1) Keep watching the newspapers - every weekend a lot of new puppies are being advertised.
2) Visit all the shelters in your area.
3) Groomers - Call some groomers - they know more about puppy litters on the way than anyone else in town.
4) Tell all your friends (and people you work with) that you are looking for a mixed breed little puppy.
5) Put up signs at your local grocery store - where you work - etc. Have your friends do this also.
6) We shouldn't buy from petstores - but we do have a couple smaller grooming-type pet stores where I live that occasionally sell wonderful little puppies that are never from puppy mills. One (family-owned for 50 years) is where I got my little Yorke - and I have become well acquainted with his breeder through the store - and have a wonderful healthy little dog.
I can't imagine that within a month or two you can't find the perfect little pet or your grandparents.
Be patient and keep looking.. Good luck!
Carol Jean |