Ask Your Potential Breeder These Questions
Ethical Breeding Practices |
If the kennel has a website, what is the URL? |
Does the breeder post a copy of their purchase contract on their website? |
Does the breeder post a copy of their buyer questionnaire on their website? |
Does the breeder post a list of the required health tests for the breed you are purchasing on their website? |
Does the breeder post their "Return Dogs That Fail Tests" policy on their website? |
Does the breeder post their "First Right of Refusal" policy on their website? |
Does the breeder post their "Show Stock Health Test" policy on their website? |
Does the breeder have a "Kennel Visitation" policy on their website? |
Does the breeder have an "Ethical Breeder" page on their website? |
Does the breeder have a record keeping system and will they show a buyer how their system works? |
Does the breeder have a "Puppy Buyer" database and stay in touch with their puppy buyers or use RBC online database? |
Does the breeder have an Ethical Breeder Oath on File? |
Does the breeder microchip all of their puppies prior to selling them? |
Will the breeder give you the registration numbers of the sire and dam of the litter? |
Is the Breeder certified by ResearchBreeder.com? |
Unethical Breeding Practices
Un-Ethical Breeding Practices |
Has the breeder ever bred a dog without having completed the required tests for the breed? |
More than once? |
Has the breeder ever bred or allowed a dog (female) they sold to another breeder to be bred more than three times? |
Same as above but more than one dog (female) |
Same as above a third time? |