Puppy For Sale Websites

[Paul W]

Can someone tell why so many K9 member seem to search the dogs for sale websites every day so they can post details of litters or the odd dog for sale on here. Its obvious they are not looking for a pet for themselves. Its also not because they know someone on here is looking for a pup. It seems to me they are just trying to be the first to spot an advert and get some brownie points from other members. Surely we are all against the puppy farmers and bad pet owners of this country but doing this is never going to help. It just seems so sad that this is what some members think of doing every day. Write to MPs etc is surely the best way. I'm not having a go at anyone but take a step out of the circle and look at yourself and your addiction, which is what it is. Believe me I've done a lot of soul searching lately and looked at where my life was going. Power to the people. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 

[k4tie-d]

i am one of those members, i have a nose once a week or once every 2 weeks just to see whats about, mainly because you never know what you might find.

and i am happy to say that on one occation i think i helped in finding a love whippy a home,

please read thread and you will see,

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=50825&hl=

i posted about this girl and thankfully she found the perfect home with her sister.

if i hadnt posted this that probabily wouldnt have happened. (not saying she wouldnt have found a lovely home though)

for that reason i think if someone see something they feel should have a bigger chance of finding its way home then they should feel free to post it :thumbsup:

edited to say it is no addiction, i plan to have a 3rd whippet and by looking at an add every so often you get an idea of whats about and if the right one poped up then all those times iv poped on to theses site will be worth while.

 

[nicky12]

i know the reason i do it is because you never know wen you may be able to help one of them ,thats how we rescued my poppy so dont knock em for doing it ,as im shure its put a few whippets in loving homes who otherweise could well end up in wrong hands :thumbsup:

have look at my poppys story you will see what i mean

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=45260&hl=

 

[Paul W]

i am one of those members, i have a nose once a week or once every 2 weeks just to see whats about, mainly because you never know what you might find. and i am happy to say that on one occation i think i helped in finding a love whippy a home,

please read thread and you will see,

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=50825&hl=

i posted about this girl and thankfully she found the perfect home with her sister.

if i hadnt posted this that probabily wouldnt have happened. (not saying she wouldnt have found a lovely home though)

for that reason i think if someone see something they feel should have a bigger chance of finding its way home then they should feel free to post it  :thumbsup:

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Well done Katie. This time it worked out great. :thumbsup:

 

[Paul W]

i know the reason i do it is because you never know wen you may be able to help one of them ,thats how we rescued my poppy so dont knock em for doing it ,as im shure its put a few whippets in loving homes who otherweise could well end up in wrong hands  :thumbsup: have look at my poppys story you will see what i mean 

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=45260&hl=

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Well done Nicky for that. I just noticed you've posted a link showing a litter of pups that you had no interest in buying. I agree they are being kept in a terrible way but posting it on here will do nothing. They are not a dog looking for a new home that you could help with!! You must have clicked to look at them with no intention of buying. Again I'm not having a go at anyone, It's just most of these posts are not going to get anywhere. They just fuel the same old topic time and time again. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 

[k4tie-d]

i think if you read the thread properly the link nicky posted was to prove a point, not to advertise the pups or to try find homes for them, it was to show why some breeders/people dont like epupz :thumbsup:

 

[nicky12]

i know the reason i do it is because you never know wen you may be able to help one of them ,thats how we rescued my poppy so dont knock em for doing it ,as im shure its put a few whippets in loving homes who otherweise could well end up in wrong hands  :thumbsup: have look at my poppys story you will see what i mean 

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=45260&hl=

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Well done Nicky for that. I just noticed you've posted a link showing a litter of pups that you had no interest in buying. I agree they are being kept in a terrible way but posting it on here will do nothing. They are not a dog looking for a new home that you could help with!! You must have clicked to look at them with no intention of buying. Again I'm not having a go at anyone, It's just most of these posts are not going to get anywhere. They just fuel the same old topic time and time again. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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ah now how do you know that hun :- " if i cant help then somone else maybe able to, my point is people on here do this just in case somone can help as you never know ,i look at all of them with no interest of buying hun still doesnt change the fact that i have two rescues here (that i had no interest in buying )im so glad i did as od knows were they would have ended up ,somone may look at that link i posted and think lets go see these poor babies and give them a loving home ,what harm can it do for people to post such links ,in my opinion even if one dog a month gets help it worth the time

 

[Paul W]

i think if you read the thread properly the link nicky posted was to prove a point, not to advertise the pups or to try find homes for them, it was to show why some breeders/people dont like epupz :thumbsup:

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I said I'm not having a go at anyone. I hate the puppy farmers as much as the next person. I just can't understand why some people, as soon as they open their eyes in the morning they go straight to the puppy websites to look at whats going on so they can be the first to report it to the K9 police. :clown:

 

[nicky12]

i think if you read the thread properly the link nicky posted was to prove a point, not to advertise the pups or to try find homes for them, it was to show why some breeders/people dont like epupz :thumbsup:

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I said I'm not having a go at anyone. I hate the puppy farmers as much as the next person. I just can't understand why some people, as soon as they open their eyes in the morning they go straight to the puppy websites to look at whats going on so they can be the first to report it to the K9 police. :clown:

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:lol: :lol: im not that bad ,i usualy have look maybe once a week unless somone post a link then il have a nosey around to :thumbsup:

 

[Paul W]

i know the reason i do it is because you never know wen you may be able to help one of them ,thats how we rescued my poppy so dont knock em for doing it ,as im shure its put a few whippets in loving homes who otherweise could well end up in wrong hands  :thumbsup: have look at my poppys story you will see what i mean 

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=45260&hl=

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Well done Nicky for that. I just noticed you've posted a link showing a litter of pups that you had no interest in buying. I agree they are being kept in a terrible way but posting it on here will do nothing. They are not a dog looking for a new home that you could help with!! You must have clicked to look at them with no intention of buying. Again I'm not having a go at anyone, It's just most of these posts are not going to get anywhere. They just fuel the same old topic time and time again. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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ah now how do you know that hun :- " if i cant help then somone else maybe able to, my point is people on here do this just in case somone can help as you never know ,i look at all of them with no interest of buying hun still doesnt change the fact that i have two rescues here (that i had no interest in buying )im so glad i did as od knows were they would have ended up ,somone may look at that link i posted and think lets go see these poor babies and give them a loving home ,what harm can it do for people to post such links ,in my opinion even if one dog a month gets help it worth the time

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Believe it or not I'm right behind you on this. I've looked back at your posts and you seem to be a very caring person. Can't take that away from you. :wub: The point I'm trying to make is looking at puppy ads and posting them on here won't do anything. :thumbsup:

 

[hely]

i think if you read the thread properly the link nicky posted was to prove a point, not to advertise the pups or to try find homes for them, it was to show why some breeders/people dont like epupz :thumbsup:

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I said I'm not having a go at anyone. I hate the puppy farmers as much as the next person. I just can't understand why some people, as soon as they open their eyes in the morning they go straight to the puppy websites to look at whats going on so they can be the first to report it to the K9 police. :clown:

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well i think its a good job that people do................there have been quite a few dogs rehomed by k9'ers because people have looked on these sites :thumbsup:

 

[nicky12]

i know the reason i do it is because you never know wen you may be able to help one of them ,thats how we rescued my poppy so dont knock em for doing it ,as im shure its put a few whippets in loving homes who otherweise could well end up in wrong hands  :thumbsup: have look at my poppys story you will see what i mean 

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=45260&hl=

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Well done Nicky for that. I just noticed you've posted a link showing a litter of pups that you had no interest in buying. I agree they are being kept in a terrible way but posting it on here will do nothing. They are not a dog looking for a new home that you could help with!! You must have clicked to look at them with no intention of buying. Again I'm not having a go at anyone, It's just most of these posts are not going to get anywhere. They just fuel the same old topic time and time again. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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ah now how do you know that hun :- " if i cant help then somone else maybe able to, my point is people on here do this just in case somone can help as you never know ,i look at all of them with no interest of buying hun still doesnt change the fact that i have two rescues here (that i had no interest in buying )im so glad i did as od knows were they would have ended up ,somone may look at that link i posted and think lets go see these poor babies and give them a loving home ,what harm can it do for people to post such links ,in my opinion even if one dog a month gets help it worth the time

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Believe it or not I'm right behind you on this. I've looked back at your posts and you seem to be a very caring person. Can't take that away from you. :wub: The point I'm trying to make is looking at puppy ads and posting them on here won't do anything. :thumbsup:

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ah but thats the point it does do somthing ,some of these dogs have been found some very loving homes by k9er ,so taking 5mins outa your day to read such a post is nothing really is it ,i mean you never know wen you may even be able to help one

 

[Paul W]

i think if you read the thread properly the link nicky posted was to prove a point, not to advertise the pups or to try find homes for them, it was to show why some breeders/people dont like epupz :thumbsup:

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I said I'm not having a go at anyone. I hate the puppy farmers as much as the next person. I just can't understand why some people, as soon as they open their eyes in the morning they go straight to the puppy websites to look at whats going on so they can be the first to report it to the K9 police. :clown:

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well i think its a good job that people do................there have been quite a few dogs rehomed by k9'ers because people have looked on these sites :thumbsup:

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Quite right too. I can see older dogs could get some help from K9ers. The puppies don't need to be posted, they haven't been homed in the first place so why are people looking at them if theyre not looking to buy. :cheers:

 

[k4tie-d]

ah now how do you know that hun :- " if i cant help then somone else maybe able to, my point is people on here do this just in case somone can help as you never know ,i look at all of them with no interest of buying hun still doesnt change the fact that i have two rescues here (that i had no interest in buying )im so glad i did as od knows were they would have ended up ,somone may look at that link i posted and think lets go see these poor babies and give them a loving home ,what harm can it do for people to post such links ,in my opinion even if one dog a month gets help it worth the time

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totaly agree with you nicky even if its only one a year who can be helped its worth it :thumbsup:

paul who are the k9 police? how do we call them? k99??

and how do you know its the first thing us people do when we get up in the morning? does this mean you are the k9 detective that you spy on us all?? (w00t) :clown:

before today i dont think iv looked at any of the sites in a few weeks to be honest,

youv got to remeber their are 20 odd thousand members on k9 so a link being put up every couple of days by total different people doesnt add up to your statement of people spending every waking hour looking for dogs to report to the so called police.

 

[bertha]

I know exactly what Paul is getting at. Puppies should not need promoting on K9, I never had to advertise when I had a litter, word of mouth was enough, also there was no internet to go on then.

I can understand Rescue people putting dogs on that need a home, it is ideal for that.

There is a lot of holier than thou in all this, look at me, I have found these puppies on here, but I don't want one. Why keep looking, what for? If you are looking for a pup, surely the best way is to contact a breeder or a Whippet Club secretary not epupz.

 

[beaker]

i'm for one am really grateful to the K9 eagle eye's, if it were not for them then i wouldn't have known that the 14 week old girl bred by my friend was being re-advertised without her knowledge and a year later i wouldn't have known that her litter sister was in the same predicament but this time being sold as a potential brood

now thanks to K9 both are safe and living in the Devon sunshine with a total darling of a lady :*

the posting of litters on here is a tough one to police, the back yard breeders that quietly churn out puppies en mass need to be shown up for what they are but how do we do that without inadvertently advertising their "product" for them as well and how can we differentiate between the genuinely proud breeders showing off their babies and the breeders who only post to advertise?

those that check these sort of sites regularly can spot the ever regular sellers and warn buyers away from them, so i'm grateful the k9 eye's exist :thumbsup:

 

[jinnyfizz]

i am one of those members, i have a nose once a week or once every 2 weeks just to see whats about, mainly because you never know what you might find. and i am happy to say that on one occation i think i helped in finding a love whippy a home,

please read thread and you will see,

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=50825&hl=

i posted about this girl and thankfully she found the perfect home with her sister.

if i hadnt posted this that probabily wouldnt have happened. (not saying she wouldnt have found a lovely home though)

for that reason i think if someone see something they feel should have a bigger chance of finding its way home then they should feel free to post it  :thumbsup:

edited to say it is no addiction, i plan to have a 3rd whippet and by looking at an add every so often you get an idea of whats about and if the right one poped up then all those times iv poped on to theses site will be worth while.

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If Katie hadn't looked at Freeads that day, I wouldn't have been able to reunite Rosie with her twin sister, Ella. THANK YOU SO MUCH KATIE :thumbsup:

If I hadn't looked at Epupz last year, I wouldn't have seen the ad for Ella, see this link

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=37259&hl=

Both my girls were sired by a dog owned by a responsible K9 member who had no idea that her "grandkids" were being advertised on the open market having already been homed, apparently to forever homes. Neither owner of the twins had even considered returning to the breeder, who would have willingly helped find them another home.

I still look at Epupz on a regular basis and I will continue to do so, not because I want to buy a puppy, but because another one of my whippets' relatives may pop up on there one day :blink: If that happens, I would like to think that I could do something about it.

I rarely put myself in the firing line on this forum because I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion but on this occasion I have to disagree that looking on Epupz and other similar commercial sites is wrong and I am actually quite shocked that some people seem to think it is

And, by the way, I am not addicted ............ I don't have time for that as I work full time and have 7 dogs, 5 cats, 5 horses and a husband. But I would rather spend an interactive hour or so on K9, Epupz, Yahoo etc than watch TV!!!!! My choice :thumbsup:

Ah Ha!!!! I see Becka has also posted in the same vein :huggles: :thumbsup:

 

[Paul W]

i'm for one am really grateful to the K9 eagle eye's, if it were not for them then i wouldn't have known that the 14 week old girl bred by my friend was being re-advertised without her knowledge and a year later i wouldn't have known that her litter sister was in the same predicament but this time being sold as a potential brood 
now thanks to K9 both are safe and living in the Devon sunshine with a total darling of a lady  :*

the posting of litters on here is a tough one to police, the back yard breeders that quietly churn out puppies en mass need to be shown up for what they are but how do we do that without inadvertently advertising their "product" for them as well  and how can we differentiate between the genuinely proud breeders showing off their babies and the breeders who only post to advertise?

those that check these sort of sites regularly can spot the ever regular sellers and warn buyers away from them, so i'm grateful the k9 eye's exist :thumbsup:

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Another good post. Well said. How about a database of all know puppy farmers that could be made public. The only problem would be we would get sued for libel if we got our facts wrong. At the end of the day a puppy farmer is not doing anything against the law if their dogs are well cared for. You have to be so carefull not to libel someone in this day and age even if is on a web forum. :cheers:

 

[Paul W]

i'm for one am really grateful to the K9 eagle eye's, if it were not for them then i wouldn't have known that the 14 week old girl bred by my friend was being re-advertised without her knowledge and a year later i wouldn't have known that her litter sister was in the same predicament but this time being sold as a potential brood 
now thanks to K9 both are safe and living in the Devon sunshine with a total darling of a lady  :*

the posting of litters on here is a tough one to police, the back yard breeders that quietly churn out puppies en mass need to be shown up for what they are but how do we do that without inadvertently advertising their "product" for them as well  and how can we differentiate between the genuinely proud breeders showing off their babies and the breeders who only post to advertise?

those that check these sort of sites regularly can spot the ever regular sellers and warn buyers away from them, so i'm grateful the k9 eye's exist :thumbsup:

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Another good post. Well said. How about a database of all know puppy farmers that could be made public. The only problem would be we would get sued for libel if we got our facts wrong. At the end of the day a puppy farmer is not doing anything against the law if their dogs are well cared for. You have to be so carefull not to libel someone in this day and age even if is on a web forum. :cheers:

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I know. Lets call them regular breeders instead. LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Janimal]

What Id like to know is what everyone has against EPUPZ... there are some normal families with puppies on there.

My friend who had a litter about 6 months ago had 2 pups left mainly due to timewasters... :angry: so they put them onto Epupz.

In actual fact they sold in the end..due to word of mouth and not Epupz...but I personally dont think every person advertising on there is bad...

There are many litters on here...K9.....but only from personal experience do we know that particular breeder is good or bad sometimes...surely its the same if a litter is advertised on other forums/sites..

I for one am pleased puppies were shown on here...because I wouldnt have my dogs if it wasnt for the litters being on K9. and I applaud all the people who have taken in dogs from these sites.. :thumbsup: I also am not looking to have another puppy but often look at these type of sites...you never know what you would see.. :- "