Purchasing a Puppy Puppy, Purchasing

sko

Hi LYKs, after years of consideration and parents' approval, I have finally decided to home a puppy in the family. Please chip in your precious advices in regards to this decision for I'll be a first time dog owner with no past experiences. Thanks!

No franchised pet stores from puppy mills... Hence, any recommended local Toy Poodle breeders?

Most importantly, I came across this local pet store called "Pets Wonderland" in Empire Mall, Richmond. They seem very decent and responsible. Anyone bought puppies from them in the past? Comments/concerns bout their reputations??

Again, many, many thanks!  

吳孟達

My little boy was adopted (purchased) from Pet Wonderland. He is almost 6 months old now.
You can ask us questions here as I owned 3 dogs before... All my family members are dog lovers.

sko

Thanks! and your maltese is sooooo cute!

Do you know where they get their puppies and such? Local breeders as they claim?

ACooperFan

just make sure you are aware of the responsibilities....all the walks, the pooing, the attention, training, love a dog would need...

but then i'm just blahing...i don't own a dog...

sko

Yes, tons of responsibilities and care for the coming decade or two, but I think it'll be all worth it.  

吳孟達

原帖由 sko 於 2009-3-9 21:06 發表
Thanks! and your maltese is sooooo cute!

Do you know where they get their puppies and such? Local breeders as they claim?

Yes, puppies are from local breeders...
But you can always go check out puppies from
http://vancouver.kijiji.ca/f-pet ... -sale-W0QQCatIdZ126

My little guy is attending obedience class, so far so good. He can sit, heel, on leash and stay now. Looking forward for more fun with him.

sko

原帖由 吳孟達 於 2009-3-9 21:46 發表
My little boy was adopted (purchased) from Pet Wonderland. He is almost 6 months old now.
You can ask us questions here as I owned 3 dogs before... All my family members are dog lovers.

And while I was in the store, I was playing with this adorable maltese. She's around 5 plus months old and possibly a sibling of your puppy? I so wanted to take her home; she was so attachy and 'deh'. Always climbing up for hugs.

decane

get a puppy from SPCA, don't buy a new puppy, help the dogs who need help.

It's free, animals are inspected.  They have a program that make sure you will be able to handle an animal (not buy one and regret because you cannot take the responsibility).

[ 本帖最後由 decane 於 2009-3-9 22:29 編輯 ]

Hyde

i got my dog from a breeder, it was a special order LOL  if you want the dog you want, you'll have to order it usually.  its much cheaper to buy from breeder then retail too.

but i havnt seen him for a few months

sko

I actually did look into SPCA few days ago, but their toy poodles were all fairly old, ranging from 7-12 only.. and their other dogs are usually huge, which my house cannot hold (neither can I handle).