I’m sorry if this is such a long descriptive post. If you got time to spare, do leave some thoughts about my situation. Here’s some background:
So I have been a dog parent for most of my life until I had to immigrate to a different country (Canada). 3 years after immigrating, I was finally able to get a dog.
I looked for any dogs that need rehoming in Kijiji. Someone messages me that he breeds pocket bullies and he has one left which is 6 months old. This guy was quite difficult to talk to but was somehow accommodating enough. He was willing to lower the price by so much because she’s the last one. She was never named. She was also looking a little skinny just because her ribs were showing through. He says that her shots were complete, pee pad trained, and leash trained. She had none of that.
We eventually did get her. We named her Summer. She’s been with us for a week now. My partner and I have the patience to train her. We also plan to get her spayed. However, it turns out that according to her vet records, she has only gotten the first shot on her 8-week-old mark. The one out of the three. Since she’s 6 months now and the second shot was long overdue, we have to redo all three shots again plus the spaying.
We contact this guy about it and says that he never told us she has all her shots and that she only has her first. Even if I did mishear him, I don’t think he’s dumb enough to do what he did with letting her shots be overdue (or is he?). He says sorry anyway and asked for pictures of Summer so I sent a few. He sees those photos of Summer chilling around our place and all he tells me is this: “U guys shoud be free feeding her fill her bowel n let her eat”
I have never heard of free feeding before and I’m tired of talking to this guy. I’m also taking her to the vet in 2 weeks-ish to get everything done and get some info from the vet as well. I’m aware that I am partly responsible for getting into this situation where I’m partially scammed, but I’m also just frustrated that a breeder is going around seemingly without much of the necessary knowledge for dog care.
TL;DR: I got a pocket bully (Summer) from an irresponsible breeder and misled me about her shots that are now overdue. He asks that I send pictures of her to see how she’s doing and says that I should be free feeding her.
So I have been a dog parent for most of my life until I had to immigrate to a different country (Canada). 3 years after immigrating, I was finally able to get a dog.
I looked for any dogs that need rehoming in Kijiji. Someone messages me that he breeds pocket bullies and he has one left which is 6 months old. This guy was quite difficult to talk to but was somehow accommodating enough. He was willing to lower the price by so much because she’s the last one. She was never named. She was also looking a little skinny just because her ribs were showing through. He says that her shots were complete, pee pad trained, and leash trained. She had none of that.
We eventually did get her. We named her Summer. She’s been with us for a week now. My partner and I have the patience to train her. We also plan to get her spayed. However, it turns out that according to her vet records, she has only gotten the first shot on her 8-week-old mark. The one out of the three. Since she’s 6 months now and the second shot was long overdue, we have to redo all three shots again plus the spaying.
We contact this guy about it and says that he never told us she has all her shots and that she only has her first. Even if I did mishear him, I don’t think he’s dumb enough to do what he did with letting her shots be overdue (or is he?). He says sorry anyway and asked for pictures of Summer so I sent a few. He sees those photos of Summer chilling around our place and all he tells me is this: “U guys shoud be free feeding her fill her bowel n let her eat”
I have never heard of free feeding before and I’m tired of talking to this guy. I’m also taking her to the vet in 2 weeks-ish to get everything done and get some info from the vet as well. I’m aware that I am partly responsible for getting into this situation where I’m partially scammed, but I’m also just frustrated that a breeder is going around seemingly without much of the necessary knowledge for dog care.
TL;DR: I got a pocket bully (Summer) from an irresponsible breeder and misled me about her shots that are now overdue. He asks that I send pictures of her to see how she’s doing and says that I should be free feeding her.