Puppy contract

**Danegirl2208** · 07-10-2006, 03:13 PM

i agree...you can never be to careful when dealing with puppies, they didnt ask to be born and its up to the breeder to make sure they go to the best homes possibe, and that they are going to live a safe life

**Ginger's Mom** · 07-10-2006, 03:40 PM

Sorry, but still objecting to #2. Of course, you may get their credit card number when they purchase the puppy as that may be the means of payment, but what I am wondering is how that will allow you to contact them in the future. Will the credit card company give you my personal information if I move or decide not to continue my relationship with you? Will the fact that you haven't heard from me or my pup give you enough reason to subpoena or otherwise obtain personal information about me? Sorry, although it may be very noble of you to want to go to any means to keep in contact with your pups, I think the people purchasing the pups have to be entitled to certain privacy safeguards.

**king2005** · 07-10-2006, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ginger's Mom

Sorry, but still objecting to #2. Of course, you may get their credit card number when they purchase the puppy as that may be the means of payment, but what I am wondering is how that will allow you to contact them in the future. Will the credit card company give you my personal information if I move or decide not to continue my relationship with you? Will the fact that you haven't heard from me or my pup give you enough reason to subpoena or otherwise obtain personal information about me? Sorry, although it may be very noble of you to want to go to any means to keep in contact with your pups, I think the people purchasing the pups have to be entitled to certain privacy safeguards.

Breaking a contract gives the police the right to get the info. Its not like she can just call the company & get the info herself (even though its not very hard to get that info lol).. the law has to get it

**Lady's Human** · 07-10-2006, 04:03 PM

I would HIGHLY advise you to see a lawyer who specializes in contracts before you go forward with this. There are stipulations in there that I doubt would hold up in court.

**Ginger's Mom** · 07-10-2006, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by king2005

Breaking a contract gives the police the right to get the info. Its not like she can just call the company & get the info herself (even though its not very hard to get that info lol).. the law has to get it

What breach of contract?

**king2005** · 07-10-2006, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by Ginger's Mom

What breach of contract?

If part of your contract is to keep yearly updates, or update phone # & mailing address', & you don't do that, that is breach of a contract.

thats all I ment.

**Jods** · 07-10-2006, 04:39 PM

I agree with the fact that if they no longer want the dog they must agree to give it back, but really thats all you can do. You can't make them tell you the whereabouts of the dog at all times. I understand you have the dogs best intrest at heart but its unrealistic. I don't think the police would do anything if you called them and told them the people you sold a puppy to moved and didn't tell you about it. Why don't you do something like the breeder we got Mercedes from does every once in a while she has a picnic and all the puppies from her litters are invited to meet and she gets to see the dogs again

edited to add: Other breeders copy people's birth certificates!!

No wonder identity theft is so easy!

**DogLover9501** · 07-10-2006, 04:48 PM

It's very good. I think it should state something about the dog being a member of the family/indoor pet. I've seen that in a lot of contracts, and it's a good one.

I've never heard of the credit card/birth certificate thing, and it's definatly something that would make me a bit uneasy.

EDIT--I wanted to add that if there's forms, etc before you approve people, you should get enough information on them/have enough contact with them to know if they're the type of people to run off with a dog/give it away. Especially with references and such. Besides, if someone had an emergency/had to go away, I don't think the first thing they would worry about is contacting their dogs' breeder.

**wolfsoul** · 07-10-2006, 04:54 PM

The majority of Belgians are never sent within the same province/state -- they are almost always sent to other provinces, states, and a high percentage of the time to Europe, so the liklihood of them actually wanting to ship their dog back to me is not very good --- and while verbal communication can only assure so much, I'd rather talk to them and make sure they've approved the new home and get that home's contact information for me.

The reason I ALWAYS need the contact information is that if the dog is in a shelter or rescue and they contact me with the dog's tattoo number and microchip, I know exactly who is losing my dogs and for what reasons, so that I can warn other breeders and know not to sell them another dog. I can contact the owner after the shelter contacts me.