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Originally Posted by gemy  Well this best preparation is honesty, and a great desire to do well by your pup, coupled with an honest self evaluation of how you will care for your pup on a day to day basis, and obviously have the basics of money set aside for regular vet, grooming and feeding, but also an idea should a health concern arise how would you deal with this?
These pups can live a healthy 15 years or so, so your breeder is looking to place a pup for all those years. will you care and put first this pup over the long haul, through boyfriends of one nature or another, through all life changes that will come your way?
But also remember as this breeder is evaluating you , so should you be evaluating this breeder and her breeding program. |
Well said, as usual.
Puppies need a schedule and require (in my opinion) nearly constant care to completely housebreak them. They require socialization, walks, quality food, good vet care, regular grooming, and tend to get very lonely when they have to spend too much time by themselves. They quite often suffer from separation anxiety. It is easier to housebreak them, if they have access to a fenced yard. Actually, I suppose it is a good thing I'm not a breeder, because I have always stated that I wouldn't want my puppies to go to a home where they didn't have access to a nice, safe fenced-in yard - their own space to run and play in without being attached to a leash. If a puppy has an accidental injury, would you be in the position to provide the cost of a surgeon to repair the injury? Those are just some of the little things to think about. As Gail said, though, I wouldn't be anything less than honest with the breeder. After all, that is what you expect of her.