to the breeders out there what about this situation - Page 2

First of all, I would have never purchased a 14 month old female without prelims especially if I was getting the bitch as a Sch/Breeding dog.  As a breeder I would not have sold the bitch without being done.  As for the bitch being bred early and whelping at 21 months - in many places as long as hips were done there would be no problem with it.  I personally doubt the bitch's hips were affected by the pregnancy but rather her hips were not good to begin with. 

This is one reason to sell all dogs on limited registration and only after hips/elbows are certified lifting the limited reg.

For this buyer to be asking for any kind of compensation at this stage is a mute point...they broke the contract requirements with the litter this dog produced, against their agreement to not allow her to do so. 
Regardless of the hip rating outcome, by allowing this they voided their protection for compensation on the dog...plus, they have already been compensated by the sale of their "pets" in the litter. 
It's highly possible that the hip outcome could be the result of her being bred at such a young age, done when she herself is still producing and forming her own bone growth, and is asked now instead to provide her own needed calcium and nourishment to give to her growing litter inside her.  This is the reason we know not to Xray while the bitch is in heat, because those pregnancy hormones are raging, and the same is true for following having whelped a litter, depending on the length of time the pups have been born and weaned from the dam...these hormones continue to flow for some time following birthing and weaning of the pups. 

About the suggestion to let this owner have a discounted price on a new puppy...unfortunately for me if I would ever have to be faced with this scenario, my answer would be no on a new puppy, even if they did pay part of the purchase price again.  This is because it's possible the second dog would follow suit to the same outcome as the first.  
In my mind it is similar to my views about owners who contact me, asking for  (to purchase) another pup because their dog has escaped from their yard or when someone let them out without supervision (no fenced area) and the dog runs out on the street and gets hit and killed...or is stolen as it's wandering around aimlessly.   It's also the same as I view an owner who lets their dog ride loose in the back of an unsecured pick up truck bed, and who's animal is thrown out of the vehicle onto the road, being hit by the oncoming car behind them. 
It's my policy not to sell a NEW pup to owners who are calling me because they just lost their pup to these kinds of accidents, whether they are my pup originally or not...my answer must be "sorry, I can't sell you my puppy".  IMO There is no justifiable excuse for these things..no different than letting these things happen to children, as they are both in the same category of care requirements,  in that they cannot do it for themselves. 
It's up to their caregivers to make sure these things don't happen to them. 

Red Sable - I have not see that post

Judy I agree that the litter had very litter to due with the out come of the hips but if he did ideed sign a contract  and she was not OFA then in most contract that would void any replacement or money back .

I then would agree with the earlier post shit happens and lesson learned


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