How do I
recognize a responsible breeder?
First and foremost,
because he breeds under a registered
kennel club and the puppies have papers,
respectively a pedigree. But even
there are people, who will fraud you
and simply print their own pedigrees
out with and put a nice logo on them,
to archive a better price for the
puppies. It's important that the breeder
has the kennel registered in the FCI.
In Austria those would be the dogs
that have OEKV pedigrees, in Germany
dogs with VDH pedigrees. The second
biggest kennel club Austria's, who
is not part of the FCI, is the ÖHU.
You should be allowed
to visit the puppies and there parents
(if the stud dog lives in the same
place) without any problems. A responsible
breeder will show you the puppies
in their known surroundings. You will
be able to see where the dogs grow
you, you will be able to get to know
the mother and you can make sure that
the upbringing of the puppies is correct!
In no way responsible are the deals
in a parking lot or somewhere else.
The breeder should let you have a
look in the documents of the parents.
Those include for example the pedigree
of the parents, test results and so
on.
Upon leaving all the puppies already
have a micro chip, are vaccinated
and dewormed and should have a valid
International Certificate of Vaccination.
Basically you have to sign a contract
with the breeder, it will not only
protect you as a buyer, but also protect
the dog. This contract has certain
points like: the breeder has the priority
to buy the dog back, if the buyer
should want to sell the dog. Also
the dog has to be kept appropriate
to his species.
In which cases should I not
buy a puppy?
-
If the breeder
doesn't let you visit the puppies
at home
-
If there is no
mother around the puppies
-
If the parents
/ the puppies have no FCI pedigree.
-
If the breeder
breeds more than two entirely different
breeds.
-
If the breeder
refuses to let you look through
the health test results of his dogs.
-
If the puppies
are not vaccinated, dewormed and
have a micro chip implanted.
- If the breeder refuses to give you
detailed informations, respectively
denies to give you support.
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