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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  If you have contracts that states such, that is great, I commend you for that! That IS how it should be. Imposing that is another story. How many law suits could you go through before you simply could not enforce that contract any longer due to the cost involved? Again, if my dog that I purchase and agree to care for by making the purchase, ends up in a shelter and I am the one that defaults on that contract, you are saying that you pay the fee? Doesn't make any sense. What if I purchase one of your dogs, and I lose contact with you over the years? I move, or I get sick and my relatives know nothing about a contract and your dog changes hands and eventually ends up in a shelter? You pay a fine? That's rediculous. Also, a microchip only identifies the current owner at the time of microchipping. (or does it give the life history of the dog). What if the dog changes hands (against the contract) and never has the number changed at a registery? How do you trace that? I know that rescues deal primarly with pure bred dogs of their chosen breed. What about the mutts? The dumped dogs. Our shelter has very few pure bred dogs. Who pays for their being there? How do you identify thier "breeder?" Obviously the person bringing it in is not going to own up to ownership.
Ok, so some of you are also imposing mandatory microchipping so their dogs can be traced. Honestly? Do you know what will happen to dogs if you make mandatory microchipping a law, and you also impose stiff fines if the microchipped dog ends up in a shelter? People will take them to the country, shoot them, and cut out that microchip so it cannot be traced to avoid paying any fees. Sounds drastic? Yes it does, but then again, people dump their dogs in the country to starve and fend for themselves anyways. |
Honestly, I don't know what kind of breeders you deal with.....but, none of the breeders I know would not even think of placing their dogs with people they didn't trust. I know where everyone of my pups is, I see them regularly, I get e-mails from their owners regularly.....I groom and board my pups for free for the rest of their lives. And yes I do require microchipping....as a matter of fact, I'm learning how to administer them so, that I can do it before the pups ever leave my home. Sorry, I just can't phathom ever placing my pups in the type of homes you describe.....but, then I'm pretty picky on where I place my pups. As my vet says when he sends people to me.... here's who I recommend, but it'll probably be easier for you to find a cure for AIDS, then get a pup from her.
Remember a contract is only as good as the two people signing it and if I don't trust you to begin with, I'm not selling you a dog.....simple as that. Then I do have a $5,000 breech of contract clause in my contracts.