Advice for a friend

Hiya guys , needing abit of help for some friends of mine . The back ground is they are a lovely couple that lost their female staffy almost a year ago now . They babysat our boy for us and fell in love with him and decided that they are ready for a staffy of their own .

They went to visit a family with a litter of 9 , they were advertised on my facebook by people that i wouldnt say are friends but are accociates on facebook . They picked the last one left which was the runt of the litter and were told they would be ready on the 1st november to be collected and all go to new homes . However things have now changed and they got a call from the couple with the pups who has said the pups will now be ready this saturday which makes them only 5 and a half weeks (as doing some working out they will only be 7 weeks on the first of nov!!!") anyway my friends are now already attached to the little pup but dont kno what to do for the best . We kno that this is too early for all their socialisation skills which they develope with their siblings .
Apparently , the mom is getting stressed and not putting weight on , however i am aware they are also moving house , so i do think they are wanting to offload the pups early . I dont kno this as fact but my gut feeling is that they are now turning into mini staffy monsters and they cant cope .
This leaves my friends in a horrible position not knowing whether to pull out of the sale or get the pup out of this situation where she may not be wanted there .

Have you got advice on this matter that i can pass onto them ? they are a lovely couple and i hate they are in this situation .

thanks
Laws

If i was you i would tell your friend to say to them that she won't take the pup anyless than 8 weeks. There is other pups other there and she will save herself a lot of bother in the long run.

First and biggest mistake , buying a pup off FB , tell them to pull out or tell the "breeder" they have to leave at 8 weeks.

I would never take a pup unless it is 8 weeks old i know some take at 7 weeks but 5 and a half is far to young to leave it's mother , i know it must be hard when your friend has picked a pup but they could end up with a sick puppy if taken at that age , i would say no thanks and look for another .

They aren't strangers on facebook . It's not as ideal as a big breeder but they went to view them and they were all healthy and lovely apparently . They had viewed somewhere else and weren't happy . They hadn't expected the owners to say they were releasing them this early . I have forwarded them some info offline and your comments but its a hard decision for them when they have got Attatched to this pup on different viewing occasions etc

They are storing up problems for themselves if they do take this pup at 5+ weeks. I understand that they are attached to it, and will probably go ahead anyway, but they are going to have to be prepared for a lot of hard work.

The thing is, these 'breeders' will do it again - they get to the just weaned stage & in order to save themselves money on food & worming preparations they say the mother 'rejected them' or is 'getting stressed' etc, etc. The truth is that at 5 weeks the mother is getting fed up with needle sharp teeth biting at her nipples & she will be encouraging them to not suckle. But that's normal & perfectly ok.

It's just an exercise in money making to people like that, and it makes me really mad. I'm sorry if they are friends of yours, I don't mean any disrespect to you, it's just that I've heard every excuse in the book for getting rid of pups early.

Yeah totally agree if it was me I would refuse to have the pup too . She's just called me and told the breeders they have spoken to a vet that said they should not be released till 8 weeks , 7 at the very least and the breeder (not a friend of mine who I speak just on facebook as I went to school with them ) has said they are now keeping them all till the 1st November which will make them 7 weeks . Seems my friends weren't the only ones to refuse to take the pups .

Please don't flame me , I totally understand and would totally refuse to have before 8 weeks . My friends are late 40's and its taken them a year to feel ready for another , just felt terrible they had been put in that position .

Glad that they will get to stay until 7 weeks. That's the minimum age I would take a pup.

Glad to hear common sense has prevailed i wish your friends and the pup a happy Future together

Laws wrote:Please don't flame me , I totally understand and would totally refuse to have before 8 weeks . My friends are late 40's and its taken them a year to feel ready for another , just felt terrible they had been put in that position .

Please don't get me wrong, I wasn't having a go at you! I'm really glad that they've been made to accept their responsibilities & keep the pups until at least 7 weeks - you've done your part in making them more responsible!

Hey I kno , all I was saying was the people that are selling the puppies despite being on facebook aren't really my friends . The one who is buying the pups is actually a good friend if that makes sense .
If the people who were selling the pups were my friends they would have had a propper telling off lol

Laws wrote:Hey I kno , all I was saying was the people that are selling the puppies despite being on facebook aren't really my friends . The one who is buying the pups is actually a good friend if that makes sense .
If the people who were selling the pups were my friends they would have had a propper telling off lol

Great news , don't think anyone is getting fired up at you , it's just one of them passionate topics

glad it worked out. I was thinking that your friends would be right to back out but feeling badly for the puppies. Sounds like this is best for everyone.