Do individuals regularly and willingly agree to co ownership?
I bought a male from a show breeder, the dogs are very nice and sound. They guarantee everything under the sun, they are that committed to clean dogs and have been breeding alot of the same lines for so many years. One of the studs there is a 5 way champion.
But the male was bought to improve my lines, not to show. I didnt have to sign a co ownership. The boy is mine completely.
They did have some stipulations. No breeding to my CKC dogs, limited registrations, be selective, full reg on very few.
Extremely nice and helpful....salt of the earth.straight forward.
I just think that if you pay a large amount of money for a dog that the dog should be yours.....but thats JMO..to me its the original breeder running their breeding program and yours too with coownership.
But then again if someone signs a contract with those clauses, then they agree.........its just surprizing to me that people do it. But Im not in the show world, this must be the norm?
I really just want to keep improving my lines for my pet buyers and if I get a show dog from them one day it would be nice.
All the contracts and stipulations sure do take the fun out of it though.
Im so glad their are show breeders out there so common without all the bells and whistles, who will entrust you to improve the breed with their hardwork. Without them I would have a heck of time improving...I just wouldnt feel comfortable co owning. I would be afraid alot of disagreements would come up and there would be hard feelings.
One of the nicest breeders comes here regularly and has been such a great help to me. The only reason I didnt buy a puppy from them is because I had the oppurtunity to buy an adult and start improving immediately. Id love to buy a pup from them someday. They help mentor me, even though, I have asked 5 zillion questions, talked and talked about buying one of their dogs, then bought another........they still help me..........now thats a sweetheart! |