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ButterflyKisses · 08-27-2008, 08:14 AM

Make sure you can speak with the breeder's vet before you put down a deposit. Ask the vet or his or her staff about the honesty of the breeder, how they care for their dogs, and how they raise their puppies. You can sometime "read between the lines" of what they won't say if they are being too careful in talking to you. If the breeder doesn't want to give you the vet's name, then stay away from that breeder. Any breeder should have a good relationship with their vet and neither the breeder nor the vet should mind a call from a new possible puppy family.

There is some misrepresentation here that all USDA breeders sell to pet stores. I am USDA and I don't sell to anyone except individuals that I actually speak with. It is also wrong that all breeders have to be USDA registered to sell to a Pet store. In fact - my understanding - and I have been in USDA educational meetings is that a person selling to a "broker" (not a pet store") has to be USDA registered only if they have more then 3 breeding females - if they are a Hobby breeder with under 3 breeding females they can sell to the broker without being USDA licensed. And to sell straight to a Pet Store, my understanding is that you don't have to be USDA registered. This is straight from a USDA rep that I heard this information. There is a lot of misunderstanding out there by "non breeders" concerning the good and bad of the USDA. I would also tell people that they DO want to buy from a USDA breeder. Where I am located the USDA makes surprise visits at least once a year - if a person is not a licensed breeder, they have NO one to check on them and keep them in line with the care of their dogs. I am checked by USDA, STATE, AND AKC once a year. Our USDA and state inspectors are very strict and I am sure that many "small hobby breeders" would not pass the strict inspections that we have to go through. I do not have to be USDA - but I think it is good for my puppy families that I am. That is just an extra level of security that I am doing a good job.

08-27-2008, 08:14 AM	#16
ButterflyKisses Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bolivar, Missouri Posts: 66	USDA breeder is NOT always a bad thing Make sure you can speak with the breeder's vet before you put down a deposit. Ask the vet or his or her staff about the honesty of the breeder, how they care for their dogs, and how they raise their puppies. You can sometime "read between the lines" of what they won't say if they are being too careful in talking to you. If the breeder doesn't want to give you the vet's name, then stay away from that breeder. Any breeder should have a good relationship with their vet and neither the breeder nor the vet should mind a call from a new possible puppy family. There is some misrepresentation here that all USDA breeders sell to pet stores. I am USDA and I don't sell to anyone except individuals that I actually speak with. It is also wrong that all breeders have to be USDA registered to sell to a Pet store. In fact - my understanding - and I have been in USDA educational meetings is that a person selling to a "broker" (not a pet store") has to be USDA registered only if they have more then 3 breeding females - if they are a Hobby breeder with under 3 breeding females they can sell to the broker without being USDA licensed. And to sell straight to a Pet Store, my understanding is that you don't have to be USDA registered. This is straight from a USDA rep that I heard this information. There is a lot of misunderstanding out there by "non breeders" concerning the good and bad of the USDA. I would also tell people that they DO want to buy from a USDA breeder. Where I am located the USDA makes surprise visits at least once a year - if a person is not a licensed breeder, they have NO one to check on them and keep them in line with the care of their dogs. I am checked by USDA, STATE, AND AKC once a year. Our USDA and state inspectors are very strict and I am sure that many "small hobby breeders" would not pass the strict inspections that we have to go through. I do not have to be USDA - but I think it is good for my puppy families that I am. That is just an extra level of security that I am doing a good job.