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Conor · 03-02-2004, 20:03

Hi

I picked my pup up on Saturday 31st January from Paul and Mandy. I wouldn't swap enjoying him now and watching him learn and play for a dog offered to me for a tenth of the price. He settled in less than 24 hours, has adjusted brilliantly, and it seems evident to me that I owe that to Paul, Mandy, Lynx and Cornelia. To put a CzW through the trauma of relocating after ten months in a secure environment wouldn't enter my mind, and I imagine it would end up costing more than I have paid for my dog quite easily. I have paid what I think is a fair price, and for that I have got a content, happy young pup, who can learn my ways at the best time for him to do so without undue stress - up until his 12th week.

The thought of unsettling a dog at 10 months of age, making him unhappy, and risking never having him feel secure as he needs to, makes the relative financial saving (which is probably not there) trivial. I have the dog I wanted, he is as I expected, and I am not anticpating any major probems. Any finacial savings that may be made, will be lost in the psychological debt that a dog moved hundreds of miles to a new, strange anf frightening environment would accrue. It is, in my opinion, supposed to be about the welfare of the animals, not scrimping to save a few quid.

03-02-2004, 20:03	#20
Conor Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 14	Hi I picked my pup up on Saturday 31st January from Paul and Mandy. I wouldn't swap enjoying him now and watching him learn and play for a dog offered to me for a tenth of the price. He settled in less than 24 hours, has adjusted brilliantly, and it seems evident to me that I owe that to Paul, Mandy, Lynx and Cornelia. To put a CzW through the trauma of relocating after ten months in a secure environment wouldn't enter my mind, and I imagine it would end up costing more than I have paid for my dog quite easily. I have paid what I think is a fair price, and for that I have got a content, happy young pup, who can learn my ways at the best time for him to do so without undue stress - up until his 12th week. The thought of unsettling a dog at 10 months of age, making him unhappy, and risking never having him feel secure as he needs to, makes the relative financial saving (which is probably not there) trivial. I have the dog I wanted, he is as I expected, and I am not anticpating any major probems. Any finacial savings that may be made, will be lost in the psychological debt that a dog moved hundreds of miles to a new, strange anf frightening environment would accrue. It is, in my opinion, supposed to be about the welfare of the animals, not scrimping to save a few quid.