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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  Exactly!  I think contracts that only give a guarantee against LIFE THREATENING genetic defects are crap. There are many defects that aren't life threatening and should still be guaranteed against. What about heart murmors, LP (non-injury), Open fontanels, Legge Calve Perthes, Blindness, deafness, etc, etc. Plenty of defects are not life threatening, but they can still cause an animal pain and cause the owner a lot of anguish and monetary expense. I think it's just a cop out... I personally want to see a guarantee against ALL defects..not just "life threatening" ones. (although I do understand with LP it's sometimes hard to distinguish between injury and genetic so a little more complicated)
I agree with the 48-72 hour rule is a good one. It protects the breeder from being held reponsible for something the buyer causes, and it gives the buyer time to find out about any diseases, parasites, defects, etc. at the beginning before they get really attached. |
Are you suggesting that we guarantee against everything as the dog gets older? No one can predict that a dog will never go blind, or deaf, or have some health problem down the road. We can only say that as a puppy this dog can hear, see and has been found healthy by our vet. I had a dog that became paralyzed at 6 years old because of a weak disk in his back that slipped and severed a nerve. The weakness had apparently always been there but hadn't caused a problem until that time. I never thought about going back to the breeder and blaming them. Ruffles was a wonderful pet for 6 years and it was just something that happened. He was a living being not a mechanical creation, he wasn't created by a human and couldn't be warrented by one.