally think if they were looking for the perfect healthy comanion of one ofyour puppys they wouldntmind anything you said to abid they recieve the best potential forever home xxxx thats just my own opionion

I had a similar request when someone asked if they could have a pup for their son's birthday. I was polite but to the point, and would have said the same as you in the same situation. Oddly enough my litter were ready for their new homes on Christmas eve, but I never got any christmas present puppy requests.

I am totally with you on this matey! when people call me to arrange a meeting i ask them to bring their tribe as some would put it and i dont care that ive got four young children myself,my lot have been brought up to repect all animals and i want to be sure the perspective buyers 'kids' are the same and nothing less or they leave and dont return.i dont make no bones about telling people neither..100% of people who have met us and pups was hapy with this arrangment on the phone or we'd not have met in the first place....
Sounds like your doing your best already,which is all anyone can do.x

Just refused someone for one of my pups. Met them back in September, pups are now born and they came to see them. However, not only did the husband not come ( was at a car boot sale 5 minutes away and they came but left the husband there) but her parting shot to me was, we are retired (only just) and we don't want a bouncy puppy! Nuff said!

thank you to everyone for the replies, makes me feel better now, as my hubby said it does not matter if they stay with us until we find the correct owner for them