Laurie is right, many breeders in Poland, Hungary etc love to get their hands on US and Canadian dogs. However, much to the extreme disappointment of breeders in N.America that did trust their dogs to Europe they have found that puppies from their lines end up being sold back to the Us and Canada at 10, 12 weeks, for show dogs to anyone that will pay them for them.
In some cases, they end up in the hands of people that do not want to show but breed breed breed and sell puppies saying they have such and such pup whose grandsire is so and so from over here, or goes back to that well known kennel in the US or Canada. In many cases the buyers buying from Europe were turned down by the breeder in US or Canada.
There is no point in trying to put contracts on a dog sold to Europe as contracts are not legal there and unenforceable.
I ran into someone in my area that bought Hungarian females for the point of breeding. I know exactly where they came from where they bought from. Why not buy local? Buyer didn't want contracts.
So for the most part, it leaves a real bad taste in my mouth when I run into people with dogs from Hungary Poland Russia, why not buy local or at least within Canada or the US? Never mind, I know the answer.
I have not had any trouble yet buying a Yorkie or getting a stud service from any well known breeder in Canada or the US. I think it is generally known I am not going to betray that trust with their lines anymore than i would put my own line in the wrong hands as I haven't done that in the 13 years or so that I have been in showing/breeding which means I am still a newcomer. |