Would You Sell Your Dog? - Page 1

Nope.
No way in hell.

Best friends aren't for sale.

Any dog that I am currently raising, training, or my current retired companions- absolutely not. I have three dogs right now that would never be for sale for any reason, and that number may go up to four in the coming months.

I'm not oppposed someday, if I have a retired female and someone wants to pamper her in her twilight years and offer her more time than I can give, and it's someone I know and trust, sure, I'd consider it. Or, if I had a young dog I grew out and am not completely sure about and I had a very promising pup on the ground I really wanted to keep, and the person offering would be perfect for the older pup, again, I'd consider it.

I think a lot of breeders have dogs they would sell under the right circumstances, but also have dogs that are special and can never be sold. All of my dogs live in my home and are special to me, but they are special enough that I won't hoard them if soemone is offering a great life.

 Wouldn't someone selling a pregnant female just be looking for extra cash.  They just breed their male to the female and hike the price up.  I see adds like that all the time on this site.  I look at my dogs and could not see parting with any of them.   I had a similar thing happen to me once while walking one of my Sibes down main street here.  One guy asked how much do I want for him....and later on another person asked how much do I want for one of my dogs puppies......he didn't even have puppies at the time....  That's one thing I HATE with my breed is people watch Eight Below and Snow dogs and they think Huskies are the best and easiest breed to own and handle.  They see mine being so well trained and think they all are.  I could possibly understand people selling adults if they had divorces or lost their job/home.  I've been asked by many why don't I just sell my youngest female Husky if I'm never going to breed her, same with the younger male.  

Agree 100 percent KCzaja! Theresa

Not sure why the suggestion should make you angry.   I have seen many adult GSDs sold to people, who very quickly develop a bond as strong as any person who raised their dog from a puppy.  Sometimes a dog doesn't work out, for many reasons, a breeder might want to go in a different direction, a dog might not work out for what it was intended in breeding, work, sport or even a pet home.  As long as the dog is sold/rehomed to someone who will take good care of the dog, I have no problem with people selling adult dogs.  My next dog will probably come to me when he is between 1 and 2 years old.