Questions to Ask Your Breeder before Buying a Puppy
If you are looking for a quality, well-raised puppy you might want to ask some of these questions:
What health testing has been done on the parents and grandparents of this litter?
How far back do you have proof of pedigree?
How and why did you breed these two specific dogs?
What was your desired outcome from breeding these two?
Do you do Early Neurological Stimulation with the puppies?
What is Early Neurological Stimulation and how long they do it?
Can they explain why they do Early Neurological Stimulation?
Does your breeder let the puppies slip around on newpaper, or on wood or linoleum floors? Puppies really need a good foundation under their belly and legs to help their hips develop properly and learning to walk on newspaper can lead to problems with hip development.
When do you start potty training? How do you start potty training?
How often are the puppies held and how many people get to see the puppies?
What kind of Socialization is done with the puppies?
How old do the puppies need to be before they can go home? The youngest they should be is 8 weeks old as earlier is damaging to a puppies mental development and they need more time with their mama and littermates.
Do you microchip the puppies?
Do the puppies get to see a Vet? Does the Vet give the vaccinations?
What other kind of stimulation do the puppies get?
Do you start crate training? How long do the puppies usually stay in the crate?
What do you do with puppies that don’t go to their new homes at 8 weeks old?
How do you pick your breeding stock?
Do you do aptitude evaluations? What kind of evaluations and who does the evaluations?
What about structure evaluations do you do them or have someone else do them?
