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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Absolutely, ask all the questions you can come up with. If the breeder is unwilling to share that information with you, find another breeder. You must feel fully comfortable with your breeder. You are not only buying a puppy, you are buying a relationship. The relationship should continue for the life of the dog, not when the money exchanges hands and you walk out the door. I know that I want to see what my dogs have produced. I enjoy getting pics, phone calls, etc. When I place a pup, I offer free grooming and boarding for that pup, for the rest of their life. Purely selfish on my part, but I get to see them often. |
Free grooming and boarding! I wish you weren't all the way on the West Coast lol. But that is such a great idea. I wish more of the breeders I run into were as open. I would love to have that kind of interaction and relationship with a breeder. Sad to say, but I've never thought about seeing the pedigree (that's me being naive lol). It's not a good reason not to, but because I already ask so many questions, I stop myself from asking even more.
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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom When I am selling a puppy, I always send pictures of both parents and also the grandparents, if I have them and the pedigrees on both parents. it is just the right thing for breeders to do. |
Oh wow, that's really great. I'm used to people only offering pictures of the babies. And I will try and pull pictures of the parents (can never get to the grandparents) myself because I want to see them. Will definitely take this into consideration now for the next baby. I don't know why I never realized how valuable seeing the pedigree would be.