I need advice please. - Page 1

How do you keep irresponsible people from buying your puppies?  If you know someone is not taking care of a puppy they got from you, the way they should,  what can you do about it? 

How can you? I really do not think you can unless you are prepared for a costly legal battle-perhaps. You can spell it out clearly in a contract or agreement, but in the end I think you will find that your expressions/concerns contained therein are all those words constitute. The burden of proof will be upon YOU-and no one else unless animal cruelty laws are being broken and you can prove that.

I sold a GSD bitch puppy once on limited registration as all of mine are unless proven breedworthy. As soon as the cheque was sign and we all shook hands, the new owner mentioned that the puppy would be an ideal breeding candidate for their male wolf. What could I say, other than what I did say, essentially "I think that is a very bad idea." They had their puppy-I had my money-the business deal was done.

Some say that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I choose to not have such a depressing view of the world and its people. I think that a breeder just has to do the best that he or she can and let life go on.

Best Regards,

Bob-O

 Got proof?

How well did you get to know these people BEFORE you sold them a puppy?

Sometimes you have to say NOPE... when you could close a sale and watch the $$$ walk back out the door.  I had one incident where I had a very aggressive man and his timid GF come to look @ 3 female pups I had available.  He liked the brash outgoing alpha bitch... she liked the quieter littersister.  Within 5 minutes I could see him getting rather pissed that the Alpha didn't fawn over him and "give him the proper respect".  I could tell that they would be at absolute loggerheads in no time flat, and informed him that I would not sell him that puppy.  The G/F wanted the quieter pup (they lived together and she'd be left with a majority of the care of the dog) but he wouldn't back down... after a rather nasty scene I put the pups back in the house and let them drive away...  Both eventually found the right click with an owner, but I had them for several months.

Ask a lot of questions; how the puppy will be kept, whether or not they plan to breed the puppy, and if so ask them to tell you more about their breeding program, their work scedual, their history with pets; hope they are honest, trust your instincts and if you don't feel right about letting a puppy go home with them...dont let the puppy go home with them.  Until they are driving away with the puppy, its still your puppy....I have had a customer answer all the questions right, said he wasn't going to breed, sign the contract, give me the cash; then the wife said how excited she was to have puppies from my puppy and their unregistered pet male...took back my puppy, gave them back the cash, tore up the contract and told them to get out of my house.  NO way.  Once they leave and the puppy is in their posession, there is little you can do unless you want to endure a lot of legal expenses and court dates.