Is it possible for a breeder to be too fussy when selling their pups??
Im only asking coz Ive just seen an ad for Cocker pups where the breeder has stating no full time workers (ok, fine...) and no part time workers either!! They will only sell to homes where someone is home 24/7!!)oh, and they want to see the home too!!).
I am going to be looking into another pup soon and am now worried that my working hours will put breeders off. My dogs are left alone for an average of 8-9 hours overnight twice a week. This is so I can spend 7 days and the other 5 nights with them. I wouldnt want to lie coz it will be important to match a new dogs personality to my current 3.
Would that put a responsible breeder off??

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I think many breeders are a bit reluctant with full time workers as training a pup is a hard thing and for many first time puppy owners its very stressful and time consuming. However I do know many who take a few weeks off work for "holiday" time when they get a pup so they can spend a few weeks training ect before leaving the pup.

I would love to be able to see the home which any pups I had would go to, some breeders do ask this and it is to see if the home is suitable as with some breeds (big/giant breeds even more so) garden size and room size is quite important.

However I know quite a few people who have invited their dogs breeders over to look at the house, have some lunch, meet the family ect even when the breeder has not considered viewing the home as they already love the family ect.

I think its good some breeders are putting alot of thought into where their pups go, however I think to a degree you can't generalize everyone for example I could say...

No pup of mine is going to a family who has young children.
No pup of mine is going to a older persons home for risk the dog maybe left without a owner one day ect.

But the perfect person may not always match your list of requirements so I do think its daft to have a blanket rule, I think its important to go on gut instinct.

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I never understand this either! If you didn't work at all how would you be able to afford to buy the pup in the 1st place, and if you don't work how do they expect you to be able to afford vets bills?

Surely it's better if you work at least part-time

If you stick to the no work rule how many pups would you realistically home?

I can honestly say that most of the people I know work to pay the bills.

The only people I know who don't work are retired or have young children. If you also put in place the no young children rule that only leaves the retired folk.

You have to go on individual people i.e. Good caring owners and well behaved children.

In my opinion there are far worse things in pet ownership than going to work a few hours a day.

No, I don't think breeders are too fussy on the whole. If I had bred a litter; I would want to be absolutely certain - or as certain as possible - that they were all going to happy homes, where they would be loved and treated with respect, for the rest of their lives. I would be devastated if a puppy I had bred ended up in rescue, not particularly because of the rescue crisis; more because that dog I had purposely brought into the world was suffering as a result of just being alive.

However; I have had dealings with a couple of over fussy breeders; whose 'terms and conditions', I felt, were not for the benefit of the dogs. I spoke to a Vizsla breeder who imposed conditions that none of his puppies were to be neutered until 3 years old. He also requested that I not be on any other waiting list. I decided I was not happy with his conditions and didn't go on a waiting list for a puppy from him. I think a good relationship with your dog's breeder is really important and if you are not happy with them then you should look elsewhere.

The whole working full time/part time thing is difficult and on the whole I don't agree with the notion that you can't own a dog and work. For goodness sake, people have got to earn a living and as long as a person is committed to the dog then the dog will not suffer as a result. But the difficulty is; how does a breeder, who doesn't know you, judge whether you are going to be committed to the dog.

Obviously I don't know you, but you do come across as someone who is dedicated to their dogs and I'm sure you will be able to put that across to a breeder; you just need to find a breeder who you like and can have a friendly chat with about it all

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