Guide to advertising your dog for sale

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    At the bottom of this article we have a video guide on how to post an ad also. This short video will walk you through the steps and the terms and conditions attached to posting your dog for sale.

    Here a text guide on how you can advertise a dog for sale on dogs.ie.

    Create a new ad

    You can create a new ad by navigating to Place an Ad > New for sale ad or by simply visiting this link when you are logged in.

    Drafting your for sale ad

    As you are preparing your for sale ad you can save it along the way. Beginning with images you will upload up to 10 photos of your dog, and then fill in the rest of the information. Finally you will click pay to publish and complete the payment. Posting your ad should take less than 5 minutes to complete. Once it’s done, your ad will be reviewed by one of our specialists.

    Adding images and selection breeds in your for sale ad

    Ads remain live for up to 30 days and can be bumped up to 3 times†.

    †up to 3 times” means, it can be 1, 2 or 3 times. The number of bumps available depends on multiple factors, see number of bumps.

    Editing your ad advert it’s published

    It’s important that you post accurate information about your dog. Certain parts of the ad cannot be updated once it’s published, including

    • Breed
    • Date of birth
    • Country of birth
    • Microchip numbers
    • Number & gender of dogs

    Should you need to change some parts to fix a mistake you can contact us. It is not possible to add in or remove microchips once the ad is published.

    Adding multiple microchips to your ad

    You can add as many dogs as you have in your littler that you’d like to sell.

    If you forget a chip you can also click on the “add another dog” button to add another entry.

    VeriPet ads with Fido

    VeriPet logo

    By selecting Fido – VeriPet, you will be prompted to put in your first microchip. When you’ve entered the 15 digits of the microchip number you will be able to click “Confirm ownership”.

    Once you enter the microchip number and hit confirm, you will be asked for the “Owners Pin” on the bottom right of your microchip certificate. Step 2.1.

    Upon entering your owners pin, a one time passcode will be sent by SMS or by email. This is a 6 digit code sent by Fido to confirm you have access to the owners credentials.

    Fido will then confirm your ownership and fill in the information about the sex of the dog. To add another dog you can reuse the same field about the “Add another dog”.

    Once you’ve entered the 15 digits you can proceed back through the verification steps the the 2nd microchip by clicking “Confirm ownership”.

    VeriPet Video

    Video – How to post a for sale ad

    Reviewing your ad

    Your ad will be placed in a queue to be reviewed before publishing. Generally ads are reviewed within an hour or two, Monday – Friday : 9am-9pm Saturday & Sunday 10-2pm, outside these hours it may take slighly longer. All ads are reviewed within 24 hours. Once your ad is approved you will receive an email with a link to the ad.

    Updated on June 11, 2025
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    13 responses to “Guide to advertising your dog for sale”

    1. Brendan Carr avatar

      I was hoping to maybe add a bit more info info in my ad description, but it’s locked. Is it possible to do this. If not, that’s fine

    2. Hi Brendan, please contact [email protected] and someone will help you.

    3. I’m trying to sell a puppy, can anyone tell me how to advertise

    4. Hi how much is it for an ad is it 50 euro per pup or 50 euro for any number in litter?

    5. Peter keane avatar

      How can I ad photo to my existing add

    6. Hi John, it’s 50 Euro per ad

    7. Darren avatar

      How much would it cost to advertise 5 puppys on dog.ie.and do I pay be credit card can somebody please tell me

    8. Hi Darren, the price is currently €50 per ad. That covers 1, 2 or 10 dogs in the litter.

    9. Helen Segrave avatar

      I’m trying to place an ad to sell a year old Gordon setter female dog, but cant seem to gain access.

    10. Hi I’m looking to advertise 2 frenchbulldogs brother and sister

    11. Graham Byrne avatar

      Hi I’m looking to advise my puppies for sale

    12. Hi Graham, did you have any specific questions ? You can get started on this page https://dogs.ie/pricing

    13. Have a germen shepherd dog 3year old moved out of my house and no room for her so need new home for her

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