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Date Posted:01/28/2009 5:34 AMCopy HTML

How to Sort through breeders and weird websites:

Finding A Breeder

 

How to Sort through breeders and weird websites:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/gdrsw/sortbreeders.html

Buyer Beware- Do's and Don'ts:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/gdrsw/buyerbeware.html

 

I think puppy buyers need to learn more about what to look for on websites. You can find many red flags on webpages. They need to have a list of things to look for and print it out, so they can refer to it. 

They should see.....


Stacked pictures of their dogs. 
Show win photos of WD, WB, BOB.
Stacked photos of the puppies.
They should be able to tell you what faults each of their dogs and puppies have.
Health Testing info. - Hips, Thyroid, Heart and eyes. They need to verify. The very minimum should be hips.
Pedigrees with lots of champions listed - Not just in the last generation.
Breeder should mention puppy application and contract.
All pets should be placed on LMT Reg and Spay/Neuter contract.
**Personally, I don't think pet puppies should be shipped, unless it's to someone you already know. I've only had to ship one of my pet puppies, due to the fact there is enough homes close to me. I don't breed that often, so I'm not over populating my area with pups.

Red Flags-


 No show pictures. No titles. No win brags. No stack photos.

NO OFA, CERFs, Thyroid, Heart Certificates.

Young dogs being bred.

The own a very large breed stock- Several Dams and Sires.

Breeding every color under the sun, including mismarks
Pick your own puppy.
Asking for full payment in full and NO refunds - Could be a scam and you will never see a puppy or your money.
Charging more for full AKC Reg. papers.
Stressing to get your payment in right away to reserve a puppy.
Listing Weight and Height.
They misuse terminology
Offer universal bloodlines as if their own (Meistersinger, Riverwood, BMW)
Watch out for breeders advertising Euro bred. No such thing as german type. Then they bad mouth all of the US AKC danes.
Selling "rare" & "Exotic" color danes.
Bad mouth dog shows.


They should have a list of questions to ask the breeder.
They need to know why the dam was bred.
Why did they choose this stud dog.
The answers will tell you if are dealing with a reputable  breeder.


Buyer Beware- Do's and Don'ts:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/gdrsw/buyerbeware.html

The Great Dane Watchdog
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/gdrsw/greatdanewatchdog.html

AKC suspension index, all breeds, by breeder last name.
http://www.barkbytes.com/suspend/suspindx.htm

Puppy Selection Considerations
http://www.doglogic.com/pupconsd.html

How to Pick a Puppy  
http://www.gglrc.org/pickingapuppy/picking.shtml

http://www.mindspring.com/~lenandzippy/pickpuppy.htm

Questions to ask a breeder
http://www.phouka.com/puppy/bdr_questions.html

Recognizing an unethical breeder
http://www.phouka.com/puppy/bdr_irres.html

The Ethical Breeder
http://www.phouka.com/puppy/bdr_ethics.html

A puppy mill is . . . .
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/puppymil.html


Different kinds of Breeders

Backyard Breeder vs Reputable Breeder

Good Breeders, Bad Breeders


Use this guide to obtain a quality puppy from a responsible breeder

Puppy Lemon Law States
 

Search OFA Records
http://www.offa.org/search.html

Great Dane Club of America

http://www.gdca.org/

 

 

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