1. Carefully interviews prospective buyers and
has specific requirements that prospective owners must meet, such as spaying and
neutering pets, housing the dog in an enclosed yard, agreeing to never let the
dog off
lead in an unenclosed area
2. Sells by contract
3. Sells
puppies with a health guarantee
4. Insists upon getting the dog back if
the buyer is no longer able to keep the dog
5. Does not have more litters
than he can keep well groomed and well socialized
6. Does not have more
litters than he can keep housed long-term if he is unable to sell the
puppies
7. Spends individual time with each dog under his care every
day
8. Tests his breeding stock for known hereditary diseases and then
breeds with the aim of decreasing the incidence of hereditary diseases
9.
Is very concerned with producing puppies with excellent temperaments as well as
health
10. Can identify each puppy and chart it's growth and development
from birth onward
11. Is willing to help educate the novice buyer and
happily answers any and all questions about his breed and
his individual
dogs
12. Is willing and able to show the prospective buyer the health
certificates and test results on the sire and dam of the puppies
13.
Wants to be informed of any health or temperament problems that his puppies
develop through out the lifetime of each puppy
14. Is available for help,
advice, and education to the buyer through out the life time of the puppy