Pekinese puppys

[cichlidsman]

Me and my girlfriend are staying at the fantasyland hotel in the west edmontion mall, and we just fell in love with the pekinese puppys at the pet store there. They are asking $1500 for a 2 1/2 month old, is that too much? the price does'nt matter, but what can you fine people till me about these dogs. they are realy cute that i alread know.

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

If you're willing to pay that much, I would go through a good breeder and get a registered puppy. Do you know where these puppies came from? Alot of petstores will buy their puppies from backyard breeders, get them their shots, and then sell them....not knowing if anything else is wrong with the dog.
Go get a purebred puppy and have high standards, and a warranty.

Here's one breeder that I found in your area:

Michaelmas Perm Reg'd
Gary Tucker
36 Vancouver St.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1A 2R6
(709) 834-2125

 

[Tcrazy]

1500.00 Is alot for a petstore puppy.. There are some petstores in my area that sell them from around 600.00 which i think is a little high... i have a few friends that bought petstore pup and they had lots of health problems... if your interested in them pups i would asked alot of questions about where they got them from.
petstores also get there pups from puppy mills..

 

[cichlidsman]

thanks for the info. I guess it's not just the bread of dog i have to research. I better do more homework. I knew i could depend on this site

 

[cichlidsman]

thanks for the info. I guess i have more to reasearch then just the bread of dog. I knew i could depend on the people at arachnoboards.

 

[cichlidsman]

If you're willing to pay that much, I would go through a good breeder and get a registered puppy. Do you know where these puppies came from? Alot of petstores will buy their puppies from backyard breeders, get them their shots, and then sell them....not knowing if anything else is wrong with the dog.
Go get a purebred puppy and have high standards, and a warranty.

Here's one breeder that I found in your area:

Michaelmas Perm Reg'd
Gary Tucker
36 Vancouver St.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1A 2R6
(709) 834-2125

that would be perfect if i was back home, but i am in alberta(edmonton) at the moment. but i will call gary tucker and ask him a few questions anyway. thanks.

 

[cichlidsman]

if the dog comes with it's papers, does that mean that the puppy is registered?

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

A registered dog and a purebred dog can be 2 different things. Almost any dog can be registered...but not all are "purebred". Look in the paper and you'll see LOTS of registered (AKC, CKC, etc) dogs with papers, and yes..you can see the parents...but if you buy that dog, you may find that it grows up looking alot different than the breed standard. For instance I bought my Poodle out of the paper, but I wanted him as a pet, I saw his parents...they looked VERY Poodle-ish, so I bought him. Now he's grown up and has a longer body and longer legs, pointier ears than a purebred Poodle would. He's a cute dog, but I can tell he's not purebred. Luckily im ok with that

 

[MicahHall]

Pek's are adorable without a doubt... There was a darling of one named Jeffrey that was quite a hit on the show circuit not too long ago. They are traditionally lap dogs for royalty, but they have plenty of energy as well. A well bred adult will quite honestly look like an ottoman with a nose - totally rectangular. Try searching for the Pekingese Club of America. They can give you all the information that you need plus you can contact people about a breeder in your area ( Yes, even in Canada). Pet stores generally buy puppies from "puppy mills" and charge rediculous prices. Then you have to worry about the chance of disease.. since pet stores seem to be teeming with it. There are exceptions, but those seem to be few and far between. A puppy from a caring breeder is a much wiser investment.

 

[cichlidsman]

thanks for the info. I can't seem to make up mind. i cant seem to find any breeders around hear.

 

[trucemo]

AAH! Not puppies from a pet store! They are most likely from puppy mills, where they don't get mothers milk for long enough, and female dogs are bred untill they collapse, and are then killed or sheltered. Don't support that. And a high percentage of puppy mill puppies get deadly diseases, because all the puppies are togethwer. If one hav a disease(its quite likely- puppy mills are filthy) then the rest probably have it. If you get one from a reputable breeder, most come with health gaurentees. Sometimes you have to look hard- I had to drive nearly to mexico from oregon for my chessie.

 

[TheDarkFinder]

OK, I will just say this, The most stupidist dog have have ever owned/seen/hear of was my grandmothers Pekinese. The inbreed <blank> of a dog was breed of two first place show dogs. Dumb as dirt.

1. He love carrots. LOVE carrots, as in a unheathly obession with carrots.
2. If you throw a carrot off the back porch, he would take a nose dive to get it. He could use the stairs but no he wanted the 2-3 meter drop.
3. He is increditably brave. He attacked a dog 4x times his size, a bear, and a moose.
4. If you throw a carrot down the stairs, he would run so fast he would lose his grip and tumble down them. You could also throw a carrot over a fence and he would ram the fence, repeatively.
5. Lastly is name was "bumper". Because when he was young he "had is way with" another, males, dogs head. And got bit for it.

He would "have his way with" most of the funiture, car wheels, any leg that would hold still, lamp posts, a letter on the floor, your plate of food left unguarded, the stairs, most cats, dogs, and a fish tank.

He was too young to get neutered, started a six weeks, that is when he got bit. The vet would not neuter the little <blank> until he was 6 months, yes, five months of "bumper". It was not my choice the vet said six months, my grand mother listened.

The one great thing about that dog was he was trainable, you could teach him things, if it involved food. You could not train bad habits out of him, the neutering slowed him down, it did not stop it.

He was professionally trained by a trainer. She gave the money back and said he was untrainable.

 

[cichlidsman]

the pet store is now telling me that it is illegal to give me pappers for the dog saying that it is a purebread because the breeder may have lied to them. but the dog comes with a one year warranty and a bag of food.

 

[TheDarkFinder]

the pet store is now telling me that it is illegal to give me pappers for the dog saying that it is a purebread because the breeder may have lied to them. but the dog comes with a one year warranty and a bag of food.

Do not walk away from this deal, run. IT is not right.

 

[TheDarkFinder]

Try here.

http://www.geocities.com/mildred_91/

or here

Michaelmas Perm Reg'd
Gary Tucker
36 Vancouver St.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1A 2R6
(709) 834-2125

I do not know these people just a quick internet search

 

[cichlidsman]

Try here.

http://www.geocities.com/mildred_91/

or here

Michaelmas Perm Reg'd
Gary Tucker
36 Vancouver St.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1A 2R6
(709) 834-2125

I do not know these people just a quick internet search

can you find anything for alberta. i cant seem to find anything thanks

 

[TheDarkFinder]

Lionheart 1975 Perm. Reg'd (PCA)
Gail H. Forsythe
(403) 208-8499
Email: legal1@istar.ca

Palaceoutlaw Pekes Perm. Reg'd
Vern & Diane Stepple
P.O. Box 305
Redcliff, Alberta, Canada T0J 2P0
(403) 529-5393
Email: pekes@shockware.com
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/5931

Viceroy Pekingese
David Hennessey
12818-135 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5L 1Y2
(780) 455-4332
Email: Email breeder
WWW: http://www.viceroypekingese.com

Aspinrock Reg'd, Deborah McFarlane
20 Evergreen Close SW, Calgary,
AB T2Y 2X7. (403-254-8610; fax 254-5306; e-mail: aspinrockbichonspekes@shaw.ca).

Try these guys.

Northern Alberta Canine Association
(780) 431-2173.
or here
http://www.canadogs.com/BreedPekingese.htm

 

[cichlidsman]

i just adoped a 5 month old shitzu. my uncle bought the dog for his girlfriend and she just left him and when back to newfoundland. they seem to be a nice breed, but my girlfriend still wants a pekinese, so i will eventualy have two dogs. now i have to find out how these too breeds get along togather.

 

[pitbulllady]

I would NEVER buy any puppy from a pet store! First of all, they are almost always bred on commercial "puppy mills", which treat dogs like factory products, brokered through various middlemen, and sold through pet stores which know very little of the breed's characteristics, and nothing of that pup's parents, and they sell pups for exhorbitantly high prices, higher even that what a well-bred puppy from show champion parents, with a lifetime guarantee of health from the breeder, would cost.

Pekingnese have particular health issues that any potential buyer needs to be aware of, due in no small part to them being a "brachycephalic" breed, or one with a smashed-in muzzle. They will have breathing problems that can be made dramatically worse by any physical activity or by even moderately high temperatures in their surroundings, so heat stroke is something to constantly be on guard against. I have known many Pekingnese, including show dogs, which experienced "ocular luxation", which means that their eyeballs popped out of the socket and hung down on their faces-NOT a pleasant thing to have to deal with! Their facial structure does not leave room enough for their eyeballs in the sockets, so with the slightest bump, the eyes can pop out, and this required immediate surgical correction. Nine times out of ten, before the owner discovers it, the dog digs, bites and claws and its own eyeball, causing irreparable damage, resulting in the whole thing having to be removed. They also seem very prone to skin allergies and hair loss. This is, without a doubt, a very high-maintanance breed, and I would bet that the pet shop can not, or WILL not, tell you any of this, lest they miss a sale, which is all that matters to them.

pitbulllady

 

[emilsmee]

i've had a pekingese from a petstore and i WAAAY over paid, it never did housetrain (the breed is known for it'd stubbornness in housetraining), was dumb as mud, could never get it to stop screaming when i crated him (and they scream like babies when they're upset), but i'll admit when he wasn't a complete terror, he was really cute. i had him 7 mos and decided that was enough, the dog was no further ahead in housetraining than when i got him, after all that time. the dog i have now i bought out of the paper and he's the best dog i've ever known, he picked up housetraining within a couple weeks - he even comes to me and whines when he wants out, we can crate him with no problems (for the most part - he's getting better tho) and he comes when i call him.
no offence to anyone who has one, but small dogs suck, they're downright stupid. i've seen too many cases supporting the statement to think otherwise.