NicoleLJ
06-30-2007, 06:32 PM
On another forum I am on an interesting question came up and the responses surprised me. So I wanted to see what people thought here. The question is about how much info can you require of a breeder to provide. The lady asking was looking for a specific type of dog and was emailing breeders asking questions so she could narow down her search for a breeder. To me she was asking common sense questions that I felt a breeder should have no problem providing. For example:
Pedigree on the parents
References on the dogs temperments and on the breeder
health testing
price
contract and so on
All of which I feel should be answered by a breeder with no problem in the first correspondence. Now I do feel there are some things I will not answer till I know the person. For example once one of my adopters was approved they asked to see pics of my home. Just the yard and the area of the house where the pups would be raised so the living room and kitchen and such. They just wanted to make sure that I was raising the pups in clean conditions and so on. Since I asked for pictures of their homes and they had no problem supplying it and we had checked references on these people and gotten to know them I had no problem providing pictures of my yard and the rooms the pups would be raised in. Now if a person asked for those pics in the very first contact I would be leary of providing it simply because I have no idea who these people are that are getting the pics.
So what are questions and things that a person first contacting a breeder could ask in the first correspondece and what are things that you think should be held off till you get to know them a little better?
Nicole & Sheena (moms to be)
Pedigree on the parents
References on the dogs temperments and on the breeder
health testing
price
contract and so on
All of which I feel should be answered by a breeder with no problem in the first correspondence. Now I do feel there are some things I will not answer till I know the person. For example once one of my adopters was approved they asked to see pics of my home. Just the yard and the area of the house where the pups would be raised so the living room and kitchen and such. They just wanted to make sure that I was raising the pups in clean conditions and so on. Since I asked for pictures of their homes and they had no problem supplying it and we had checked references on these people and gotten to know them I had no problem providing pictures of my yard and the rooms the pups would be raised in. Now if a person asked for those pics in the very first contact I would be leary of providing it simply because I have no idea who these people are that are getting the pics.
So what are questions and things that a person first contacting a breeder could ask in the first correspondece and what are things that you think should be held off till you get to know them a little better?
Nicole & Sheena (moms to be)