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Originally Posted by nwyorkie I completly agree. Why should a buyer be forced to buy "your" puppy. I think the breeder should wait till 12 weeks old and sell the puppy to whom they think is the best home. The breeder may find things out after a deposit is made and may not want that buyer to have one of their puppies afterall. This is my opinion. I have been on both sides of that fence. Then on the side of the buyer, maybe after looking at several different breeders, they may want more than a companion puppy. They may want to show later and after learning what is out there should be allowed to buy a puppy that has or at least the potential of show quality. If the breeder is breeding for quality and not quantity or just experimenting, hopefully, they will try harder to produce quality or as perfect as one can do. JMO |
If a breeder backs out on the sale "finds things out after a deposit is made and may not want that buyer to have one of their puppies afterall" THEN OF COURSE THEY SHOULD REFUND THE DEPOSIT TO THAT PERSON. If the buyer backs out, "maybe after looking at several different breeders" then they shouldn't have been so quick to put a deposit down on the first pup they came across. It's called research. The majority of my puppy buyers have been in contact with me long before my puppies are even born, or the parents were even bred for that matter. I find it very easy to weed out the one's who aren't serious. The one's who are, are willing to wait. I don't think anyone should be forced to buy a puppy, but when we enter into contracts, we understand that we are obligating ourselves to these hard working breeders who may have lost alot of their valuable time working with someone who backed out at the last minute. It is only fair IMO for the buyer to expect to not get their money back (deposit) if that were to happen. If I speak with a potential buyer over a period of time, they come to my home at different times, and they commit to purchasing a puppy by giving me money to hold this puppy for them, then they will get their puppy. If they back out at the last minute, IMO they are owed nothing as I have spent many long hours trying to help this person and turned down other people who would have loved to have had that paticular puppy, and probably found another one by the time the buyer backed out. Sorry, I've been raising babies for a very long time and I know how people can be. Breeders must protect themselves concerning the general public.