Questions to ask when selecting a Breeder:

• Are they active in working their own dogs for their intended purpose?
• Do they provide health, vaccination and historical information on their dogs at the time of sale?
• Do they provide customers with all papers necessary for registration?
• Do they offer guarantees, warrantees and ongoing support?
• Do they offer advice and/or services for ongoing training and development for the lifetime of the dog?
• Do they maintain sanitary, clean quarters for the dogs?
• Have they spent a number of years studying and learning about your breed?
• Do they know their breeding stock in great detail going back several generations?
• Do they have a detailed understanding of the standard and type of dog they're breeding for?
• Are they knowledgeable about the hereditary problems that occur in their breed?
• Have they done the appropriate tests on breeding stock prior to breeding in order to decrease the likelihood of their occurrence in their pups?
• Do they consider temperament a crucially important breeding quality?
• Are they willing to take back a dog of their breeding if a buyer cannot keep it for any reason?
• Do they carefully plan every litter with the goal of improving the breed?
• Do they ensure and insist that any animal used for breeding is proven to have the abilities and other characteristics essential to the breed?
• Do they breed for health, performance, and conformation?
• Do they keep outstanding puppies for their own breeding program?
• Are they willing and able to educate their customers?
• Do they thoroughly evaluate potential customers to be sure each dog is put into a good home?
• Are they willing to refuse to sell a dog to an unsuitable customer?
• Do they correctly socialize puppies and older dogs?