showing your pups
 

who here shows their pup at their place? im so worried that ppl come over and "look at the pups" but then they really want to break in and steal your little babies when you are not there. im planning to show my babies at my moms place and then take them back home if they decide not to buy.

I have often wondered about this myself. But, I want people to come to my house and see where they are raised and I don't want ayone to think that I am hiding something from them because I have nothing to hide. I am so afraid that they will steal my pups, but they are in my house so I guess they would have to break in my house.

[QUOTE=niki35010;1848237]I have often wondered about this myself. But, I want people to come to my house and see where they are raised and I don't want ayone to think that I am hiding something from them because I have nothing to hide. I am so afraid that they will steal my pups, but they are in my house so I guess they would have to break in my house.[/QUOT\

This is a problem for me too. I can understand people wanting to see the place where the puppies are raised, to make sure it isn't some dirty dump, but having people I don't know in my house makes me very nervous. First, I have a security system and surveillance cameras all over the house, which is rarely unoccupied anyway. Also, I screen people over the phone or via email and never show the puppies when I'm there alone. There is always at least one other person with me. It's sad to have to place this much emphasis on security, but that's the way things are now...
PET PEEVE: people who show up with all the kids plus the neighbors. I wish some would be more considerate of the fact that they are coming to somebody's home, not a public place. I really don't want them using my bathrooms, etc. Sometimes I feel like they think I'm running a public petting zoo.
I guess I'm feeling a bit cranky today.

i feel the same way. i have children and i am always here by myself with them except on the weekends. i have run this through my head a 1000 times and point blank i really do not want anyone in my house. i don't open my door if i don't know the person and even sometimes i still don't want anyone there if i do know them. i'm just not a social person. i don't know what i'm going to do when it is time for the puppies to find new homes!!!:eek:

I simply won't show them unless my dh is present. You may not see him, but I guarantee that he is here. I will not show them without an appointment. If you show up at my house, sorry... you'll have to wait until another day. I have my children that we have to protect as well. I carefully screen before anyone is allowed to come as well.

We are a little more leary because of an incident that happened about 20 miles from here. A lady had her baby cut out of her stomach by someone who "came to look at her dogs".

I think we all feel the same way.. especially since that lady had to lookers and then came back with a gun and stole those baby's.. and yes she did get them back but with children in the house and the memories of feeling so threatened and invaded never goes away...
So yes it is a problem.. Not so much in canada as in the states from what I see... and did not know this until I joined yt,...

yes i remember that story! but did not know she come there to look at her dogs! wow! they didn't say that on the news here in St. Louis! if they did i missed that. now i really don't wanna do it!

Yes. They had been talking to each other over the internet for quite a while. The woman knew when she was due even. I believe she raised rat terriors... not exactly sure on that. They talked about showing, etc. She made an appointment to come see her puppies and she attacked her and took the baby.

It's scary because apparently she felt like she "knew" this lady.

I show them at my house,they come in see mother father and we all end up sitting on the floor with the pups.When we are gone doors are locked and a few of mine run loose,they would have a hard time getting past a couple of mine who do not like strangers in the house.
I would wonder why the seller couldnt show them at her house??Hmmm
Why cannot I not see them at her house,that would raise a red flag for me.

Then they will break in to your Moms house..

there a lot of crazies out in the world. and i have a family to protect. you just can't be to careful. so i really could careless what a potential buyer thought. my family comes first.

Well, I have bought one puppy from a puppy mill...didn't know until it was after I bought her, but she said she does not let people come to her house...Well, that raised a rad flag for me also because I wanted to see where they lived and I wanted to see the parents...but she insisted on me meeting her at a store...well we started talking and I went to school with her children...they were a little skanky looking but nice...so I came home and looked up her address in the phone book and got hubby to ride by there and see what it looked like...he said he couldn't see the kennels but it looked pretty bad all around the house....Oh, by the way this was a weimaraner I bought...well I took her to the vet and she was severly malnutritioned and the vet wanted the number and everything to that place...but anyways I don't want people to think that I am hiding my place because there is something wrong with it...and my vet told me if they won't let you come to their house something is wrong! But I do have two very small children. But, I guess I could make appts. when hubby is here after 5pm.

I only show puppies when I have somebody with me. We usually set an x-pen in the garage and confine the viewers there.

Unfortunately, if somebody wants to find you they can trace your phone # to your house or find your address online at your county tax office if you give them your name and you'd be surprised how much information you can get from the newspaper where you listed an ad.

My MIL keeps herself locked in her house with the curtains closed and thinks that we should do the same. I always tell her that if a bad person wants in my house, nothing's going to stop them.

You are so right! If someone wants in they are going to get in...it son't take that much! I just have to leave things in God's hands and trust that he will watch over me and take care of my family.

This is why I am glad that Americans have the right to own guns...

If the person sounds weird on the phone or I don't know much about them, I tell them I will meet them somewhere with the puppies to look at them first and then if they are really interested they can give me a small deposit and come look at them at my house. I have nothing to hide. I just try to do this to weed out the weirdos as much as possible. There are some crazy goonies out there this day and time.

It's always a good idea for a breeder to get to know a buyer as well as possible before they sell a puppy for them for many reasons. Nothing is guaranteed of course...but it should make things a little safer

In most cases you don't get to know the person buying your pups do you...I mean it takes a long time to get to know someone because anyone can make up anything on the phone....you know what people say you really don't know anyone until you live with them....and that is so true!!! I thought I really new my husband but you really don't until you move in with them.

this is so true!!! same here with the hubby. i found out so much stuff that he lied about before, after we married. talk about pissed. i was ready for divorce!

honestly you can't really know who you give you're puppies too. and there are some great liars in this world! i am protective of my kids. so i will never be comfortable allowing any strange person in my home.

I do reference checks before someone comes to my house. I check their name, address, phone numbers on google, yahoo. I Always make an appointment and I make sure my husband is here.

The calls that really get me are the ones that ask first thing 'How do I get to your house?' or 'What is your address?' without asking anything about the puppies. I prefer not to have strangers in my house. I usually meet them at my antique shop. I find it is just quieter and more peaceful there for me and the dogs at home.

I would not buy from someone who had to meet me at a different place I would wonder what they are trying to hide at their house that I cannot see puppy mill etc.And I would not stress out my pups and moma and dad hauling them somewhere else for someone to take a peep.
Most of mine are are on waiting lists anyways and I have already talked to them and screened them so I do not have to worry about it.
Yes there is alot of freaks out there. You can always send pics via email and if they are truly intersted then go from there.
I wouldnt have a female bred that I did not already have buyers in line anyways. When you advertise in the paper etc then you get the weirdos.
If you have a place of buisness that you woudl sell them too then I would not mind taking a look.

Just because you go to someones home and it looks nice does not necessarily mean that is where the dogs are being kept. I have been to some breeders homes that looked really nice but they won't show you where the dogs are being raised. Many breeders keep their dogs in buildings away from the house or they cram them in a little room full of cages. I went to see some puppies one time and I just happened to walk to the back yard of the house before the lady let me in her house and I was horrified at the condition of the dogs and the area they were kept in. Inside the house the dogs were clean and looked nice but I certainly would not buy a dog from her. I heard later she got in serious trouble and her dogs had brucellosis. I just heard a sad story yesterday that some breeder around Athens, TX lost a bunch of their dogs because they had them in a building with dogs two levels high and the air conditioning went out and all the dogs on the top level died because of the heat. So sad. I am sure you already know all these things because you sound like a very responsible breeder. I just get upset at how some people keep their dogs. I do not have anything to hide at my home and I gladly tell everyone how my Yorkies are raised but I don't let just anybody come to my home unless I really know them.

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I agree about not letting anyone into your home you never know.
And it is terrible some of the conditions that people keep their dogs in
I went to a groomers home to see a puppy and it was clean had nice clean dogs but then she started pulling them out of rooms for me to see,terrible upkeeping on them,and she just kept bringing out dogs from different rooms.DIdnt know she could house so many in her home.Poor things I felt sorry for them and of course bought nothing.

There certainly is reason for concern..... Here lately I have been meeting people. I've sold dogs around the country and people drive from all over the state to visit my dogs. That being said, I rarely invite people over anymore. I really have to know them. If they don't like it, they can go somewhere else. I really don't care what people think. There are plenty of yorkies out there. Safety first for me and my family.

To the OP: If you don't want to visit at your house, I wouldn't visit at my mom's house either. Your just opening her house up for strangers and possible burgulars.

You could let them know that your at your mom's house and this is wehre you show the dogs..let them know that you live somewhere else...if for some reason they want to know where you live..be very discreat wehre you live.

hmmm...amen to the gun. My husband is a k-9 police officer so if they can get past the dog they won't make it past my hubbies gun! :rip:

I don't know what I'm going to do. So far I've shipped and had only one person to the house who I knew was a good person.

I don't feel they NEED to see my whole house. I don't want kids running all over either. I have nothing to hide but don't want strangers in my house either.

One reason why I prefer to ship, I skip this whole process. Honestly I'm thinking about meeting people. I have to feel REAL comfortable with the person and know alot about them before having them over.

I don't know...............it sucks we even have to be having this conversation .

i'm with you... i would ship if it came down to it but i really don't like the idea of shipping. but i don't want strangers in my house either. oh well i guess i get a red flag.

I guess I would rather have a red flag than someone try to harm my family or steal my pups! I have to make sure that my family is safe!