is it ever right to buy a dog online ? or from a dodgy dealer ?

[waterhog]

is it ever right to buy a dog online ? 20.03.13

jokes aside,
this trade is dark,
this is a cry for help,
my poem is louder then any bark.
i no everyone is busy,
but there rush way of life i do decline,
everyone has a little common sense,
you don't buy a dog "online".
riddled with disease,
kept in conditions that are squalid,
what is making this trade thrive,
the chance to make a pound note is horrid.
wake up everyone,
your PC is no way to buy a hound,
yes it all may be visible,
but it is equivalent to any nasty trade underground.
i have made my case,
to "Battersea dog home" i will email send,
now i need a bed for tonight,
so i am going online for some old dog to befriend.


( i have sent my poem to Battersea dogs home and i hope they can use my poem to put up and to warn people not to do this. i would even re-wright the last bit for them as they may not see this funny. i just wondered, would the reader on this forum ever buy a dog online ? and no funny jokes pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.)

[lostalex]

it depends... are you buying the dog for a pet or for meat?

[Kizzy]

Puppy farming is a big problem, great topic joe :)
If you get a pup think the RSPCA suggest you visit pup and mum at their home first.

[InOne]

Got our puppy from someone online. We went to the house and met the mum and the brothers and sisters. It was a family home type thing, the little girl didn't want to let him go and kept asking to stroke him one last time LOL But yeah, ours came from a nice family and no dodgy dealers

[joeysteele]

I think it depends, there are probably,for some, good reasons to buy a Dog online rather than from a Dog home or shelter.

We got our first Dog from a breeder of Staffies and the one we have now is another from that breeder.
Once you buy a Dog as long as you have him/her checked at the Vet and ensure they have all the vaccinations necessary,I don't see the problem as to buying online or anywhere else.
If a Dog needs a home or a new home, then that would be fine by me to buy online. You could still insist on seeing it's former background anyway before doing so.

[Omah]

:nono: