Originally Posted by shodanusmc  I am no expert, but for Carlo I investigated for close to 6 months before I found my breeder. I taled to many breeders and asked questiones such as why do you breed? What do you do with your dogs as far as working them, showing them, titles, therapy, rescue, Good Citizen. WHo do you besically sell to? Who will you not sell to? A list of references? Do you, and how do you ship? Health Guarantee? Follow-up? Then I developed my short list. Called them back. Asked if I could come and visit. That narrowed the list down more. I then made 3 visits. One in AZ, one in Ohio, and one in IL. Fromn that list it came down to ne, and that is who I bought from. He had great dogs, worked them, the premise was clean, the adult dogs were obedient and well behaved, he had his little kids playing with and socializing the pups. He suggest a pup from a recent litter that suited me and what I was looking for. He asked me a ton of questions. What will I do with the dog, my home, my yard, kids, a bunch of questions. Price never even entered into it. Also, he only had one litter a year and there was a wait list, while other breeders had 3 litters on the ground, as well as into other breeds.
For Maxine, pretty much the same, but Marge handled it. While we have had her for 13 years and love her to death, we both realize she is no where near a show dog or the breed standard now,She has a belly that resembles mine, and shot legs. Well, we were not looking for a show dog back then or a breeding dog. We are totally happy with both of them.
But the breeder, then the pup! |