I have watched this thread for some time now and now I am going to give you my two cents....
TeddyandTiffanie, I feel you are doing everything right and I applaude you for wanting to be a great breeder and for truly caring about your puppies, keep up the good work!!!
Thank U so very much!! I just want to learn and try not to make mistakes that would harm my babies! Or any future litters we may have.
I believe the truly good breeders should ask questions and your history on past dogs. After you have been breeding for awhile, you can sort out the liars from the truly good caring people. Just ask the most respected breeders here at YT. Same goes for the buyer, you can sort out the honest and good breeders from the decietful and bad ones.
I hope I can learn & weed them out!! I see no problem in asking questions either!
So, I have to disagree with Kizzy'smom, breeder should ask the right questions and have a right to know about your history with dogs. I am talk about a backround check like something you would get done for a particular job. I am talking about your history of past and present animals. And the breeder does have the right to know what is going on with the puppy they sold. Because of that breeder, that puppy was brought into the world and cared for, so it is the breeder's responsibilty that it gets a good home. I could never ever live with myself knowing that a puppy I sold went to a puppymill or ended up in a shelter.
Yes this is why I'm concerned about who and where my babies go!
The breeder is merly taking responsibilty by saying that the puppy must be spayed/neutered. Do you know how many accidental breedings there are?? Or how about, the dog simply is not suitable for breeding and should not be bred? Or how about all the health risks of keeping a dog that is not spayed/neutered?? All in all, the breeder is doing the best by requiring you to spay/neuter that puppy.
Yes this is ALL true & I see nothing wrong in asking to spay/neuter puppies.
If the breeder feels that the puppy is suitable for breeding and feels that you would be a responsible caring breeder, than they can allow you to breed the puppy. If you don't want to spay/neuter the puppy like the breeder said, then you don't deserve that puppy. The breeder has every right to know your intentions with the puppy.
Yes we do have the right to know anyones intentions as far as buying puppies from breeders.
And alot of breeder that I know, do check up on the puppies they sold and have every right to do so. If all breeders never did any of this, then there would be alot more puppymill puppies or puppies ending up in a shelter. Buying a puppy is a commitment, a commitment to the puppy as well as the breeder, if you can't handle it buy a puppy from someone else.
Yes I would like to call them from time to time and ask for photos too...Teddys owner was calling me like every day and that did bother me!! He finally stopped doing it & I haven't talked to him in like 14 months!! It was something for him to call all the time when we 1st bought him and then just not call anymore...Maybe he was missing him?? I won't call people and drive them crazy. U're right about the puppy mills and puppies going to shelters for someone who bought a puppy and then decided they couldn't handle it!
You also said to take it from the buyer's shoes. I would have no problem buying a puppy with a spay/neuter contract if that is what they wanted. And I want them to know what my intentions are and what I will being doing with the puppy. Also, when you buy a puppy from a great breeder then sure they will give you references and even a history if you ask them.
Yes I will give histroy and references (Altho I don't have any breeder references yet as this is our 1st litter!)
Oh and one more thing, breeders, can not guarantee weight, color, or coat type. It just is not possible. It would be like saying you are going to have 3 kids in your entire lifetime or in two days you are going to get a car wreck. People can not predict the future and that is what you are asking them to do. The good breeder can tell you what past litters have turned out to look like or even give you and estimate of what the puppy will turn out to be like, but it is after all only a guess. Unless, the puppy is a year old or close to it, they really have no way of predicting what the puppy will look like, that would be predicting the future. Any breeder that says they guarantee a puppy will be a certain size or color is not a good breeder.