I ordered a dobie from a pet store, and they said to put a 300 deposit and they´d have one for me the next day. it was 3 days later, they called and I went over there, and it was a boy (I´d asked for a girl) and was in a small cat crate. Cute sweet puppy, but tried to nurse my shirt immediately when I picked it up and was starved acting. Ribby and pot belly, and maybe 3 pounds. Black and tan, tail cropped. It´s little head maybe the size of a golf ball with a nose sticking out. I said, "is this going to be a full sized doberman??" They insisted yes and told me to pay another 350 which I did, and took the little guy home. I looked at pictures on the site and this dog doesn´t seem big enough. Took it back and the lady who owns the store was irrate and said the dog would grow, it´s only 6 weeks but if I want a bigger dog she will take it back and get me an older one. I said, I don´t want "older" necessarily, I want bigger for the age of the dog, this one doesn´t appear to even get close to breed standard. She said if I wanted a pedigreed doberman with papers that met breed standard I would pay twice more. This one she says doesn´t have papers. Is this normal???
Yes, I´m an american living in Mexico. I had a doberman many years ago in USA in the early 1980s and he was the best dog ever. I have an adopted stray border collie who is getting old and grey here at the farm, and a young min-pin house dog who I did buy at the same pet store here 2 yrs ago. Bought 2 minpins actually and one had some bizarre bone/hip thing where the bone didn´t grow and died and then the dog died after I had it 2 months. Getting dogs at pet stores is pretty much the way dogs are sold here as far as I can tell. lived here for 11 years. I should have known better after one bad experience at that store, but the other dog I got there is fantastic. Does anyone know a reputable breeder in southern Mexico?? I just kissed my 650 goodbye and left the little pup at the store. He didn´t look very healthy. What age is best to get a pup and what´s a normal price to pay for a Doberman these days??
You should report the Pet Store, thats awful A new law is going to be put into place in Ontario where no pet store is allowed to sell animals, only licensed breeders, and i think it should be that way worldwide.
I will bet you any amount of money she sold you a mini pinscher that was way too young to be separated from its mama and is trying to pass it off as a doberman. just my thoughts. I would return the dog imediately, taking a dog at six weeks is just asking for personality problems later. That's way too early.
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