Unless you are truly vigilant and can do a lot of online background and vet checking from afar, the only way you will know what sort of family your tiny baby is going to be living with - and if you care what that life is like - is by selling to someone local to your area. That way you get to talk to them on the phone, meet with them, size them up, see how they and any children react around the dogs. You can have them fill out a questionnaire for their worthiness as a puppy and adult-dog parent and find out what they know of about puppycare, when to vet a dog, vax, train, what type of Heartworm preventative to give, etc.. Lots of people want to buy cute puppies but as it turns out, far, far less of them are responsible enough or able to keep that same dog as a well-cared-for, beloved family pet for their entire lives.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |