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hugs · 10-11-2005, 06:59 PM

There were a few sites I found that I'm contimplating getting a puppy from. I've been extremely picky, and I thought I had found "The breeder". So last week I made my attempt to email her and tell her a little bit about myself and what I'm looking for. In her website, she was very clear that she interviews the person interested in her pups as they should interview her. I liked the fact that she said that, and that's one of the things that put her over the top for me. Well, she never emailed me back after over a week, and so I decided to call her since she also gave her number on the website. I just got off the phone with her and she was SO RUDE!!!!

I just wanted to ask you guys if you think I'm being overly sensitive. Here's what happened:

She answered the phone and I told her my name and how I got her number and that I would like to learn more about her and how much she's asking for her puppies(she mentioned to call or email her for prices). She cut me off while I was talking and said that she only has Malteses right now and she couldn't give me any information. Then I told her that I wasn't looking for a pup until at least March of next year, and that I was just checking out breeders. That actually got her mad! She said that she doesn't know when she'll have pups available and she can't give me any price until she has the pups because she won't know what they'll look like or they're weight. I complimented her on her champion lines and wanted to know a ballpark since they are high quality, and she snapped at me! She asked what weight I was looking for, and I said anywhere from 4-8 lbs (it's not a big deal), and she said that was a HUGE range,(as if I was crazy) and that a 7 lb puppy was HUGE! She said that her prices start off from like $1800 (that's supposedly the biggest and non champion i think) but that depending on puppy could be like 1500 but then she repeted herself by saying that $1800 was usually BEGINING PRICE for a male. It was as if she was mad at me for asking what she charged!

To be honest, I was really only expecting to pay between $600 and $1200 for a pup. I was expecting her to ask em questions about myself and I could ask her more questions about her and it would be a great conversation, but I got the feeling that she thought I was a pain in the butt! Did I do something wrong? If I did, please le mt know so I dont make this mistake again. I called at 7:30pm so I wouldn't interrupt anyone's dinner and so that it would be before anyone went to bed.

Sorry for the long message. What do you guys think???

10-11-2005, 06:59 PM	#1
hugs Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: California Posts: 40	Mean Breeder! There were a few sites I found that I'm contimplating getting a puppy from. I've been extremely picky, and I thought I had found "The breeder". So last week I made my attempt to email her and tell her a little bit about myself and what I'm looking for. In her website, she was very clear that she interviews the person interested in her pups as they should interview her. I liked the fact that she said that, and that's one of the things that put her over the top for me. Well, she never emailed me back after over a week, and so I decided to call her since she also gave her number on the website. I just got off the phone with her and she was SO RUDE!!!! I just wanted to ask you guys if you think I'm being overly sensitive. Here's what happened: She answered the phone and I told her my name and how I got her number and that I would like to learn more about her and how much she's asking for her puppies(she mentioned to call or email her for prices). She cut me off while I was talking and said that she only has Malteses right now and she couldn't give me any information. Then I told her that I wasn't looking for a pup until at least March of next year, and that I was just checking out breeders. That actually got her mad! She said that she doesn't know when she'll have pups available and she can't give me any price until she has the pups because she won't know what they'll look like or they're weight. I complimented her on her champion lines and wanted to know a ballpark since they are high quality, and she snapped at me! She asked what weight I was looking for, and I said anywhere from 4-8 lbs (it's not a big deal), and she said that was a HUGE range,(as if I was crazy) and that a 7 lb puppy was HUGE! She said that her prices start off from like $1800 (that's supposedly the biggest and non champion i think) but that depending on puppy could be like 1500 but then she repeted herself by saying that $1800 was usually BEGINING PRICE for a male. It was as if she was mad at me for asking what she charged! To be honest, I was really only expecting to pay between $600 and $1200 for a pup. I was expecting her to ask em questions about myself and I could ask her more questions about her and it would be a great conversation, but I got the feeling that she thought I was a pain in the butt! Did I do something wrong? If I did, please le mt know so I dont make this mistake again. I called at 7:30pm so I wouldn't interrupt anyone's dinner and so that it would be before anyone went to bed. Sorry for the long message. What do you guys think???