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Purchasing a dog concerns the next years, perhaps even decades of your life. Reason enough to select the right dog breeder for your favorite puppy and dog breed. All future owners of a dog should concern themselves with the conscious dog breeder search before purchasing the dog. Finding a reputable dog breeder for your favorite dog breed is one of the most difficulties. How do you know, if it’s a good dog breeder? First, visit several breeders. Focus on those who have the puppy's parents (at least the mother) on the premises. If the parents are happy, friendly dogs, and they neither back away nor jump in your face, you're on the right track. A reputable dog breeder put the welfare of their dogs first. Consequently, they don't breed more animals than they can place and their main concern is that the animal be able to lead a long, happy and healthy life. So if a dog breeder doesn't grill you with a lot of tough questions about your expectations and ability to care for a dog, you're probably in the wrong place.
Check the facilities and surroundings for cleanliness and make sure all the animals are well cared for. (Be very suspicious of dog breeders who have more dogs than they seem able to take care of properly.)
There are several factors you should consider before choosing the dog breeder of your favorite puppy and dog breed, such as:
• The good dog breeder answer buyers' questions
• He will show you his kennel
• The dog breeder should not breed more then one or two different kinds of dog breeds
• A good dog breeder knows a lot of his dog breed and is registered in one or more breed clubs
or similar groups and thus is in regular contact with other people in the breed
• The numbers of the animals held should be limited, so that the breeder family still can
individually turn to each individual animal
• A good dog breeder does not have puppies to sell for all the year. If they offer new puppies
every week, then they are puppy mills. At puppy mills they do not care about the puppies
very well. This puppy mills are just “producing” puppies for their profit and they do not have
enough time to socialise the puppies. The result you get from this puppy mills is mostly a
disturbed social behavior of your puppy
• A good dog breeder breeds for quality and not for quantity
• The good dog breeder keep puppies he cannot place
• Releases the puppy at the right age (9-12 weeks)
• Provides a puppy-pack with current shots and vet care listed
• Allow bitches to recover sufficiently from one breeding before doing another
• The dog breeder can show you the pedigrees and health certificates of all his dogs
• The dog breeder cares about the future place of his puppies
• He takes back any puppy that does not work out
• A good dog breeder consider the puppies they produce to be their responsibility for the life of
that puppy, so they follow-up frequently to see what's going on
• A good dog breeder will also explain the quality and cost differences between show and
pet-quality puppies
• The good breeder will allow you to contact him after the purchase and will support you if
you’ve got any problems or questions with your puppy or dog
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