This whole thing is crazy!!! If her wording says "if for any reason you are not able to take the pup when one is available your deposit is nonrefundable" you should not have any reason to not get your deposit back. I had a deposit on a pup to be born and the whole litter died as they were premature. The breeder called me immediately and my deposit was refunded within a few days. She offered me a choice on a new littler, but she didn't even have dogs ready to breed for another few months, so I decided to look elsewhere.
If all these pups died of Corona, you might want to rethink another pup from this breeder anyway. When you are contacted by breeders.net I would let them know this as well. I know that some things are unavoidable, but this is screaming red flags at me. Keep pushing. Maybe if you make enough of nuisance, she will refund just to get rid of you!
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