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Here is an interesting situation, and I don't want to share the name just yet to protect the integrity of this process.
Would you get a poodle from someone who is not great on email, does not market their pups and most of the pups go to show breeders or people who directly contact them, does not take deposits before hand, picks pups after they select their show dogs, has been president of the local poodle club for several years, has been showing for more than 40 years, confirmed to me that their lines are PRA/PRCD clear and never had any health issues....just not the standard breeder that I have seen, frankly it is little refreshing than trying to get to a race to reserve a dog. This is what I had imagined getting a dog would be but the downside is the breeder is not internet savvy, does not send pictures or contracts beforehand, selects pups based on temperaments, really does not communicate much via email but is responsive but may be with one liners than details. I did some due diligence and the breeder indeed is very well known in circles, their name and dogs show up in competition records and are winning champions, but other than that the breeder has no foot print for further research. There is zero mention in this forum and other face book groups - good or bad. However the poodle club they have been a member of and past president of is mentioned several times all in good light.
I am just curious, given that I verified their dogs in show results, past positions held on a well known poodle club, would you get a pup from this breeder? I actually am unsure what we will be provided or not in terms of health certificates as they are very limited in their response. All they told me is until they know for sure they have a pup for me they won't be in touch but think very strongly they may be able to find me something from the current litter which will be ready to go home late Aug. So my choices are to just wait and see which is totally fine but I don't want to lose out on other reservations and am interested in hearing thoughts especially from others here who have gotten pups from traditional old school breeders like this.
Would you get a poodle from someone who is not great on email, does not market their pups and most of the pups go to show breeders or people who directly contact them, does not take deposits before hand, picks pups after they select their show dogs, has been president of the local poodle club for several years, has been showing for more than 40 years, confirmed to me that their lines are PRA/PRCD clear and never had any health issues....just not the standard breeder that I have seen, frankly it is little refreshing than trying to get to a race to reserve a dog. This is what I had imagined getting a dog would be but the downside is the breeder is not internet savvy, does not send pictures or contracts beforehand, selects pups based on temperaments, really does not communicate much via email but is responsive but may be with one liners than details. I did some due diligence and the breeder indeed is very well known in circles, their name and dogs show up in competition records and are winning champions, but other than that the breeder has no foot print for further research. There is zero mention in this forum and other face book groups - good or bad. However the poodle club they have been a member of and past president of is mentioned several times all in good light.
I am just curious, given that I verified their dogs in show results, past positions held on a well known poodle club, would you get a pup from this breeder? I actually am unsure what we will be provided or not in terms of health certificates as they are very limited in their response. All they told me is until they know for sure they have a pup for me they won't be in touch but think very strongly they may be able to find me something from the current litter which will be ready to go home late Aug. So my choices are to just wait and see which is totally fine but I don't want to lose out on other reservations and am interested in hearing thoughts especially from others here who have gotten pups from traditional old school breeders like this.