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Originally Posted by
spot
Which is exactly what I would expect people getting a pup from a breeder or a rescue to do. But as this topic is about rescues it did seem that you were saying that in comparison rescues wouldnt do the above - they do and probably have more stringent checks than breeders.
Just as an aside (if this is going to be about breeders) do they do trial periods, do they do homechecks, do they expect all members of the family to meet the dogs and, if appropriate all other dogs in the house to meet the pup?
The breeder we got Cosmo from spoke to me for yonks on the phone several times before I was allowed to meet her dogs. When we met her the pups were 3 weeks old and we met mum, gran, cousin,aunt..uncle...you name it. We saw health certificates and pics of dad...great grandma great great grandma...etcetcetc. She gave us the Spanish Inquisition and we did the same to her.
All the family went to meet the pup...my son was in his element, with pups to cuddle and her son to play with!
We went for an hour and stayed about four.
She didn't do a homecheck, no, but at the time we were still puppy walkers which she was able to verify given the fact I was writing about it in a national doggy publication every month..
I think she thought if we were ok for an assistance dog charity, we were ok for her...which is what we thought about her given Cosmo's half brother is a Dog for the Disabled (she gifted a pup to them
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Had things not worked out she would have had him back. If anything happens now she would insist on having him back...
No our other two dogs at that time didn't come along but it would have been inappropriate given there was a litter of pups there. Given our older dog passed his assessment to live with assistance dog pups and the other one at the time was an 11 month old assistance dog pup that had been okayed by the charity to live with a young pup there was no need anyway. The other people who got pups, that already had dogs, all had Flat Coats from people that the breeder knew..