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Originally Posted by magicgenie  For the most part people coming here for puppies are highly educated professionals with a long history as pet owners. They often talk very lovingly about a dog they just lost to old age. We establish common ground for a conversation and decide about a puppy based on a feeling of mutual trust. If I felt the need to phone someone's vet I would not even consider letting them have my puppy. I always do ask them to tell me about their past experience with pets, and you'd be surprised how often people will tell about how bad they felt last year when they had to give their Cocker Spaniel to rescue because it was untrainable. No, they don't get my puppy after that. |
I'm a highly educated professional - I can tell you that not all people in that category measure up to be the pet owner you think they are on the face. Our degrees do not include a designation in Good Dog Ownership - that is something you feel inside about your pet and the way you act on the outside in its best interest. There is no degree that gives you that, I'm sorry. Calling the vet or tasks such as these give objective information about the potential buyer that a set of characteristics one may erroneously interpret while hoping for a sale may not. It just gives you a little extra assurance that your gut was right on. Then you'd know for sure if they are who they say they are and if they do what they say they do.