Quote:
Originally Posted by caw  Well....I probably shouldn't have said anything to you about this as these things boil down to personal preferences. I can respect your opinion. I don't think dogs should end up in rescues either. I just feel that I can conduct interviews, check references, etc. to rehome my own dog just as well as any breeder can. All this is really hypothetical for me anyway. My entire family has dogs and we have all agreed that if something happens to one of us that a family member will take and care for the dog. I just don't like the idea of someone selling me a pup with lots of strings attached like that (other than spay/neuter/limited registration). To me it's like someone saying "you can buy my dog and basically just keep it at your place as long as all is well. If something happens "I" get it back and get to do what I like with it. You may or may not get anything back for it. That's up to my descretion too.....and I'll make it as difficult and costly to you as possible to boot. |
My father is co-owner of the dogs, so he could keep them if something happened to me. I wouldn't want anyone else in my family to take these dogs. Our breeder would take them and care for them until she found a suitable home. I appreciate that service and I think it would be more of an imposition to her than to me in any case.
I respect your opinion, but there are many people who also don't believe in the spay/neuter portion of contracts. When people approached me about studding my dogs out, they were shocked when I told them that I was obligated to neuter.
To me, my pet contract is no different than the co-ownership that most show dogs are purchased under.
All of this is more reason to choose your breeder wisely.
