Cherub08 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Reason for Rehome / Sale New born pups Time Scale – How Urgent? In 7 weeks when pups are 8 weeks old Sale Amount £200 Has the Dog been in Rescue No Location Sheffield Age & Currently 1 week Breed/ Mix Patterdale x Border Lakeland Terrier KC Registered No Approximate size Small breed Exercise Needed Several walks each day. Like a good run and playful Neutered & Micro chipped Micro chipped only Vaccinated & Wormed Wormed Live in / out Either Ever lived with other cats/dogs/other animals Any Current or Historical Health or Psychological Issues Temperament Good or Bad with Children Dislike of Men or Women OK with Dogs / Cats/other Animals Travel OK in Car Left happily alone in the House for How Long at a time Destructive Behaviour Barks Pull on the lead Crate trained Housetrained General Information you can share about the Dog. Our patterdale terrier gave birth last saturday to 3 healthy pups, 1 bitch 2 dogs. We have 2 dogs to rehome in 7 weeks to loving caring homes. Both mum and pups are doing very well, she's an excellent mum! Puppies checked over by vet, all okay. Pups are feeding great and being well looked after by mum. So far they are just like mum in colour-chocolate brown. One is slightly darker than the other and has a small White fleck on his chest. The other is a lighter version. Puppies have had tails legally docked and will be micro-chipped and wormed when ready to leave mum in 7 weeks. Cost £200 which includes cost of docking and chipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berlingo Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thought pups should be chipped at the time of docking so the number can go on the chipping certificate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thought pups should be chipped at the time of docking so the number can go on the chipping certificate?That's not entirely true: http://www.cdb.org/awa/index.htm Puppies being docked must be microchipped, either at the time of docking or when the vet considers they are old enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berlingo Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We've had a few in at work with " certificates" and no chip. The vet has always said that they should be chipped at the time? surly if they can stand their tail cutting off they can stand a little microchip inplant? Not after an argument, just saying about the chip situation as I believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Our vet wasn't happy chipping Brude until after we'd had him for a few weeks, due to his age/size, so I can see that being the case with few day old pups too Introducing a foreign body always comes with the risk of infection, so I can see why they'd be reluctant on such a young dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berlingo Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We have had certificates in that look like copies? Not chipping could lead to people paying for 2 pups to be legally docked and having the other's at home done by a non professional. People don't know what they are looking for with the certificates. I am not against docking btw for working dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We have had certificates in that look like copies? Not chipping could lead to people paying for 2 pups to be legally docked and having the other's at home done by a non professional. People don't know what they are looking for with the certificates. I am not against docking btw for working dogsI think that about sums it up I strongly oppose the docking legislation - especially as on this forum alone we've had more than one story of repeated amputations due to injury later in life The repair rate to ANY being as it is growing so rapidly in its early days, plus the underdeveloped nervous system at that time means that tail docking is nowhere near as horrific as its supporters would like us to believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berlingo Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I think that about sums it up I strongly oppose the docking legislation - especially as on this forum alone we've had more than one story of repeated amputations due to injury later in life The repair rate to ANY being as it is growing so rapidly in its early days, plus the underdeveloped nervous system at that time means that tail docking is nowhere near as horrific as its supporters would like us to believe I don't think there's a need for it, personally, I hate to think of the poor little thing being docked in someones back yard :-0 ... Must say we don't have lots of docked pups now, but peoples faces when we ask if they have a certificate is a picture! There also isn't many vets that do it in this area either. Must say I'm loving all the boxer dogs now with their tails. Even saw one in Spain with a tail last time I was over and they seem to dock every breed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherub08 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 There are strict rules about docking and as these are likely to be working dogs surely their tails being docked is kinder to them in that it prevents injury in the longer term. Whilst I'm sorry to hear of the poor dog you mention who had problems - it is only one dog. What about those that have been docked and are fine! I hadn't realised that by putting the puppies on here for potential dog lovers to possible want to home it would open up such debate and opinion sharing! Microchipping will be done in a month when they are older and bigger - on the vet's advice. I don't know why he didn't do it at the same time and that's why I went to him because he's a qualified experienced vet and I am not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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