GUIDELINES FOR FINDING A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER

A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER IS MOST LIKELY A MEMBER OF THE DACHSHUND CLUB OF AMERICA.

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A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL PROVIDE A PEDIGREE, HEALTH RECORDS AND FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL AS A SALES CONTRACT WHICH OBLIGATES YOU TO RETURN THE DOG TO THE BREEDER IF YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO CARE FOR IT AT ANY TIME DURING ITS LIFE RATHER THAN HAVING YOU ABANDON IT OR PLACE IT IN A SHELTER.

  A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL SPEND TIME WITH YOU ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS       ESPECIALLY REGARDING:

                    CARE AND FEEDING

                    PEDIGREE

                    HEALTH ISSUES

A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL SPEND TIME INTERVIEWING YOU TO DETERMINE  HOW THE PUPPY WILL BE KEPT (E.G. FENCED YARD, SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS, ETC.), THE PRESENCE OF OTHER ANIMALS, THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING THE WELL- BEING OF THE PUPPY. A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PUPPY THAN HE IS ABOUT SELLING YOU A PUPPY, AND THIS CONCERN WILL BE READILY APPARENT IN HIS/HER DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU.

A  RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL PROBABLY INSIST THAT YOU NEUTER YOUR PET PUPPY.

   A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL WELCOME A VISIT TO THE KENNEL BEFORE COMMITTING TO THE PURCHASE AND WILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY SHOW YOU ALL OF HIS/HER DOGS AND PUPPIES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF DOGS HE/SHE BREEDS.

  A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL NOT ASK YOU FOR A DEPOSIT BEFORE YOU HAVE SEEN  THE PUPPY.

  rA RESPONSIBLE BREEDER  WILL NOT HESITATE TO RECOMMEND ANOTHER BREED TO YOU IF HE/SHE FEELS THAT THE DACHSHUND IS NOT THE RIGHT BREED FOR YOU.

  A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL NOT HESITATE TO RECOMMEND YOU TO ANOTHER RESPONSIBLE BREEDER IF HE/SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PUPPY FOR YOU.

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