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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.  |
What exactly do you mean by follow up? Are you saying if there is a future rehome or a health issue with your puppy that you would want to know or is that written into your contract? I'm very curious regarding this since the only contract that I have ever signed was on my rescues requiring if I was ever not able to take care of them I would return them back to the rescue. Obviously, rescues are different with health issues.
What if there was an issue with a puppy's health and your client was dissatisfied with a long term medical issue? How is that handled by a breeder with a contract.