Make sure you know all the diseases that regularly crop up in the breed. Get familiar with the tests that are done. Look to see that the breeder does the testing for those on the pups.
See how involved they are with their dogs and the pups they produce. Do they check up on them? Are their dogs involved in activities common to the breed? (I.E. agility or herding if it were a Border Collie) Canine Good Citizen? Therapy dogs? Companion Dog titles, etc.
How are they with people coming to their home? Are you allowed to see where the mother (father if he's on site) and pups stay? How are they with returning correspondence? Do they return calls or emails in a respectable time frame? Are they willing to answer questions? Do they skit around questions or are they full of correct information. (Be sure to ask one or two questions that you know the answers to, but aren't obviously too simple.)
Hopefully that's some helpful advice. I know you want to do the right thing, even if hubby doesn't. Therefore even going about the breeding issue the right way is the better route if it must be done. Who knows... maybe you can show him how much goes in to RESPONSIBLE breeding and maybe he'll see the light.
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Let nature guide your actions and you will never have to worry if you did the right thing. ~ crow_noir
The pet world excels where the human world is lacking; sterilization and adoption. ~ crow_noir
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