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you can't control what others do but you can help her understand the gravity of her decision, help come up with a plan, recommend a number of different books, dvd, email groups etc so she can learn to understand what her dog is communication to her, talk to her about the realities and problems that come with owning a "force", ask her if she's committed to the dog for it's life no matter what happens - like a marriage for richer or poorer, in sickness & in health 'til death do us part.  if she is still eager to radically change her life, commit to training the dog at least to the level of a good citizen (you can supply her with a list of skill the dog would need to be taught to achieve this), and offer to help her though any rough patches that will in all likelihood crop up from time to time then why not sell her a dog.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

I'll do as you suggested and not let them run around together too often.

Don Corleone,

I say you should tell her that this dog will be hard to handle and that she has to put in some time and effort, and if she's not willing to do this then advise her to get something else for security. But you said she is going to take him to a trainer you recommended so I think she should be o'kay.

Good Luck.

Hi Henry:  I was wondering why you rejected the 4 offers?  It may help others in the same situation if you can give some tips on recognizing good and bad potential puppy buyers.

Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable selling  an alpha, aggressive bitch puppy to an inexperienced person - period, regardless of what she says her intentions are (road to hell and all).  If she is inexperienced she has no clue what she needs anyway, and if she seriously needs a PP, why is she looking at puppies?.   She would be better off with an already trained dog, I'd give her a couple of referrals and send her down the road.  Who needs the headache?

Sure Sueincc,

Well somebody sent me an email offering a price for 2 puppies which I rejected because I don't want to sell 2 puppies to one home and also because he did not ask anything at all other than the price.

The second one was because he lived in another city.

The third I was actually going to sell to but when I asked some questions he got very flustered and was rambling about who the puppy was actually for so I immedialtely rejected that because he could have been connected to a pet shop because there are quite a lot of them here.

And the last one, no particular reason; I just didn't have a very good feeling about the person.

I know some of the reasons seem harsh but unless I am 100% sure the puppy is going to a good home where they will care for him/her properly as well as me being able to see the puppy often and having an active hand in his/her development then I won't sell them.

I'd say that if you don't have the facilities to keep puppies until you can find a god home or even have to keep one or two puppies then you shouldn't breed them.

I have to be especially careful because of the pet shops and there are also quite a few koreans who wouldn't mind a puppy or two for their restaurant(I know they probably use strays but you never know).

And also, make sure you ask some questions to the potential buyer to see their suitability.

Sue

I don't think you fully read my two seperate posts.  The one was about the female puppy, which has nothing to do with the single lady.  I still have her and she will not go to an inexperienced person.  Need a dog?

The other post was about the lady and a male pup that is more suitable.  She doesn't want an older dog because she has multiple species of animals at the home.  She didn't want to go through the trouble of an older dog adapting to multiple cats, horses, etc.  She also doesn't want an expensive dog or a dog that is trained in PP.  This pup has nothing to do with the alpha female.  Don't get me wrong, he will be no pushover.  I just always have concern for where and who they go to.  I guess I always worry no matter what.   I was just trying to relate to the OP.  Stop yelling at me.

Oh sorry, sorry, sorry - I thought they were both about the same dog. I was begining to think everyone here had lost their minds - good to know it was only me!   In the immortal words of RoseannRoseannaDanna "Nevermind".

sue: I was begining to think everyone here had lost their minds - good to know it was only me! 

nice morning chuckle thanks