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Provide name, address, phone & email please!!!

1.  Describe your current household (people & animals, ages, sex, breed, species)

2.  Describe your typical day & lifestyle, including your work schedule, and how a puppy's needs will be met

3.  Describe your home & yard (location, fencing type & height, set up, provisions for the dogs, where dogs sleep, hang out; where they are not allowed to be)

4.  What dogs have you had during your life?  What happened to those dogs?

5.  Have you had GSDs before?  If not, why do you want a GSD?  If you have had GSD, when?  What happened to those dogs? Why not go back to that breeder for a puppy? Why do you specifically want one of OUR pups?

6.  How will you be housebreaking this puppy?

7.  What trainers/books do you admire & follow?  Why?

8.  Who do you currently train with?  At what level?  What are your training goals?

9.  What do you want in a GSD?  Be very specific about the sex/appearance, energy levels, your goals & expectations, including behaviors that you would consider unacceptable.

10.   What would happen if this puppy developed physical or behavioral problems that prevented the pup from meeting these goals?

11.  What do you feed and why?  Have you raised a healthy, normal puppy on this diet?  Are you willing to follow our feeding recommendations?

12.  If you have specific training goals, what are they?  Have you trained a dog to this level before?  If not, why not?  If so, when?

13.  What puppy & training classes are available to you locally?  When do you plan to start puppy classes? When do you plan to start other classes after finishing puppy class?

14.  Will you spay or neuter this dog?  If required, would you keep a male intact for breeding (we sometimes retain stud rights on promising males)?  Are you willing to consider a vasectomy for a male rather than castration? Will you agree to late neutering/spaying to allow your pup to mature physically?

15. With rare exceptions, our puppies are sold with AKC limited registrations.  Do you plan to show in the breed ring?

16.  We use limited vaccinations as per Dr. Jean Dodd's current protocol.  Are you willing to follow our recommendations?  Is your vet?  Are you willing to titer your dog yearly before vaccinating if necessary, or alternately adhere to a 3 yr schedule?

17.  What is your time frame for acquiring a puppy?  We rarely breed more than 1 litter per year, so you may have to wait.  Are you willing to wait for the right dog?  How long?

18.  We select the puppies for each family, since we know our pups better than anyone else.  If two equally suitable puppies are available, then we allow the puppies and you to let us know what's the best match.  How do you feel about this?  (Note:  even if approved, if we do not have a puppy who matches you, we will not sell you a puppy from that litter)

19.  Are you willing to stay in close contact with us, openly discuss any training or health problems you have, and agree to give us right of first refusal should you be unable/unwilling to keep the dog? What do you expect from us as your pup's breeder?

20. We offer spay/neuter rebates ($75).  We do request that you x-ray your dog's hips & elbows at the time of neutering or around 2 years of age for intact animals so that we can track any problems.  Are you willing to do this?

21.  What questions/concerns do you have?  Please feel free to ask any questions about our dogs.

Please provide references from your vet, your current trainer/instructor, and two friends who know you well in regards to your dog activities.  These references will be checked; please provide phone numbers and also email if possible.

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