Hi, Laura,
Before I forget, I would love to have you repost that excellent health
form if you would share it? I'd love to include it myself.
OK.......you and I are in agreement but for one issue. I write in a
contract what I mean to say. If I say I don't guarantee that a pup
won't get ill, I won't write it in a contract. I favor plain words in a
contract that don't contradict what I mean. So, then what I choose to
do later may be discretionary........I can help someone for sure, but
depending on circumstances I won't be held to words I didn't mean.
Suze
Laura Trunk wrote:
>
> > However, I won't put it in a contract
> > as I think that suggests to the Buyer something that isn't true; that my
> > pups are not going to get ill.
>
> Not one single person who has bought a puppy from me thought their pup was
> not going to get ill. Not only do they not think it, they know there will
> probably be some problem at some point because none of us are perfect. This
> is all explained in detail when people call me for a puppy.
>
> That is why I include a health form in my puppy packet. I expect my buyers
> to have their vet fill it out every year at the dog's annual checkup and
> send it back to me. This way I know which puppies develop hip dysplasia,
> patellar luxation, cataracts, and when MVD develops. Every buyer gets this
> form and every buyer knows I WANT to know exactly when and if their dog
> develops some problem. I even include temperament, anal gland problems,
> back problems, and a space to put in anything on that form. I want to know
> it all. So my buyers are very aware that fully testing doesn't mean they
> won't have a problem but they do realize that consistently fully testing and
> using past history will improve their odds of getting a puppy that doesn't
> have a serious health defect.
>
> When pet buyers ask me if I have a guaranty, I am known to often say *yes, I
> guarantee my puppies will probably develop some type of problem--that we ALL
> die of something!*. They laugh and say they understand perfectly well what
> I mean. But then I do go on to tell them what I do do if a serious
> inherited problem arises and why.
>
> Laura Trunk
> Roycroft Cavaliers
>
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