Can somebody help me? My family want to buy my sister a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel for a Wedding Gift! We already own a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and would love to give the happy couple a companion for their new house. We live in the North East of England and are having difficulty finding a suitable pet (friend). Can anyone one help we are willing to travel, please contact me on mikey_uni@hotmail.com

Thank You All!

I'm sorry this is going to seem a very brutal reply - but to buy a puppy for a wedding present!! you can't be serious. A dog is not for "house decoration" but to be loved and part of the family because it is wanted for itself not just asthetics.

Do you know the couple want one, do they work, are they prepared to put their newly wedded bliss stuff aside to concentrate on rearing a puppy?

I'm sorry - but I think it is one of the sickest things I have heard of when buying a puppy.

I am always dead against people buying any pet as a present without the full involvement of the future owner.

sorry

Pam the mad boys

I agree with Pammy - the happy couple will have their hands full after the wedding with their 'other stuff' ;-) and will find it very hard to make room for a new puppy - especially any issues that may arise with their existing dog. Why not buy the bed/lead and a 'gift certificate' for the puppy, so they can get one when they are really ready?

A dog is for life and all that stuff........... Would you get them a baby if that was what they 'really wanted'?

Fran

Come on Fran .thats not nice at all whats a baby got to do with anything.All that stuff is their own business.What do the rest of the world do with their dogs when they want to do stuff . I dont know what to make of some of those replies,only the person themselves can decide when they are readyto have a puppy . Not someone who wants to get the stuff out of the way first .

Im sorry people can be so brutal without first knowing your circumstances. You have probably talked all this out with your sister ,and she has probably said she wants one Im sure you know your sister, and im sure you would not give her a dog if you did not think she would love it to bits .Ibought my neice celene a gsd as a wedding present .she had a gs bitch and wanted to breed and show .but we talked it out first . she is doing very well in the ring and considers it the best present she got apart from the hubby mari

Marie

I'm sorry the replies Fran and I have made have offended you. But the original query talks about a family deciding, no mention of involvement of the people concerned and for the pup to be a companion for their new house!! Nothing their tells me they are looking for the right reasons.

The circumstances you provided a pup for someone were very different to the tone of the original query which in my humble opinion seemed to make light of giving a pup. Unless you know these people, how can you say you are sure they have talked it through. If that were the case - no dogs would ever end up in resuce for being un-wanted!!

Hello Pam.
Iam not offended at all.but it is a help forum and i thought you came on a bit strong when you dont know either.Iam fully aware of the fate of puppies bought and dumped .Ihave rescued more than enough.I have taken back puppies Ithought were going to good homes and then found they were not. I just feel some of the replies are very sharp and its offputting ,after all they are good enough to visit the forum and ask for help, and it wouldent hurt to be a bit nicer and get your points across in a more tactful way. as my old dad used to say there is more than one way to choke a chicken oops.please no replies about the chicken mari

>> I just feel some of the replies are very sharp and its offputting ,after all they are good enough to visit the forum and ask for help, and it wouldent hurt to be a bit nicer and get your points across in a more tactful way..... :-) Leigh

I think that the person asking this question could not possibly have been able to give the full circumstances without writing an epic! I would say in this case directing her/him to the breed clubs would have been a better option, therby giving them the opertunity to talk at length about the breed and the circumstances behind it all. So, to guest I would say check out this site for breeders, contact the kennel club for a list of breeders/puppies/breed clubs, get the magazines Dogs Today and Dogs Monthly for the same.
I will say that I don't consider a dog should ever be considered as a Xmas present/wedding present/new home present UNLESS the circumstances are right. After all, I have read in the dog papers about people who have started in a breed after being given one as a wedding present etc! And, i think I would be more inclined to wait for a dog if I were just married, new home etc, and Xmas on the way! However, if the happy couple have lived together for ages, and are returning to their home after the wedding, well I would consider that to be different circumstances also! :)

now that is tactful .nice one mari

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Leigh