Do you lie???
 

Just curious as to how everyone handles this

I usually tell them I've decided to terminate this sell or I'm declining to sell to you. If they ask why, they get the reason.

either 1 -3 or 4 its your puppy
i wouldnt lie unless its one of those annoying people that wont go away

i am very upfront about my reasons for not selling to certain people. BUT, one of the sales I cancelled to a YT member, I never did give her a reason other than that I "had found some things out". the reason would have been all over the board and would have terribly embarrassed this member. a few of my friends on here knew why.

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I have done all of the above...when I refused and gave true reasons, two (that I know about) reported me to Animal control. One threathened to sue, a retired cop told me he had a gun and would come visit me...

When I said the pup was sold, people usually started crying or cussed their spouse for taking too long to decide etc..when I gave them no reason, they refused to take NO for an answer, kept calling asking for the pup..and when I ignored their calls, a few showed up on my doorstep..one time I was hiding in the foyer, (I saw car drive up) the people are knocking on the door and NOT leaving..up drives my husband home from work...I ran in the kennel when I heard him say.."come on in, Pat must be in the kennel"...

WOW I had never thought about this before. But today I recieved an email about Moose. She lives in a trailer has 3 children ages 4, 5, 6 and she has a dog, but it's an "outside" dog. What the heck is an "outside" dog.

I feel if I tell her the reason, then the next time she will just lie. So I don't really know what to tell her. if I tell her he's sold, I have to take my ad off of Puppy find, If I give her the real reason, she could just lie to the next person. I could try just ignoring her. :rolleyes:

Oh Man she just sent me another email asking me if I had gotten her last one.

That's the way it is with placing pups, the hardest part is dealing with stupid people! If they are too hard headed to take the hint when you are ignoring them you simply have to tell them the truth.

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In this case I would be up front..tell her this puppy would not be a good pet for small children and you want to wait until you have a bigger one to consider..(you will never have a bigger one!!!but she will not know) Of course, it is possible she might get someone else to buy it for her..in that case I would check the people who call very carefully...

I had a woman come with her 18 yr old daughter to see a puppy..seemed so normal..but the 18 yr old went into my puppy room without me seeing her..comes out holding a wee male and says she wants that one..I told her he was not for sale. Daughter starts throwing a fit...demanded I sell it..so I said...$3000 thinking I was home safe (this was 15yrs ago) Mother says NO..daughter starts yelling, threathening her mother..I had to physically take the puppy from her...daughter is crying and acting unbalanced!

Mother asked me to hold the puppy for a few days so she could get the money...I told them I would think it over...finally got them out and locked the door, made my husband answer the phone for days..NO caller ID then...I have dealt with all the nuts...

Coming from someone who is looking to get a yorkie in the next couple of months, I would hope that any breeder who doesnt want to sell me one of his/her pups would tell me the truth. I suppose some people would just lie to the next breeder, but I know that I would use that as an opportunity to learn. Everyone has to start somewhere, and I'd rather find out what I'm doing wrong before I get my furbutt. Unfortunately, some breeders are just in it for the money and dont care who they sell to. If the first breeder I contacted sold to me with no questions asked, I would have made some pretty dumb mistakes. But, thankfully she told me the truth and it inspired me to educate myself. Here I am, 2 years later and I know a heck of a lot more than I did 2 years ago. The breeder who turned me down is a YT member (though I didnt even know about YT back then), and I respect her knowledge...and I absolutely respect the fact that she truly cares who her pups go to.

In conclusion (lol), sometimes the truth hurts, but I think that by telling the truth you are honouring your pups by letting prospective buyers know what it is about them that makes them "unfit" to own one of your guys/gals.

jmo :)

I totally agree with you about the childrens ages and this outside dog thing.

BUT!!!

why does her living in a trailer have a negative reception???

I don't live in a trailer and never have but I have seen some really gorgeous ones in the suburbs. I am really curious. OR IS A MANUFACTURED HOME DIFFERENT THAN A TRAILER I just want to understand is all

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Kanka..YOU are a sane and reasonable person..unfortunately, the world is full of wacko's who want Yorkies also...think about road rage, makes no sense to hurt innocent people, but it happens everyday...same with a person who wants what they want, when they want it..I do not think some people have ever heard the word NO....

Hey, I am here in south Florida living in a trailer..but people are quick to correct me and say they are NOT trailers..they are manufactured homes..LOL

I would just think that a trailer is usually not very big and there are already 3 kids living there so thats why I could be concerned with trailer just as if she had said an apartment. Although I guess "trailers" have come a long way and some are not all that small. Just my thoughts...

There are so many red flags with this gal. 3 small children, lives in a trailor park, has an "outside' dog. With small children running in and out all day with no fenced yard, the puppy would be sure to get out and get lost or run over. Having an "outside" dog tells me that you were too lazy to train the first one so why would it be any different with this one. and chances are the children aren't very well trained either. Plus she said she wanted to get it for her kids.

What I'm concerned about, is that if I tell her the truth, that next time she will lie about her situation. Probably not to me, but to some other breeder. She lives in Texas, now I know there are a lot of yorkies in Texas, so I'm guessing she has been turned down before.

A manufactured home is different than a trailor. I live in one myself. We're not talking suburbs here, were talking trailor park, no fenced yard. No yard at all.

People who live in the suburbs in a manufactured home would never describe their home as a trailor.

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She will have no trouble finding a breeder who thinks her life situation is perfect for a Yorkie...or will even care about her situation...

I hope I didn't offend you about the trailer comment. I live on an acerage in a manufactured home set on a foundation, with a finished basement. And my home has been referred to as "nothing but a trailer" by a real estate appraiser.

How ever this gal just had trailer park written all over herself. She spelled "any' as "eney". Now I might not be the worlds greatest speller, but I usually get the three letter words right. :p LOL

She said nothing about a yard or a fence or anything like that. Just another mixed breed dog that is an 'outside' dog.

Unfortunately you are probably right. But I'm guessing she has been turned down and that is why she is looking out of state for one. Or maybe I'm not charging enough and she's just looking for a cheap one. Which is funny because here locally, I evidently was charging too much cause I got a lot of calls from my ad in the paper, but no one even came to see them.

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You can not offend me unless you tell me my Yorkies are ugly...

Being retired in south FLorida is a completely different way of life from living in the Washington DC suburbs...in Washington, I felt sorry for anyone living in a trailer, with good reason, only the poor did..not here in Florida, you see now Beamers and Jags in the driveways..LOL

LOL....Pat, that was exactly my thought - living in a "trailer" in Florida, is not exactly like living in some "trailers" in rural America.


I would be honest with this prospective buyer, and just tell her you make it a policy to not sell puppies to those with small children, and/or no fenced yard. Could be (doubt it) that she rethinks yorkie ownership.

I don't have a problem with anyone living in a mobile home for a yorkie but I am honest and when and if I place a pet yorkie, I have strict restrictions with spay/neuter, children, swimming pools and if they will stay inside. If I have a show potential I'm holding on too I say I do not have any puppies available at this time but I am watching one for show and if they don't turn out then possibly I will have one later on. No need in not being honest. I had one lady not think I was being fair when I said I place on a spay and neuter contract I had to laugh because not only that she had very small children and I wouldn't have placed one with her anyway then she really would have thought I was being selfish made me laugh!

Donna Bird
Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers

I wrote and told her that I did not think her situation was the best situatuation for a small dog. I did not give her any specifics. She replied that she planned to get a yorkie anyway because that is what her children wanted.

Your Home is a Manufactured one??????? WOW Jeanie It has a basement and is so Pretty...;)
I know that I have been looking at some Really Great one Lately and there are some that look better than Custom built ones!
This is why I could never Breed. I would insist on home visit. to make sure it would fit.

Honesty is always the best way to handle any situation IMO.!

Thank you. Yup it's a manufactured home, some would refer to it as a double wide trailer. There are some beautiful trailers out there with fireplaces and everything. But I feel once you put a basement under them they are no longer trailers.

That's what I decided, and I hate it when someone doesn't get back to me with an answer. I'm a big girl, I can hadle disappointment, but I hate just being treated as if I don't exist.

No I dont lie. I dont want my breeder to lose faith in me. I have kept in touch wth my breeder. Besides I think I have a very good home in which to raise yorkies. My only negative is that I have an 8 yr old daughter

[ Having an "outside" dog tells me that you were too lazy to train the first one so why would it be any different with this one.
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I have to take offense to this statement. Just because a dog is an "outside" dog, doesn't mean it isn't trained or the person was too lazy to train it! I have had outside dogs before and the dogs prefered to stay outside. The house was too warm for them. Alaskan Malamute is a good example of an outside dog. These are dogs that prefer the outside and love cold weather! Becareful what you say.:mad:

People are so dumb...isn't her youngest kid 6?? Why would you buy a dog, esp. an expensive dog, just because your 6 year old wanted it. It's not like the 6 year old can pay for it or take care of it. And if I was a breeder I wouldn't sale to someone who had an outside dog either. I don't believe in outside dogs...how unfair to the dog.

Jeanie they're your pups and because they are you have every right just to say that her situation does not fit within your guidelines for placing your pups. Nuf said. :thumbup:

Glad to see you posting!!!