I had a strange email exchange yesterday and today with a stranger. This woman sent me several pictures of a 5 week old Boxer puppy. She had a specific question over the puppy's head and wanted my opinion. She was looking at this puppy as a potential show pup and also wanted to know if it was a quality pup. I asked her whom the breeders were and whom the Boxer parents were. She danced around the details. I asked her again explaining it would help me to know the pup's background so I could try and answer her question. The end result was she refused flatly to give me any information at all over the breeder or the parents. She even got mad I was asking.
My question to the list is: What reasons do you think this newbie has for refusing to give any information over the breeders or parents of a puppy she is sending photos around over?
I have a few ideas in my head, but I am curious how other people would see this situation.
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Wanted to know if it was show quality so she could sell it for more because she is the breeder. That is my first thought.
Interesting idea. She told me she is not the breeder. She is only considering buying the puppy. But of course there is always the chance she did not tell me the truth about that as well. Very clever thought :)
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Perhaps the pup has a pet or a partial pet background and she is embarrassed to divulge the pedigree to an experienced show breeder???
That was definitely one of my first thoughts. Since she specificly asked about the pup being a potential show prospect and questioning if it was a quality pup.
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Anyway, what I said was, the first thing that pops into my mind is that, the woman is a BYB, and wants to know your opinion, so she can jack up the price for her pups.
Anyway, what I said was, the first thing that pops into my mind is that, the woman is a BYB, and wants to know your opinion, so she can jack up the price for her pups.
Sadly, I have had that happen. Now I am very guarded when someone wants my opinion on their puppies if I don't know them. Name dropping is not something I am am ever impressed with.
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