HELP! BUYING DOG ONLINE~!

How did you get your first dog? May eb you are rushing to quickly to fill the void. I think you should wait and do some research.

HOW DID U FIND THAT?

 
I googled "Nigerian puppy scam" and several websites came up warning people about this scam.  One of which was the news article I posted.
 
I'm glad to be of assistance.  I would not reccomend buying a puppy from someone you have never met.  I found my breeder on-line, but went to visit his home several times, called others who had attained dogs through him, and carefully choose my pup before taking her home.  I'm sure you could get a puppy from 1000 miles away or something (people do it all the time), but there are just too many variables you can't control there. 

The seller was no longer living in the United States. In an email to Josh, he writes "am cuThe seller was no longer living in the United States. In an email to Josh, he writes "am currently in Africa, Nigeria to be precise on a missionary from church." Josh assumed the seller meant the LDS church.
rrently in Africa, Nigeria to be precise on a missionary from church." Josh assumed the seller meant the LDS church. Quoted from the article.
 
I am a citizen of California and i am posted to THE SYNAGOGUE,
CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS in Africa,thou am currently in Africa,Nigeria to be
precise on a missionary from church, i worship with ST JAMES UNITED  METHODIST
CHURCH in California
 
I see the similarities here. And lastly, Africa has restrictions on shipping live animals to include quaranteen rules.

It is a scam.
I recently purchased a puppy from a reputable breeder who has been in constant communication with me, sending pictures, a copy of the puppy shots and including her home phone number which I have called to talk with her many, many times. I will be flying out on the 23rd of May to pick him up in St. Louis MO and flying back with him in the cab. She does not allow pup's to fly in cargo hold because it is too dangerous. So either, a transport had to be arranged or I had to come in person. That is how you will know it is legit!

One look at that email that person send you..........I truly felt that it's a scam.  You got great advise from everybody who responded to your post.  I got JJ from online and she turned out fine.  But you have to do research into the person who is selling you the dog.  If your unsure, then it's definitely something to rethink.  Wish you luck!

ORIGINAL: Fureverjen

One look at that email that person send you..........I truly felt that it's a scam.  You got great advise from everybody who responded to your post.  I got JJ from online and she turned out fine.  But you have to do research into the person who is selling you the dog.  If your unsure, then it's definitely something to rethink.  Wish you luck!

 
ur baby is reallyyy cute!!
 
 
 
i got my old dog by this lady but ive lost complete contact with her, no way i can find her =[

I disagree about shelter dogs.  I work at a shelter and weve got TONS of puppies, from 1 month to 6 mos weve got about 30.  Maybe the specific one you looked at didnt at the time... We are totally full with dogs of all ages.  Check petfinder.com and you WILL find a PUPPY in your area I guarantee you.

Mimichauchau, if there's a local shelter from where your at, you maybe can find some beautiful puppies from there.  It's more reliable and you can see the dog face to face.  Petfinder is also a perfect place to check out.  Last year I found a site call [linkhttp://www.puppyescrow.com/?pe3481]http://www.puppyescrow.com/?pe3481[/link], I'm not sure if anyone had tried it but it's worth a look into the site.  Only if you still want to look into buying a dog online.  Other then that, wish you luck! 

I didn't check where you are, but I did a national search for "yorkie baby" and found more than 20 available right now.  Here's a sampling.
 
[linkhttp://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6218196]http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6218196[/link]
[linkhttp://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6104755]http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6104755[/link]
[linkhttp://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6022149]http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6022149[/link]
[linkhttp://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6244445]http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6244445[/link]
[linkhttp://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=5428935]http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=5428935[/link]

I think you should just go to your local Animal Shelter. And see if you can get a dog that way.  There are a lot of small dogs out there looking for homes....

You CAN find small dogs at shelters.  I got Zoe at a shelter and there was a chihuahua (sp?) there then too.  It may require you to check with them regularly, but it does happen!

ORIGINAL: loveukaykay

I disagree about shelter dogs.  I work at a shelter and weve got TONS of puppies, from 1 month to 6 mos weve got about 30.  Maybe the specific one you looked at didnt at the time... We are totally full with dogs of all ages.  Check petfinder.com and you WILL find a PUPPY in your area I guarantee you.

 
Actually, believe it or not, there ARE areas that really do not have puppies in shelters.  It's pretty hard to believe, but it's definitely possible.  I live in an area in the northeast US and I can remember the first time my family was looking for a dog...  we called every single darn shelter in the area looking for puppies and NONE had any whatsoever.  Finally we found one that imported puppies in from other areas of the world that were overloaded with homeless pups and were able to adopt one of those (Nikki).  We went back to that same shelter to get Cairo, and just to give you an idea of the high demand of shelter puppies in my area, we called the shelter in the morning and they had just received a shipment of 36 puppies.  We called again at 5:00 in the afternoon and there were 7 left.  That's it.  People line up at the door to get them, and that's no exaggeration.  The puppies they do get in are from areas like West Virginia and Puerto Rico (the Save a Sato program).  I think it's wonderful that this one shelter does this, and I think more in my area ought to because of the high demand...we could provide a lot of homes for some needy puppies []
 
In any case, unless you do happen to be in one of these rare puppy-less areas, I'd go with the petfinder.com route...there are so many puppies out there who need homes!!

Nikki_Burr,
 
Where did you adopt your dog from?  Sounds a lot like Sterling Shelter, which is where we adopted our pup from.   Just curious
 
 

I adopted them from the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, MA.  Here's the link to their site and the programs they're involved in:  [linkhttp://www.northeastanimalshelter.org/programs/]http://www.northeastanimalshelter.org/programs/[/link]   I love this shelter so much, they are able to help so many dogs