My bitches are all on "strike" so I have not had the problem of selling puppies for over 6 years now...but in my past I would guess that I have had well over 30 litters since 1970, at least 10 of these were Great Dane litters....although I am not an expert, my former jobs have given me an excellent look into human behavior...two of the many things I learned is that human behavior can not be controlled by other humans..i.e. I can not control your behavior, nor can you control mine...and human behavior is highly predictable and highly unpredictable....so when it comes to trying to screen or do background checks on puppy buyers, I personally think its a waste of my time, I don't care what the buyer tells you or what you learn about them good or bad, once they get little "Fido" or little "feefee" into their possession, they are free to behave with that dog as they wish..I hope my doges go into good homes but thats about the only thing you can really do..of course I will answer al l the questions they ask, even the questions that get on my nerves!...not telling anyone to stop doing checks, most of you folks know I believe in the theory of "always do what you believe is correct"..but I will say this.....some folks have so many stipulations and conditions on the dogs that they sell, perhaps we are sending folks straight to the puppy millers...if there were no need for the puppy millers they would not exist.....Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================