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Originally Posted by magicgenie  While I'm thrilled to hear from anyone who has a puppy from me, I don't wish to intrude into their personal business and give them the feeling they're answerable to me. I interview the family before they get a puppy, enough to satisfy myself they have the means and desire to care for it. I only issue limited AKC registration, and there is a contract requiring spay/neuter before 7 months old, and requiring consult with me in the event rehoming ever becomes necessary, but I don't pop in and out of their lives to make sure they did everything they said they would do. If I didn't trust them to follow up I wouldn't trust them to leave with the puppy in the first place.
Every once in a while someone doesn't keep their word, and that's shame on them. Word and good name mean everything to me.  |
Soooo thankful there are breeders like you! The others scare the hell outta me with how involved they want to stay
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I wrote on another thread how it's like adopting a child...you CHOOSE either an open or closed adoption. And I as a pup buyer would want a closed-adoption. I want the pup to be MINE, not to feel like I'm raising someone else's dog. I'd like a breeder that's there if I need her/him, but isn't obnoxious about intruding into my life.