Have you bought a pet from a classified ad site?

Mines was in Germany so maybe doesn't interest yous although actually I've heard of Vier Pfoten from here. We got our old cat Carlotta from eBay Kleinanzeigen (exactly like gumtree) and were told they had to get rid of her as they were moving house (not getting rid of their big Labrador though which we did find weird). The woman was crying when we went to get her and we realised later it was most likely her man had given her an ultimatum as Carlotta vomited absolutely every night for months till we finally found a diet she wasn't allergic to. She had to go to the vet quite a lot and later she was diagnosed with cancer and had to be put down. I've no idea whether the previous owners knew this or not but certainly most people would get annoyed with the constant vomiting after a while.

I'm glad we got her though and feel we gave her a great end to her life. I wouldn't have traded her for anything.

We found the advert for our dog Rosa on the same website and we got to see the mother (the father was a stud, but we did later meet him) and the breeders were fantastic. We signed a detailed contract which we were very happy with and the breeders have kept in touch ever since and absolutely love Rosa.