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Breeder's briefcase column:
The Breeders’ Education
Committee will be introducing
its new seminar for 2008, “The
Art & Science of Breeding” on
Monday, May 26 (time TBD) in
Warwick, RI, at the host hotel
for our National Specialty.
We are very excited to
divulge this sneak preview
of the program. The goal of
this presentation is to clarify
some breeding principles
about which there are many
misconceptions, and to make
more understandable the
complexity of genetics.
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Current
article:
By Linda C. Garrett, Esq. and Mary Ann Hall, Esq.
You’ve spent months, perhaps years, planning the perfect breeding. For about two months you have carefully watched your bitch - first for signs of pregnancy and then for the tell-tale signs that labor and delivery are imminent. Finally, for eight weeks you have nurtured those little grey bundles of joy. Now you have found the ideal home for “Puppy.” The new owners seem like the perfect match. Surely, they are just as interested as you are you in the well-being of the new addition to their family and there is no need to memorialize all that has been discussed. Right?
While a contract (which is an agreement between two or more people either to do or not to do a particular thing) can be oral, it is far better to have a carefully constructed written document that will spell out exactly what is expected of both the seller and the buyer. A well-written contract can stave off conflict, if not disasters (“Gee, I thought it was OK to neuter Rover!”). While this article is not intended to replace the legal advice of a lawyer in your geographical location and is not an exhaustive review of contractual issues, here are a few helpful tips to consider as you are putting together your puppy buyer contract.
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