In a message dated 6/2/02 7:18:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Phyllis, > How would you find out if they did breed the dog or bitch? > Cathy > Hi Cathy, I am very fortunate to live in an area where there is a high demand for Cavaliers, I can pick and choose puppy buyers easily. I know not everyone is that fortunate. Therefore, and just for that reason, I do not sell puppies to strangers that live more than an hour away from me. It truly is a small world and people with Cavaliers or those looking for one talk to everyone remotely connected to a Cavalier. Last week I got a call from a friend (with 2 of my dogs) who asked if a family with 11 year old twins and a Pekinese was at my house. She heard from someone who bought a puppy from her that she had run into someone at a restaurant who heard her talking about her dog and that person had a friend who visited a breeder in Wyckoff. Also, I keep very close contact with most of my puppy buyers, even if it is only 2 or 3 times a year. If you sell to someone who lives somewhat nearby and you meet the whole family (I must meet ALL the family members) and have them come visit at least 2 times before taking the puppy....you have a fairly good chance of being able to make an educated assessment of the character of the people. Yes, I did get burned once by someone who came highly recommended by a previous puppy buyer and this was her childhood friend. Interestingly, I trusted the first buyer and was wrong to have done so. When dealing with strangers and making my own assessment I have not made any mistakes, so far. But the point is this....even if I did and someone bred a litter. Don't you think the chances are fairly good that at some point I would hear of someone with a dog from a breeder that turned out to be this unethical individual with my dog. I believe that an unethical person would not bother with me but move on to someone else. That is my purpose in coming up with such an idea. Phyllis ========================================================= "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 2002 by its original author.
