Laura, 26 years of breeding, wow! How many CKCSC, USA championships have you produced that were bred by you over the years?
Corneal University dog news letter said," all purebred dogs, on average, live to 10 years of age." What has your experience been? If you like, you may email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Patricia Powers Pratt Cavaliers -----Original Message----- From: Laura Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] question on warrantees >> My dictionary says the same Laura but livestock is not a washing machine >or >> TV and even the warranties for them usually says something about the >> warranty not being honoured if the product is misused > >True--but I did address that. > >> So therefore Laura from what you are saying - if a puppy that you sell >does >> not turn out to be show quality you will recompense the purchaser - even >if >> said puppy has not come up to par because of incorrect feeding, exercise >(to >> much or to little) or general lack of care or heeding of advice on the >part >> of the new owner? > >I have not seen a puppy of mine not turn out because of *incorrect feeding, >exercise (too much or too little) or general lack of care or heeding of >advice on the part of the new owner* once in 26 years! I suppose it is >possible, but it is SO unlikely to happen and if it did would happen SO >seldom, I would recompensate the purchaser regardless. Low risk factor >here. > >> As I said before you cannot in my opinion state categorically that a puppy >> is show quality until it is shown against its peers and been successful - >> prior to that it has "show potential" and much of the care and preparation >> is in the hands of the new owner not of the breeder > >True, but I still expect the owner to get what they paid for. I simply >can't imagine I wouldn't have some type of clue that an owner would be so >*bad* a puppy wouldn't turn out due to lack of proper care! Possible, but >highly improbable. Low risk factor again. > >> re MVD would you still recompense someone whose Cavalier dies at 6 or 7 >even >> if you knew said dog was grossly over weight, was unfit due to inadequate >> exercise , fed inappropriately in fact led the sort of life that was bound >> to exacerbate the dog's heart condition? >> Just curious! > >I do have a statement that if the dog is more than 25% overweight, all >warranties are null and void as there is no doubt in my mind that an >overweight Cavalier will succumb much earlier to MVD than one in proper >weight. Unfortunately a great number of my pet puppies end up at least 25% >overweight, some 50% overweight--even when I board them and tell the owners >they are overweight! I guess you could say my warranty is null and void for >many of my puppies. However, after 26 years, I have yet to have a single >puppy die from MVD at 6 or 7 years of age so maybe it doesn't matter that >much! Low risk factor again--so I will warranty the puppies. > >When all is said and done, it will be worth the one or two puppies I may >need to recompensate for over my breeding lifetime where the owner was the >one at fault. It gives me peace of mind--and probably peace of mind to the >new buyers as well. > >Laura Lang > >========================================================= >"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. ========================================================= "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.
