Ask the Web Lady - Bred Here, or Born Overseas?
bullmarketfrogs March 13th, 2008
Ask the Web Lady - Bred Here, or Born Overseas?
Hi I have a question - how do I know on a website if the person bred the dogs or bought them from someplace over seas (imported)?
Carol writes -
The simple answer would seem to be to simply ask the person selling the dogs, but unfortunately there have been cases where sellers outright lie, claiming to have bred dogs that were actually imported.
There are a few ways to force the sellers to tell you where their French Bulldogs came from.
First, try asking them copies of the AKC* pedigrees of both parents, and a copy of the pedigree of the puppy. Tell them pointedly “I want a copy of the puppy’s pedigree, and I want to see pedigrees on both parents”. Any reputable breeder should be able to supply this for you.
Secondly, ask for a current photo of the puppy with its mother. There’s no reason why a seven or eight week old puppy’s mother shouldn’t still be there with her pups (dads are a different story, as there are some really great reasons for dad not being present, which we can discuss later). If the breeder says “Oh, mom’s not here”, ask them “Why not?”.
Finally, ask the breeder if they have filed an AKC* litter application yet for this puppy’s litter. If they answer with anything other than either “Yes”, ask “why not?”.
You have every single right to expect to get what you are contracting to buy - a puppy bred in the country where you are buying the puppy from. Puppies imported from overseas for sale at seven or eight weeks are risky - they’ve been separated from their mother too soon, have suffered a long and traumatic air flight, are at risk of carrying diseases due to poor veterinary care, and have no caring breeder standing behind them, willing to take the puppy back if anything goes wrong. For more on the risks of imported, brokered puppies, visit the Wrong Puppy website.
Use your head, not just your heart, and if something on a website seems to be too good to be true, it probably is.
*AKC is short for American Kennel Club. If your puppy is in Canada, the registry body should be the CKC, or Canadian Kennel Club. If a puppy is for sale is the USA, and is being sold as “CKC registered”, this likely stands for “Continental Kennel Club”, and it is a scam registry.
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