Has anyone purchased a pup from ebay?
 

I am wondering about a person on ebay. she seems very nice etc. but I am just wondering if someone has any experience with buying a pup from ebay. I am curious. thanks!!! We are looking for a sister for Coup.

Cheryl and Coup

wow, I did not know you could buy pets on ebay, can you link to the auction?

It is EBay classified not an auction.

If the breeder was local that you could go meet them I don't see anything wrong.

ok I am not familiar with the classifieds I never look at them

I really wouldn't recommend it. Most reputable breeders would not advertise in the classified ads, IMO. I would ask for a breeder referral from your local AKC breed club. I definitely wouldn't recommend purchasing ANY puppy sight unseen.

Ebay seems like a bidding thing to me. I don't associate it with buying a dog. But I'm not that familiar with it. Yeah, if they were local, ebay is just another mechanism for sellers, thus you could meet the dog. I would want to meet the dog and interact with it a couple times before buying it. I would never buy a dog online and have it shipped to me. But others would, it's all in your preference.
In my area all breeders advertise in the paper. Good dogs, even bad dogs I suppose, just have to check them out. When you live in a small area (many small to medium size towns over a couple hundred mile radius (three state triangle), there are new people coming in all the time and only so many (yorkies) to sell thus the word needs to get out some way. They have something to sell --- the newspaper is a natural extension of sellers. Some people sell by website, some by word of mouth, some leave their business cards on bulletin boards, selling is selling. One is generally not better over another...just what's the norm for your area. It's the breeder and dog you need to check out, not their method of advertising. Not everyone (in a small area) is going to have a "wait list" of people.
Kendra

Ebay has a classifieds website, and I believe it is kijiji.com.... I don't believe most good reputable breeders would use it as a selling website but you never know. You can go to their house and check it out, and ask proper questions, and meet the parents, and health testing, etc.

Let me warn you about buying an animal from Ebay. I saw an ad last year on ebay for a yorkie and got into one of the worst puppy scams. Ebay will not help you if you run into trouble. I spent $3700 for a dog and it ended up a putting me into a nightmare that I couldn't get out of for awhile. It's very true breeders will not put an ad on ebay and if you see one there RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN. Ir

Sorry my computer conked out on me in the middle of the post. So let me continue. I never got my puppy or my money back. If you look on your computer you will see a whole lot of things about puppy scams. YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. If you want a puppy there are many honest breeders.

My advice is to contact ytca.org for reputable breeders in your area.
Regardless of how you might find a breeder, I would do extensive research on them. You don't want to end up with a puppy mill or BYB puppy.

Your not allowed to sell live animals on ebay and if shes reported they will remove it

That's true of the regular ebay site. But the classified section not only allows it, they have a dedicated section for it. Here is a link to the one for my area. Scary.

Atlanta Dogs & puppies For Sale | eBay Classifieds (Kijiji) - Page 1

Don't do it.

I just used this link to pull up ads in my area. :eek: I had no idea! :thumbdown

I'll say it again- ebay prohibits the sale of any living thing... unfortunately craigs list dont...

well I just got pissed off. this lady is selling yorkie pups at less than a month old. they were born Oct 29 and will be ready thanksgiving.

Yorkshire terrier puppies taking deposits | Lewisburg | eBay Classifieds (Kijiji) | 7267744

This is ridiculous!

I can not beleive someone would sell a puppy at 4 or 5 weeks old and this web site prohibits selling puppys before 8 weeks so flag it, I did and they will remove it.

hey that's me !!!!
 

That's my ad and the puppies were born Sept 29 not Oct 29 I would never sell my puppies that young, when I get tonight I will double check my ad thanks for the heads up.

I looked again and it does say October 29, please check it. I couldn't believe it when i saw the ad. I am glad it is a mistake. Isn't that still just 8 weeks? shouldn't you keep them til they are 12 weeks at least.

If you want a healthy puppy with a really good breeder - then don't buy of the internet!

I am appalled!!!!!!!! This is just another easy way to keep byb and puppy mill dogs alive. This is sick IMO!

I'm with you! Just sick, and the puppy mills keep going,and going, and going:(:mad:

Thinking back on the 2 litters we had, I cannot imagine in my wildest nightmare, letting any of them go to people via an internet classified without ever meeting them in person, screening them an feeling comfortable that they could provide loving care! How anyone sells by internet ads, websites, or the like to people they have no clue about, I will never understand.

Many here got their pups at the airport, never even meeting the breeder or seeing where the pups were born and raised. This just cannot be a good way to start what is supposed to be a 15+ year relationship with your puppy. Take the time to find a local breeder that you can go meet, see how they treat their dogs, see where the pups live (not just where they are shown to customers). Ask hundreds of questions and make sure all the testing was done on the parents, they are good representatives of the breed, there is a GOOD health guarantee (that provides more than just giving up your pup) and the breeder has a good reputation. Try to get as much info as you can BEFORE you see that pup. All pups look cute. It is hard to make a constructive decision when you re getting your hand licked by a precious ball of fur!

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I so agree with you. What further perplexes me how any breeder could actually sell their dogs via an auction site/classifieds/website. Willing to let their pups go to the highest bidder. These pups are living breathing creatures, not inadimate objects.

I "second" this!... It doesn't sound good...

It's not the regular ebay website. It's their classified ad section. Kijiji.com

I would say definitely avoid anyone who advertises on Ebay classifieds... Not someone I would want to purchase a puppy from!

Lots of great posts! I always suggest people find the best breeder who will sell to them, you're not really buying a dog, you are supporting someone's breeding program, and you're saying,"Yes, people like this should be breeding dogs." We have an abundance of "pets" in this country, the only reason to breed is to preserve in and improve the breed. Those whose primary goal for breeding is just to earn money or some narcissistic notion that they can breed without studying the yorkie and its weaknesses are doing the breed more harm than good. One of the ways you can tell a good breeder from a byb is how they sell their dogs.

I bought my dogs from the kijiji ads. No. I dont think advertisement avenues determine a bad breeder. I just paid 350 for my guy and by some standards Im sure they'd say that he was so cheap that there must be a reason why....

I think price and things like that greatly differ from locations. I think some people just push for more dollars simply because they can probably get it for these guys. I've seen them sell for as cheap as 350 to as much as advertised for 1 to 2 thousand. I didnt see my breeders location, and I admit yes, that is probably needed and good advice that you do so. Just didnt work out for me ,I met my person because of a long distance. But thankfully it worked out I have a healthy, well rounded little guy w no problems. I did buy a lhasa apso from the same site and I do like her breeder and still keep up w her but do think she sold her way too young and little. I think the real key is to ask all the right questions and view them at location if possible. But even still breeders can lie.

But i dont think advertisement avenues distinguish a bad breeder. Or because you dont or didnt pay out the wazu for one doesnt mean you have a bad one or something must be wrong w it.


Just educate your self on the right questions and things.

But sometimes things do sound a bit snobby round here. I know we have snobby cutsie little dogs , but really.

Just curious too, what about the breeders thats bred for years? What do even THEY do with the dogs that have bred thier limit. Seems like even breeders thats bred for 20 plus years must have little retired dogs lying round, what about those guys. Maybe thats why you hear so much about adopt from the pounds and rescues.....

The advice given on this site is from people who have been there, done that and learned from their mistakes. Good breeders are EXTREMELY selective about who they sell to. After all, they know that they are responsible for the lives and well beings of these precious pups. Sending a pup off to the highest bidder doesn't rank on the same list as placing a pup in a good home. They most often have waiting lists for their pups.

Good breeders DO have dogs they retire from their breeding program. They take great pains to place them in loving homes after they have spayed/neutered them.

Now, contrast that to the backyard breeder who is trying to make a profit off of selling pups. Prices are generally lower because they don't do any pre-breeding testing. They don't put the time and money in to showing to get approval for their breeding program. Little to no thought is put in to breeding to standard or improving the breed. Dogs are a disposable commodity to them, rather than an investment. Health guarantees are non-existant, or minimal at best. As long as the check clears, the home is good enough for their pups.

Do good breeders occassionally advertise? I'm sure they do. But the odds of finding a great breeder off the internet through Kijji is slim.