Gumtree: Serious Business No. 2... The Toy Poodle

For Sale: Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy
Date Listed: 03/06/2010
Last Edited: 03/06/2010
Price: $800.00
Address: Mulgrave VIC, Australia

Red toy poodles are hard to find as not many people breeds them but they are absolutely beautiful. Regrettably, for sale is a purebred Red Toy Poodle female puppy. She is 9 weeks old. Very affectionate and intelligent and is currently undergoing paper training.

We bought her in good faith as an addition to our family and companion for our miniature poodle. However, when she was brought home at 7 weeks old, we realised that the size of Toy Poodle is not suitable for our family as we have 3 young active children, hence, the reason we are selling her.

Suits family preferably with older children, single people, couple or retiree.

Please contact May at 0430 --- --- if you wish to meet her.
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From: Reply to Gumtree Ad (from theaccursedshare@yahoo.com.au) [mailto:post@gumtree.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010
To: may.nick@...
Subject: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree

Hello! The following is a reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree:

I'm interested in your dog. I have been told that red toy poodles have a very keen sense of smell, which will be useful in my profession. When can i pick the thing up?
Rodney
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From: May Wong To: theaccursedshare@yahoo.com.au
Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010
Subject: RE: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree

Hi Rodney,
Thanks for your interest. Tonight after 7pm or over the weekend is fine with me – please contact my mobile to confirm a time.

Cheers,
May
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From: Someone Other May Wong
To: May Wong Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010
Subject: RE: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree

Thanks May.
I'm taking the dogs pig hunting on Saturday, so i'll pick the thing up tonight if i can. I want it to get the smell of pig blood while its still young. I'm hoping it gets on with other dogs ok and doesn't yap yap yap too much as my pit bulls can be a bit temperamental when on the hunt and i don't want to waste 800 bucks. 7pm tonight is fine with me. Means i'll just miss the rush hour traffic in my truck. What's your address?
Cheers,
Rodney
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From: May Wong To: Someone Other
Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010
Subject: RE: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree

Hi Rodney,
She gets on very well with my mini poodle and is not yappy like other toy breeds. Our address is ----------, Mulgrave – not far from Wellington Road.

Please let me know the estimate time you will be here. Also, may I please have your contact no. in case I need to make contact.

Kind regards
May
0430 --- ---

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From: Someone Other May Wong
To: May Wong Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010
Subject: RE: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree


Hi May,
Its great that she's not yappy. Do you think she'll get along well with pit bulls? My wife is a bit annoyed with me spending $800 on another pig hunting dog, so I was wondering whether i could just test her out tomorrow and see if she gets onto the trail and gets along with the other dogs. If she gets hurt but doesn't look the goods for pig hunting, i'll pay the vet bills as long as they don't exceed a tank of petrol. Otherwise, if all goes well, i can give you an $800 cheque when i get back from hunting tomorrow night.
How does 7:30pm tonight sound? Also, do you have a cage i can initially borrow as i don't want the thing shitting in my truck and i've no hessian bags lying around.
Kind regards,
Rodney.
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From: May Wong To: Someone Other
Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010
Subject: RE: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree


Hi Rodney,
The puppy is only 6 inches tall (15.5cm) at the moment and will grow to about 11 inches tall (28cm). How do you measure the height of a dog? While the dog is standing up on all fours, measure from the floor to the top of the shoulder.

She gets on well with other dog but doesn’t like to play rough – sometimes dogs get a bit carried away when playing just like kids do. I would suggest that you bring along your pit bull tonight to see if they get along well due to their size difference and if she is suitable for you. I am sorry to say that I do not accept return and refund and I will only accept cash.

I do have a crate which you could borrow.

Kind regards,
May
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From: Someone Other [mailto:theaccursedshare@yahoo.com.au]
Sent: Fri, 4 June, 2010
To: May Wong
Subject: Re: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree

Hi May,
That's understandable.
I'll just drop over tonight with my pig dogs and see how they get along. Its best, if you have kids, if they are not around, as the pit bulls don't like kids too much and i've had a little trouble with the council when they last attacked a kid who was moving too unpredictably around them. Also, do you mind if i bring a pig's head, as i want to get the dogs excited to see how they interact, and also to see if the poodle gets into the smell of the blood. If you can lay down some plastic on your kitchen floor it would save cleaning up the mess.
Cheers,
Rodney.
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From: May Wong
To: Someone Other
Sent: Sat, 5 June, 2010 5:28:52 AM
Subject: RE: Reply to your "Purebred RED Toy Poodle 9 weeks old Female Puppy" Ad on Gumtree

Hi Rodney,
Sorry to let you know that my cousin just called and she said she will take the puppy.

Cheers,
May


Cheers,
May