Border Terriers are for life, not just for Christmas

You’ve done the right thing Chuck the breeder sounds reputable too.

You’ve done the right thing Chuck the breeder sounds reputable too.

I think a reputable dealer would have managed to get the paper work done on time.
A reputable dealer wouldn’t be producing puppies for the Christmas market.

Borders are great little dogs and justifiably popular. Unfortunately this does mean that dodgy characters will take advantage of this demand.
I don’t think I’d be returning a pup there. If he’s lucky he’ll find someone who’ll fix him up, or give him a happy loving home for his short life. (Was he in pain?)
Unfortunately this thread seems to be a lesson in how not to get a dog. The OP’s only concern was getting the right colour.

If I’d have kept him I’d have been forced to have him put down, I couldn’t bare to see him suffer and lost the money I paid for him

The irony of the thread title…

His heart defect meant that his treatment was time critical. The longer it was left, the less chance of a full recovery. I exhausted my options. I wasn’t prepared to let him become ill.

The breeder admitted she made an error of judgement. She should have had him registered from up-to ten days before we picked him up but wanted to send them all off at once. I don’t blame her. Just unlucky. They were good people and we shared a few tears when we took him back. She has given him to a vet so that he gets the treatment he needs and will stay with him as a pet.

Yes the purpose of the thread was to see pics of border puppies and I wanted information on colours. Suppose I’m in the wrong again for researching the breed.

Yes how dare you ask about different colours of borders on a forum that has many members with them, even worse some members have borders for 40 years. It then gets worse still as you made sure the dog recives the treatment it might need rather than die a slow death.

Not short of strong opinions are you suburbanreuben?

The funny think about being a dog owner is it makes us all think we are experts. On this occasion, I think you opinion is way wide of the mark

On this occasion, I think you opinion is way wide of the mark

I beg to differ.

Yes how dare you ask about different colours of borders on a forum that has many members with them, even worse some members have borders for 40 years

Sadly, that’s all he asked.

Sadly, that’s all he asked.

I’d bought this book on borders. It didn’t say much about colours other than what they come in. I googled the difference and it wasn’t clear to me, hence the thread.

I think you did the right thing Chuck. It’s for the best – but I am sure it wasn’t easy…

Take care,

J

Sadly, that’s all he asked.

That’s all he asked on here.

You have absolutely no idea how much other research was done.

So we’ve been debating getting a dog for a while now and finally decided on a border.

Yeah clearly trying to understand the markings on the pups is what he’d been debating.

We were after two but after reading about them and speaking to breeders. The recommendation was when they reach adolescence at the same time, they might have issues establishing a pecking order, not always the case but could happen. Plus training two at once would difficult.

I’m with you Chuck, if I’d been on the position where I couldn’t have afforded it and run out of any other option then the puppy would have been put to sleep.

The breeder sounds OK to me, a normal human, who has tried her best to get the best for the puppy, good luck finding another, my old border had dodgy heart valves, so know where you’re coming from.

Oh and four years are good ages to wait for dogs, young middle and old, was how we always run our dogs, then you have the older ones to teach, less in fighting, and hopefully non of them being ill all at the same time…

Some of Archie

Nice collection of tennis balls but they all seem to have their fluff still on.

Cute 🙂

Nice collection of tennis balls but they all seem to have their fluff still on.

I had a Patterdale that would chew up every tennis ball we gave him, but if we gave him decent balls that we actually played with he never would.