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yoursotino · 06-27-2010, 01:45 PM

I am so sorry for someone having a puppy with an open Font that does not close.
1. It is normal for puppies to some times have an open font if they are a little premature. (But it should close by the time they are six weeks old) which is not hereditary. I agree that if a dam or sire is producing open fonts they should not continue to be used for breeding, but because they had one that did not close at first but later did that is not open font. Open font that is hereditary do not close. But the dog can live a normal happy life. It is very common in toy breed dogs.
2. Because 2 puppies from a second or third generation litter has open font it does not mean it is from the Grand sire there is also more then one female in that equation it does not mean that it came from Ceeby or Kandy. Becauase someone had one does not make them dishonest especially when it did close
With that said I have a puppy from Dee out of Cash and she is wonderful no open font, great knees, nice topline and wonderful bite. She has a nice coat a little lighter then I like but she is a wonderful heathly female. Dee's vet was very nice and checked her over for me when I picked her up and answered every question I had very openly.

I am sorry for Renee that she has a problem but, I have not found Dee to ever be dishonest with me and would buy another puppy from her and feel that I dealt with a honest person. Her contract states she will replace a puppy if there is a genetic problem it does not say money back but I know she did give a person back her money and let the women keep the dog too. Even though the dog that she purchased from Dee did not have any open font . I dont think you will find any breeder that will do that. Most contracts say the dog or bitch has to be returned to the breeder. I do agree that you need to do your homework before buying a dog for show or breeding to make sure that the lines you are buying are good. It is hard to know when you purchase a dog if there is something back in the lines unless the person has raised the dog from their own lines.

06-27-2010, 01:45 PM	#7
yoursotino No Longer a Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: yorkieville Posts: 254	dee puppies I am so sorry for someone having a puppy with an open Font that does not close. 1. It is normal for puppies to some times have an open font if they are a little premature. (But it should close by the time they are six weeks old) which is not hereditary. I agree that if a dam or sire is producing open fonts they should not continue to be used for breeding, but because they had one that did not close at first but later did that is not open font. Open font that is hereditary do not close. But the dog can live a normal happy life. It is very common in toy breed dogs. 2. Because 2 puppies from a second or third generation litter has open font it does not mean it is from the Grand sire there is also more then one female in that equation it does not mean that it came from Ceeby or Kandy. Becauase someone had one does not make them dishonest especially when it did close With that said I have a puppy from Dee out of Cash and she is wonderful no open font, great knees, nice topline and wonderful bite. She has a nice coat a little lighter then I like but she is a wonderful heathly female. Dee's vet was very nice and checked her over for me when I picked her up and answered every question I had very openly. I am sorry for Renee that she has a problem but, I have not found Dee to ever be dishonest with me and would buy another puppy from her and feel that I dealt with a honest person. Her contract states she will replace a puppy if there is a genetic problem it does not say money back but I know she did give a person back her money and let the women keep the dog too. Even though the dog that she purchased from Dee did not have any open font . I dont think you will find any breeder that will do that. Most contracts say the dog or bitch has to be returned to the breeder. I do agree that you need to do your homework before buying a dog for show or breeding to make sure that the lines you are buying are good. It is hard to know when you purchase a dog if there is something back in the lines unless the person has raised the dog from their own lines.