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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. |
I think there is a reason breeders make it so incredibly hard. If I was a breeder, I would make buyers jump through hoops. Not because I'm a snobby elitist, but because these are living breathing creatures we are talking about. I would be 100% responsible for each and every life *I* allow to come to this earth. I will be responsible if it had genetic defects, if it is abused by it's adopted family, if it ever goes hungry, or if it lives a happy life with it's new family. That's a heck of a lot responsibility don't you think? The contract is only as good as those people who are willing to live by it. It's gotten to the point where breeders simply can't trust buyers anymore. It's so sad we don't have faith in each other anymore. Strong contracts are made, and gone over with by lawyers just to show us buyers how serious breeders take their craft. They genuinely care about this little life they brought into this world and are trying to cover their bases.
I have no contract, and I have no intention on ever letting Kaji leave my side. I have a verbal agreement in place that my little brother will care for him if anything were to happen to me. But what if he doesn't? I'm gone, Kaji's neurotic behaviors cramp his style, or he gets married and his wife doesn't want Kaji around, then what? He can get tossed in the pound and his breeder may never know just what happened to Kaji. I don't keep in contact with her, and I am not obligated to give updates, or return him if he ever needs a new home.