Selling Dogs on Twitter?

[~Jessie~]

Based on the below Twitter conversation, how do you feel about this basketball player dude selling his dog on Twitter? Unfortunately, I can't copy and paste it!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarra...s-just-sold-his-lovable-english-bulldog-for-1

Poll to follow!

 

[*blackrose]

I don't really care that he sold the dog on Twitter, or that he was rehoming it because it was "too big" for his kid...what I do care is that he "took bids" and "the dog had to be gone by tomorrow". That is what irks me.

 

[sillysally]

I don't really care that he sold the dog on Twitter, or that he was rehoming it because it was "too big" for his kid...what I do care is that he "took bids" and "the dog had to be gone by tomorrow". That is what irks me.

This.

 

[Fran101]

As usual it's not about the tool used (twitter, puppy find, facebook, craigslist whatever) it's about HOW IT'S DONE

and taking bids and wanting the dog GONE and not screening puppy buyers...is the wrong way no matter what.

Twitter in general I have no problem with, use what tool works to best communicate/advertise

 

[Locke]

I don't really care that he sold the dog on Twitter, or that he was rehoming it because it was "too big" for his kid...what I do care is that he "took bids" and "the dog had to be gone by tomorrow". That is what irks me.

This, and the dog's coat looked to be in terrible condition!

 

[Xandra]

It's fine by me. Some people have different attitudes about children and pets... to some people, the pets are part of the family, to others, the pet is there to serve them.

Maybe the dog isn't particularly gentle with your child or you find yourself nervous about the dog being around the kid. You're not attached at all, really. If that's how you feel, why keep the dog?

I don't care that he sold it on twitter.

I take the "must be gone by tomorrow" and "bid on him" comments with a grain of salt. If he really was going to send the dog to the animal shelter or euthanize it the next day, of course I'd feel differently, but he was probably just mimicking a common technique for generating interest without thinking much about it.

Not ideal, but not the end of the world as long as he used some common sense when meeting the buyer. It would be worse if it was from a "dog person," but for an average pet owner that probably bought the dog under similar circumstances... eh, I have a hard time getting worked up about it.

 

[*blackrose]

This, and the dog's coat looked to be in terrible condition!

I thought that, too. Allergies galore, probably. Poor dog. Hope whoever got him will get him the treatment he needs.

 

[Airn]

My issues are similar to everyone else's. I don't really care about Twitter, although I don't think you should 'sell' a dog on any social media sites. (Saw a chocolate pom for sale for $800 on CL today....)

I don't understand the need for any animals to be 'gone by tomorrow'. It really just does sound like a phrase to scare people into taking the dog.

The bidding thing was ridiculous, but he's a rich basketball player, so I don't expect much from him.

Just be grateful Michael Vick wasn't bidding on him.

 

[Beanie]

I would be looking at this in a totally different light if it weren't a professional basketball player who has more than enough money to board the dog ("must be gone tomorrow?") or to hire a professional trainer to train the dog if it's rambunctious with the kid, or or or.
Unless he's had another one, which I'm not aware of but is admittedly entirely possible, his youngest son is two. The dog is ten months old. So he's an idiot. And just because millions of people are idiots doesn't make any given idiot less stupid.


I agree with Fran as well - I would probably raise an eyebrow over the Twitter thing, then laugh, but not think anything particularly wrong or weird had been done, if it weren't for the DOG MUST BE GONE TOMORROW. TAKING OFFERS. stuff.

 

[ACooper]

Toss me in the club. Using twitter doesn't bother me, it's his attitude, statements and obvious lack of screening that bothers me. "Must be gone tomorrow" trumps the "Just want him to have a good home" statement doesn't it?

Using ANY means on the internet doesn't bother me in the least.....it helps you cast a wider net.
Craig's list? Sure! Facebook? You bet! Twitter? Forums? Blogs? YES YES YES!

As with any TOOL, it's all how you use it........or abuse it as the case may be.

 

[Cali Mae]

Agreed with everyone else... and I'm completely baffled as to why anyone, rich or not, would spend $3000 on a dog who doesn't even appear to be from a good, ethical breeder.