Why do I look on gumtree...ggrrrr!!!

I just have to stop looking at that site..the list of cross breed dogs and puppies ( heaps of staffy crosses!! ) that people are trying to flog off, drive me crazy... and now someone has a photo of their darling ( grey ) 9 year old staffy who along with their 10 year old staffy cross are free to a good home!! It does my head in. Just where do they think these dogs will end up.. why are they giving their dogs away at that age! There is page after page of dogs and puppies ... Tony says I have to stop looking at them as it makes me so angry..and he is right!!!

My hubby and I think these people should be put in with a room full of honey badgers. Justice done.

i cant look vanessa as my blood will boil! saw one today on a local rspca site, 13 week old staffy, needs rehoming due to owner inability to cope!!!! how can they not cope with a 13 week old!!!!

heaps of people have dogs and puppies free to good home ( yeah right!! ) due to not being able to give the dog the time and attention they need..why get the dog in the first place!!! @%*#@ !!!!

boy oh boy I get so wild !!!! I want to phone them all up and tell them what I think of them..but I might get arrested!!

Makes me so sad

I don't look cause I think it would make me cry

preloved.co.uk is the same, type in staffy cross and over 75 pags come up with each page holding atleast 25 adverts, Makes me so mad when there are adverts for getting rid of their dogs for things like new landlord wont let us have dogs/so why go with that landlord???
I have a baby on the way/so why not work with your dog behaviours?, the dog is too big for the appartments/ why didn't you look into roughly how big your dog is going to be for making commitments/ I don't have time for him anymore/then make time you tw*t...does my head right in.
so many backyard breeders (check out this awesome new breed of dog) they have the smallness of a jackrussell and temperment of a staff/they have the hunting/swimming techniques of the labradore and the look of a staff i'm only asking £400....????? hello your selling mutts which i can pick up from the pound for £30....

Do these people not feel anything for there pets , they must be heartless , as some of you know we've just got our 9 week old staffi and the thought of her not being with us would be heart breaking and that's after her being with us for 5 days .

Why on earth would someone want rid of a dog thats 9 and 10 years old .These folk dont have no heart.Dogs become like family members it would be like giving a child away

i could never get rid of a dog the day i bring it home it stays for life my dogs always get fed before me i just could not do it even if it did not look like a staff i would keep it

My oh found milly for me on gumtree we got her of someone in sheffield we went to see her at 2 weeks old we was shown the parents beautiful they was and he kept us updated with her proggress.We still keep in touch with them we send them photos of milly every so many months he realy appreciates them as the others who promised they would keep in touch and send pics havent.Sadly he doesnt know what the boys have turned out like.We must have just been lucky when we got milly of the gumtree ad.but you do hear a lot of bad things about gumtree

i love leah and lois wrote:Why on earth would someone want rid of a dog thats 9 and 10 years old .These folk dont have no heart.Dogs become like family members it would be like giving a child away

I know, and they even have a photo of the dear old grey muzzled staffy gazing at the camera....and they go on to say how wonderful and loving she is!

I would rather cut of my right arm than give Jethro away!

the x staffy i just rehomed looks like she had recently give pups and all of a sudden she is in the pound and don,t understand why after having her for 2 days she is a sweet natured staffy that is house trained and so far great with our kids, im super happy she is settled in and gets on well with my family

jhowell44 wrote:the x staffy i just rehomed looks like she had recently give pups and all of a sudden she is in the pound and don,t understand why after having her for 2 days she is a sweet natured staffy that is house trained and so far great with our kids, im super happy she is settled in and gets on well with my family

good on you.. she is one of the lucky ones!!

i love leah and lois wrote:My oh found milly for me on gumtree we got her of someone in sheffield we went to see her at 2 weeks old we was shown the parents beautiful they was and he kept us updated with her proggress.We still keep in touch with them we send them photos of milly every so many months he realy appreciates them as the others who promised they would keep in touch and send pics havent.Sadly he doesnt know what the boys have turned out like.We must have just been lucky when we got milly of the gumtree ad.but you do hear a lot of bad things about gumtree

I agree with this as we got stanley from gumtree purely by chance there was no picture or anything and we phoned more out of curiosity than anything as we were desperately looking to rehome / rescue and not buy outright solely for the reasons given in this thread (there are some nasty people that dont care for animals etc)

I can relate to the above story too! We got Winston off gumtree.. the lady we got him of is now my friend on facebook so she can check out all the photos and stories on what he gets up to. When I saw her last, she nearly cried as she is so happy to know that he has gone to a real loving caring home..

Makes me sad too Before getting Rascal, we considered our desire for a dog for about a year. We thought about it, researched what we could, considered the long term implications, financial issues - could we afford vet fees, food, spaying etc etc. It's really not that hard! We did make a bit of a mistake when we impulsively took home two puppies (Milly and Rascal) only to discover raising two girls from the same litter has it's challenges. We rehomed Milly only because our beautiful neighbour, who's beloved German Shephard passed away at christmas fell in love with her. Milly has been spayed and is with people who love her and know how to train her and care for her. Had our neighbour not taken Milly, we would have done whatever it took to raise the two girls together. We actually posted here for advice back when the girls were tiny (thanks everyone ).
How can these people sleep at night??????