You'd be surprised how many brokers have learned to "talk the talk". I don't remember if it was on this list or one of the other dog lists I am on where I recently read that one of these people actually borrowed children from someone in order to pass themselves off as a nice family. In my own breed there was a woman who was a well respected show person...dressed to the nines, dogs shown in impeccable condition etc. No one ever thought twice about selling her a good show pup. It wasn't until word got around that she never let anyone visit her home and kennel set up tat people began to realize she'd been buying dogs from everyone and that she had over 100 dogs different breeds, mostly Goldens but Cavaliers too. Many of these dogs were never seen or heard from again when their breeders tried to buy them back. I believe she is "collecting" birds now.
There is only one sure fire way to make sure you are not fooled by a broker or future byb when screening and that is telling the buyer that all pets are spayed and neutered before they go home period. Even if you don't agree with early spay/neuter and have no intention on doing it, they don't need to know that. If someone has an ulterior motive and they hear the dog will be altered before they get it they will go elsewhere. Limited registration only means the pups won't be registered with AKC. However, they can still be bred and registered with any number of bogus registries. Terrie:) > > And now my question is who sold the Merryfield Kennels or Puppy Palace > THEIR dogs. Go back far enough and see what lines they come from. It is > certainly interesting to see who screens their buyers > > carefully and who do not. > > Anne > > ========================================================= "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.
