Sending a dog to a different continent - Guide for breeders

[Shadowlands]

Thank you Nebulosa, very wise advice

[Morian]

it's not about america only, but about russia too hope breeders read your post

[Nebulosa]

Originally Posted by Morian

it's not about america only, but about russia too hope breeders read your post

Added Russia at the topic, I will keep improving it using also the replies.

I hope the breeders will read it and respect the tips also, at least now will start to make clear to people who breed seriously and care for the breed and the future of the pups and who send them blindly only for win extra-money.

[Morian]

oh, paula... i'm afraid russia already deserves it's own topic. we have very tragic situation with the breed, and it's partly provoked by irresponsible european breeders

[wolfin]

Originally Posted by Nebulosa

Added Russia at the topic, I will keep improving it using also the replies.

I hope the breeders will read it and respect the tips also, at least now will start to make clear to people who breed seriously and care for the breed and the future of the pups and who send them blindly only for win extra-money.

maybe be good make a list breeders who make this without control and brain, when they not read this or if read say one wort- "YOU JELOUS"?

[Rona]

I'd also add the necessity to sign a detailed contract indicating clearly the obligations and duties of the breeder and owner in order to protect the puppy legally.The contract should also include the contingency plan + details about additional expences if something went wrong. Even if it turned hard or impossible to make the breeder or owner fulfil the agreed obligations, at least it would be clear who and where failed.

Why not put on wolfdog.org sample agreements/contracts suitable for various countries prepared by local breeders? Should a breeder want to send a pup to a specific country, he would have great help. Local breeders could anticipate situations of which the breeder wouldn't even think of

[yukidomari]

Make new perspective owners join WD and read their language's forum first.

[Morian]

Originally Posted by yukidomari

Make new perspective owners join WD and read their language's forum first.

all? how?

[yukidomari]

Originally Posted by Morian

all? how?

I'm just joking..

But it would be nice to encourage, at least.

[Morian]

ah well... i was thinking, you know the way to do it
but seriously the main problem is that majority of russians interested in csv don't speak any foreign language, so it's not easy to find info. but now we make an informative site about the breed in russian where we're going to publish club show results from all around the world, also results of bonitations and svp exams. and of course many articles about the breed, how to choose pups etc.

[saschia]

Thank you Paula for the tips to breeders, which are by the way good for prospective buyers too, to see if the breeder they contacted is responsible or just wants to get rid of the pups.

But I don't completely agree with you on one toic - you write it is not good to import pups from line that already exists. Of course it is better to increase the number of lines, but on the other hand, you don't want to have only one stud in each line. Even in the lines you should have some genetic variability. An when you import puppy you never know what will happen - the one that comes might for example miss a tooth, have bad character, etc., so it is better to have possibilities. No material is truly lost if used with great care, in the opposite, using a stud which is not of a good quality and not importing other pup instead from the same line can cause more damage for the breed, don't you think?