We’ve been looking for cocker puppy for a while now, Ive spoken to loads of breeders and we’ve been let down several times now. Latest Breeders litter didn’t have and males and recommended one of her friends who’s had a litter 8weeks ago so we spoke to her and visited the house this morning.

To say it was a shocking experience is probably an understatement. Although she did have all the right paperwork, pedigree papers and such and the litters mum, grandmum and great grandmum were there and welll tempered the house was a proper dump and I mean a dump. Out local tip is cleaner. Acrid smell of ammonia and urine, puppies not really all that clean and floor really sticky.

By reputation her pups are all very good but so shocked by the conditions I’m not sure what to do next.

Can anyone offer a suggestion???

Thats dog people for you 😉 if the pup is healthy and you want a dog whats the problem? You dont have to live there.

Out local tip is cleaner. Acrid smell of ammonia and urine,

Sounds like my old local.

Problem with non-hygienic conditions is that the pup may well come to you with an infection. I would be walking away.

That’s what your house smells like to everyone else when you have a dog. Boggin.

If thing’s aren’t right, walk away.
There’s no rush.

We bought our border terrier from a breeder in Kent 2 years ago, she was 5 yrs old and was his breeding bitch who had fulfilled her purpose and was no longer needed….the area was beautiful, driving past old houses, quaint villages and we rolled up at the scruffiest house in the area, smelly, full of dogs etc, but we took her home ( after an 8 hr drive back to north Wales ) bathed her, wormed her and took her to the vets for a check up. She has been fine.
My advice is to get the dog, all the necessary paperwork, reciept, and when you get the pup home, visit the vets for a check up( for the dog, obviously).

Well, I was pretty shocked by the conditions of the house where my cats were born. Smelly, kids everywhere, cats where the kids weren’t. But kittens are hard to find so i took them. (And some extra bonus pets for my flea circus)

They turned out to be great cats, really well behaved, clean, well socialised etc. Their mother had taught them the dirt box and washing themselves, great animals.

So you can’t always judge by surroundings, some folk just don’t care about stuff like clean floors, and might not notice the smell.

We got our old collie from a fairly messy farm and she was an absolute trainwreck, so much so she was too aggressive to stay with us and too aggressive to be put up for adoption 🙁 Our new Springer was from a neat and tidy breeders, and is the most gentle dog I’ve ever met, but still as loopy (in a good way) as any other spaniel. Doubt there’s a link there, but it’s one less thing to worry about.

cbike – Member
That’s what your house smells like to everyone else when you have a dog.

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Just checked and mine doesn’t smell of dog.
Unfortunately, yours smells like human faeces. so ner ner

Cheers guys. Have spoken to a few people we know that have bought pedigree dogs in the past, all of which we’ve met and thought that the dogs are perfectly healthy and well behaved, and they’ve all been from minging “homes”.

Discounting the conditions they were very good indeed so it may be a go-er still…

Walk – We once bought a pup from a minging house and then spent hundreds at the vets, sorting skin conditions and ear mites.