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jackson7
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Kim Jong Il's Future Fireball
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: Where to buy a puppy? |
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I want to buy a puppy, specifically a bulldog (English/British, not French). Anyone know websites or stores at which I may find one? Thanks! |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Go to Chungmuro and walk East towards Dongdaemun Stadium. A couple blocks down from Chungmuro is puppy central, many many shops. |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Where to buy a puppy? |
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jackson7 wrote: |
I want to buy a puppy, specifically a bulldog (English/British, not French). Anyone know websites or stores at which I may find one? Thanks! |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Where to buy a puppy? |
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NAVFC wrote: |
jackson7 wrote: |
I want to buy a puppy, specifically a bulldog (English/British, not French). Anyone know websites or stores at which I may find one? Thanks! |
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No bulldog in there, but it is good food. |
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SuperFly

Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Search Naver - that's how I found my guys...
http://phbdog.com/ |
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EricaSmile84

Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I would look at a shelter first. There are sooo many dogs that need homes here. The doggies range from puppies to adult, pure bred to mixed breed. There's a hugh shelter in Daejeon. Check it out!
www.animalrescuekorea.org
Also you can go to the "Buying/Selling" section of this forum. There's a thread specifically for pets.
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spliff

Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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^They have pure bred puppies? I doubt it.  |
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laura-and-ryan

Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Location: Bucheon, Orig from Ireland and Canada
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NicRenee

Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Um, yes, I saw several purebreed puppies at the shelter when I picked up my dog.
Please don't buy a puppy; how sad that people continue to breed dogs when there are hundreds of perfectly wonderful pets with poor genetic background that need to be rescued. |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Location: Pocheon
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Where to buy a puppy? |
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jackson7 wrote: |
I want to buy a puppy, specifically a bulldog (English/British, not French). Anyone know websites or stores at which I may find one? Thanks! |
Be very careful trying to buy a puppy in Korea. Did you see how they mentioned that germ theory passed by Korea? They don't get the concept of how touching a sick puppy followed by a healthy puppy... that doesn't get sick for 10 days, could possibly be connected.
My friend and I went to Chungmuro to buy ourselves a pair of pups. We spent $900 on two puppies. They died. The next pair they gave us died. And the one I got after that. I got back $100, he got back nothing.
It wasn't us... the pups had Parvo, and came down with it about 2 - 5 days after we got them (incubation is 10 days).
My friend gave up and went to Europe to buy a healthy pup.
Most pure-breed dogs here are weak, sickly, and inbred. |
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Scarlet13

Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Changwon
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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spliff wrote: |
^They have pure bred puppies? I doubt it.  |
Sure they do, shelters have a lot of pure breeds, what do you think happens to all those adorable puppies purchased on a whim that are fun for about five minutes? There was a bulldog up for adoption a few weeks ago on www.animalrescuekorea.org that was rescued from a kill shelter. A lot of the pet shop puppies are very unhealthy I would look elsewhere, especially if you are looking for a bulldog, they have more health problems than ANY other breed you will not get a healthy bulldog from a pet store.
My three all came from the Daejeon shelter, and all together we have rescue six from Daejeon, everyone of them are fantastic dogs.
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Don't support animal markets like the one in Chungmuro or the one in Dongdaemoon.
Get your pets from other pet-owners, or from shelters. They will certainly be in better health. If you do find bulldog breeders in Korea, which I think is very possible, you will pay a lot. No pet owner would ever give away a dog or cat for free. They don't believe in "free to a good home." They believe in money payment so they know you're not a butcher. |
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sineface

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: C'est magnifique
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Don't.
Fact is, the majority of dogs bred in Korea, to buy, are taken away from the mother far, far too early. As I'm sure you know if you have done even the smallest amount of research on owning a dog, that spells disaster. As a previous poster already mentioned, they are far more susceptible to illness, premature death, are harder to housebreak, and can become far more skittish in adult life than those puppies raised to a reasonable age with the mum. I'm assuming that since you want a dog, you care about them. In that case, please do not buy a dog in Korea. You're supporting a puppy mill business, the only difference being that these ones sell cute little dog clothes in the window.
I adopted my puppy from the Daejeon shelter last year, and whilst places like that (particularly in Korea) can be heartbreaking, I've rarely felt sicker than walking down pet shop street in Chungmuro. |
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Miles Rationis

Joined: 08 May 2007 Location: Just Say No To Korea!
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Bo Shin Tang........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
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sineface

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: C'est magnifique
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Miles Rationis wrote: |
Bo Shin Tang........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
Yes yes, I'm sure you've appalled us all. Move along. |
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