Ladyhawk: We have two diffierent viewpoints going on here -- when I asked for their services they told me they would breed her at the beginning of her standing heat and every two days later with the intention of her getting pregnant -- they did not honor their contract -- they did not breed her at the beginning of her standing heat cyle (as a lawyer I do understand this -- why don't you study contract law b/f you start telling me what I should know or not know) -- and I've never heard of a tile setter who sets tiles in 1 hour to the same standard as someone who does it in 4 -- it will be a much sloppier job (my husband's a building contractor -- and I hear all the time about rushed, sloppy jobs) -- these breeder's were not around when I needed them -- they should not have promised me their stud -- and if they knew they were going away for the holidays they should have told me so that I could have made arrangements elsewhere. If my holidays messed up the availability of breeding time then I would have to decide if I would still breed and pay the $500 --- but they were the ones that were not available, not me. I bought a service but that service involved conditions that were not met --- I can give you about another 10 analogies/scenarios but I already can tell you are biased and defensive and will refuse to understand it, so why waste my time...
Prestigious: You have offered me the best argument so far to consider -- good point and one I gave some thought too. I entered into the agreement b/c they were suppose to be available, but when they didn't get back to me until day 4, you are right I could have backed out. But I though my dog would be in standing heat for a few more days, so I thought we still had a chance of getting her pregnant -- plus I was in a bind I had not bothered arranging for another stud b/c they had promised they would be available. When we finally started the process on day 4 of her standing heat, I didn't know that the dog would not be able to perform that day -- which left just one day left to breed (she ended up only standing for 5 days). Had I known that they wouldn't be around the first few needed days, and would waste day 4 of her standing heat and only breed her on day 5 --- believe me I would not have entered into this contract. There was a lot of information they left out -- ie. 1. We (the stud owners) won't be around for the first 3 days of your dog's heat; and 2. Our stud dog never ties but we're going to experiment on your dog instead of performing AI -- and I wasn't told about this until their dog ejaculated all over my dog's leg.... they told me later that they were trying natural instead of AI with my dog b/c she was lower to the ground then other females he had tried to breed with -- so they were hoping he would be able to perform naturally with her.
I am still not convinced that I should pay the full amount for this contract screw up ... just b/c for some selfish, stubborn, narrow-minded breeders a "(broken) contract is still a contract--- when it's time to get paid". And for the LAST TIME -- yes I realize I am also paying for a litter, so if there is a litter I will pay the full amount! It's the fact that there may not be a litter b/c of their inability to completely carry out the contract as agreed upon, that I am at this point withholding fees............................ and even if there is a litter, I would be very hesitant to ever use their stud again b/c of how unreliable I found these breeders to be. |