Online Classified Ad

[~Jen~]

There is a kennel that is reducing its breeding stock (grrrr) there is 1 standard dachshund aprox. 5 or 6yrs old unspayed listed. They are asking $150 for him/her. Anyone got any ideas? Here is the ad...
http://classifieds.excite.com/cgi-cls/ad.exe?P61+C197+A0+R1658383+Q355294966

Jen

[Roxane]

Jen, I keep getting an error message when I click the URL for the classified?????
Roxane and crew

[Owen's Mom]

Here's a copy and paste of what it says

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Description Breeding kennel selling older, unproductive dogs, mostly small breed females.These females are not spayed, are crate-trained, not house-broken. All are current on shots and have been always on heartworm preventative.Age of all approximately 5-6 years. Including 2 Min Pins, 1 Standard Dachshund, 1 male Dalmatian, 1 Basset Hound. Good temperments, and all get along with other dogs. These must be picked up here, we do not ship. Near Charlotte, NC. 704-888-4711

Seller Info Member Name: Kathy_Pell
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For sale by Private Party
(704) 888-4711
Stanfield, North Carolina 28163

[Roxane]

Thanks Amy.
Let's translate:
Breeding kennel=Puppy Mill
Unproductive dogs=anyone's guess
Crate trained=where they were housed
Always on Heartworm=Oh Sure!!!!
Approximate age=no records kept
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Wonderful, we have a mill near Charlotte! That certainly makes my heart beat faster! http://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/mad.gif
Jen, let me know what you find out before I grab for either Penny's Aunt's baseball bat or Pamela's imaginary gun.
Roxane and crew

[~Jen~]

Ok how weird is this... i try to call the # in the ad and it says the caller doesnt accept calls from unlisted #'s well... how are you supposed to call about the dogs. I mean geeeeeeesh what do i have to do call the phone co. and have them make my # listed it said to dial *82 but i didnt work. I cant get through i have emailed the lady.. i still havent gotten a response. I will transport if she will surrender.. but getting her to give up the precious $150 is the hard part. Arg!! Gimme that baseball bat!!

Jen

[Wienergal]

<IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm23.gif" border=0> UNPRODUCTIVE DOGS????<IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm23.gif" border=0> Roxane is right--that's mill language if ever I heard it.

My guess, Jen: They wouldn't surrender, even if you got through. (Never heard of that phone thing--they won't take calls from unlisted numbers??? Guess they don't get too many calls from single women in cities!)

Maybe we all need to fish out those old checks from checking accounts we no longer have and use them to "buy" "UNPRODUCTIVE DOGS" from mill scum.

Either that or the bat. <IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm4.gif" border=0>

[~Jen~]

I tried to figure that phone thing out 3 more times after i posted still no luck maybe im technology illerate i dunno. I would love to get that dachshund from there and get it into foster care even if it ment a little undercover work. Maybe i could pose as a ball player and show up swinging my bat. Ugh stooooooooooopid ppl!!

Jen

[TessieMom]

Jen, It sounds like they have anonymous call blocking. I had to do that when some of my university students decided it would be fun to call at 2 or 3 AM. After about a week, I put in call blocking. Now I get sleep at night. All you have to do is turn off the feature that makes you "anonymous" or call from another phone that does not have that feature enabled. I know some of my friends hated it when I did that, but ...

We have lots of these "unproductive" sales in Texas right now -- paper is full of them. Must be the season. They do not seem to be willing to reduce the price or put their dogs in rescue. Rather, they dump their dogs at shelters or pounds or on the side of the road. Good Luck! Rena

[Roxane]

Hi Jen:
In the front of your phone book (can't say which page, every area's book is slightly different) there is the instruction on how to shut off, temporarily, the call block thing you have on your phone. After that call, it will revert back to the way you had it before, without you having to do anything.
I've done it on our phone and it works.
Roxane and crew