That puppy-back thing is the greatest scam going, no doubt about it. First, you sell a bitch pup for $2,000 (nobody's going to let a breeding-quality girl go for less), then take back a pup worth at least $1,500 (after the bitch owner pays the stud fee, of course). This is what most breeders go for, it seems, if they let a breeding girl go. No wonder the puppy mills like Cavaliers so much...huge money.
Laura Warner Bradford, PA >> In my opinion, if you want a puppy back from a bitch you "sell", >> it is more fair to sell the bitch for a much lower price or better still, >> take no money. Just have a co-ownership until you get your puppy. > > >I don't understand why someone would ask for a free puppy back! If you want >a puppy back--why not buy it! The whole puppy back scheme seems so silly to >me. > >I do co-own puppies with new or new-to-Cavalier breeders--but for entirely >different reasons. I get no monetary gain whatsoever. I encourage them to >make their own decisions. I carefully choose whom to sell to. But I still >co-own for a period of time just in case that new person ignorantly makes a >poor decision. If I co-own I will be at least somewhat allowed to try to >stop them from making that poor decision. > >However, I have to admit there have been times when I had the opposite >problem. Some have wanted to continue to co-own, wanted me to make all the >decisions, sell the puppies, show their dogs--all they did was collect the >money. One time it went on for 5 years. I explained to that person that I >had only co-owned in the beginning so I would have some control over what >was done with the dog until that person had learned enough to go off on her >own. And that I expected her to be learning so that eventually she could do >this independently of me. She didn't want to! At one point she finally >admitted breeding and showing were not her thing and she quit. > >Anyway, will someone explain why they would want to get a puppy back--for >free? And what is wrong with getting that same puppy by paying for it! >That person bought the puppy from you in the first place--if you want more >money--why not charge more for the puppy! > >Laura Trunk >Roycroft Cavaliers ____________________________________________________________ woof! woof! I'm @dog.com Get your free @dog e-mail at http://www.dog.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
