Kim, You bring up some excellent points insofar as what you say to people and what they hear. I would hope most breeders have more than one conversation with their puppy people before a deposit is sent and before a puppy is sold, whereby they could further discuss whether or not the puppy is going to be altered (for real) before going home or at 6 months or later. Furthermore, I would hope that the breeder goes over each part of the contract with the buyer before they sign.
I don't have any concrete answers to all of our worries and I doubt anyone else does either. For those who will do early spay/neuter then they will never have to worry about one of their babies ending up in a mill. For those who don't I was only making a suggestion as to how we may ward off "educated miller/byb's" on an *initial* inquiry. However, I do not suggest for one second allowing a prospective buyer believe a breeder is going to do something they're not going to do for any longer than necessary to determine that they are on the up and up. As far as early s/n in Goldens someone on the work_gold list we are both on is a big proponent of it and claims that the pups don't grow up leggy with bad heads, while others say they do. I don't know I've seen plenty of unaltered leggy Goldens with weak heads from well known lines but I have no first hand experience so I cannot really state an opinion. Breeding neophyte...hmmm....neophyte yes, but I've never bred a litter. Terrie:) ========================================================= "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.
