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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom  you need to cover yourself well. i can understand people getting attached and not wanting to give puppies back, but you have to have the wording just right so you can be sure beyond a doubt that what people are telling you is the truth and you even tho their vets can fax your vet the info, your vet may not agree. make any sense/ i guess what I am trying to say is that buyers will lie to you just to get a refund. I haven't had it happen but i know a friend that did. I'm not thinking they lied outright to get money back but what their vet said was cause of illness was totally different from what three vets of my friends said that had taken care of the puppy and went over the other vets records. vets can be wrong.. i know only one or two breeders that offer a lifetime guarantee. Most are one to two years. you can retain first refusal right on the lifetime of the dog which means if they ever decide to rehome it, they have to contact you first. |
I agree. And, as a buyer, I would not expect a breeder to offer a lifetime guarantee. Not saying it wouldn't be nice
, but really hard to "enforce" fairly. For example, it could be difficult, as they age, to prove whether something was from just getting older or something genetic. I have worked in customer service for years, and unfortunately the truth is that even nice people will stretch the truth if they have an opportunity to get $ back. I just think it would be hard for the breeder to protect themselves.
However, if you want to, you could guarantee for life against specific things, named clearly in your guarantee. For your protection, seems like it would have to be EXTREMELY specific.
Just my 2 cents....