[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: screening puppy buyers
- From: "Maureen Murkland" <murk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:46:17 -0500
I just look for red flags...or even a glimmer of a red flag. I don't HAVE to
sell anyone a pup...and I let them know that in the beginning. There really
doesn't need to be a list, just listen to your gut Y'all. You are right in
the fact they will find someone else to sell them a pup............and that
"list" isn't going to stop them from selling either. Mo
> Oh, boy. There should be such a list if there is not. Every once in
> awhile, someone posts a name of a person. That helped me avoid one
> potential buyer. I have just finished placing the puppies from my second
> litter. I had two losers call me. The first brought their dog-aggressive
> flat-coated retriever over to see if he would attack my puppy. He tried.
> They had planned to throw the puppy, loose, into the back of their pickup
> truck. Not! The second left the following message on my answering
> machine, "I have been breeding black and silvers for 20 years and am
> looking for a black and red female." Not! Unfortunately, as you pointed
> out, there are plenty of "breeders" out there who are happy to sell a
> puppy to these buyers.
>
> Zoa
> First of all -------I'd like to say that I am a newbie to breeding. I
> have used my male as a stud dog a few times and have just completed
> selling the last pup from my first litter.
> I bred what I consider a good breeding. It is a line breeding back to
> Color Guard.
>
> I just joined the GSDCA last week.
>
> I have had GSD for a long time and I have been showing them in
> confirmation on a limited basis for 8 years now.
>
> My question is this; Is there a bad puppy buyer list some where. I had
> several phone calls from people that didn't meet my standards for buying
> one of my pups for various reasons. They were looking for the meanest
> biggest GSD they could find, didn't have a fenced yard and only wanted to
> spend $100.
>
> The one that comes to mind called and wanted a pet Black Female. (At the
> time I had 1) She said that she likes Black shepherds and that she had a
> pet black male and pet black female and that the female had died. She
> started talking about the litters she had bred with them.
>
> When I told her that a pet quality pup had to be Nuetered she became
> irrate and ask "well where are all the pet quality dogs going to come from
> if only show dogs are bred". I tried to explain to her that even the best
> blood lines have both pet and show quality and usually more pets. She
> got very mad and cursed at me and hung up.
>
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