Selling multiple littermates - Page 2

Three pups to the same household?  Not a good judgement call.   What happened to all the extra help from the workers and trainers?

In general if a pup is returned and it is not anything that is a failure on the breeder's part, I would offer them the full price of the dog, minus boarding, preventative medicine (ie heartworm prevention, & frontline) and vet care.

Ooops, didn't finish my thought...Full price minus expenses until the pup is resold.

Oops! Link was alive this morning and placed by Kari Mendoza (who must be selling the pups--either for the buyer or breeder0. Parents' names (both owned by breeder) were listed. Not hard to figure out the name of the breeder--not that it matters.

I do not sell litter mates to customers. I try to educate them and explain to them that they should have 1 dog fully trained before considering another,The bonding thing and all that. It has cost me a sale or two but i am satisfied that the folks that get my pups. I alsp refer potential customers to trainers in their area.

What K9sar said.  I do not ever sell littermates to any one person/family/household.  Never.  And in fact if I know the person is interested in two puppies, I won't sell them even one - they could go out and get their second puppy somewhere else, and this is never a good or ideal situation for a pup - being raised with a similar-aged puppy - and I want what is best for my pups.  So the answer is no, I wouldn't do it.  As for returning the pups, IF I ever did do t his (which I wouldn't) - I would take the puppies back, refund the money minus the deposit.

molly

Someone who cares more about the pups and not the money would certainly NOT sell three litter mates to a family, regardless of whether they had a lot of domestic help and what they said. There are many reasons not to do this, and some have already been covered. You who know me know how I would respond....it IS the breeders' responsibility to say "NO", even if it cost a sale of one pup. I say "no" all the time. So do others with some common sense and ethics. And yes, I know those to whom I say no simply drive somewhere else and buy another dog. So what? At least I don't end up with my dogs in shelters, being bounced from home to home, or worse. I don't have to ask for opinions on what to do because I think things out ahead of time.

I have rarely bred, but if I was asked to sell multiple littermates, they would have to be very, very experienced buyers to even consider it. I just said no to someone wanting to buy an older litter mate to the dog they currently have. Why? Because they have not done decent obedience with the first dog, give it herbs to "calm it down", when it really needs exercise and a job, and they would be in deeper shit with two such dogs. 

JUST SAY NO!

I agree with Molly. Take the puppies back, refund the money minus the deposits and use some sense next time.

K9sar, eichenluft, and hodie have said it all.

I want to smack "breeders" upside the head who sell 2 pups to one household, let alone 3! That is NOT having the best interests of your puppies in mind.

K-9 mom, what about diseases there are no vaccines for?  If a breeder doesn't have proper isolation ability then I certainly do respect the policy of not allowing a pup back. 

Sue-Ann -

  So it is ok to let the person dump the puppy in a dog pound? What do you think they will do with the puppy? Once people decide they don't want something, they will get rid of it. If you breed, you should have a place prepared to take a puppy back for isolation. I see no excuse but that is my view. I guess its from the many years of rescueing other breeders dogs?? I wish the Rescue business could be put out of business but I see it never will.

I guess to each his own.....................................................

Tina