Process of Purchase and Policy
ADOPTION PROCESS
1) Once you email me, I will attach a Questionnaire to the email, just fill it out directly in the document
and email it back to me. If you could, please send me a video of your back yard ( the inside of your home is not necessary). What I will be looking for is that your yard is fenced in. If the video is grainy or if you have a chain linked fence, or a pool, we might request a home visit.
2) We can set up a time for you to come and visit us and meet the hounds and see where our puppies grow up---as long as I don't have puppies in my home between the ages of birth to 7 weeks. You can leave a deposit of $200 at this time if you wish, as long as we don't need to do a home visit. We will not let anyone come and visit us until your questionnaire has been filled out and video is submitted. If we need to do a home visit...you are more then welcome to come meet us first if that makes you feel more comfortable. If we do not have puppies at the time of visit, you are more then welcome to play and interact with my dogs. We just don't allow families to bring their dogs here anymore unless, your dog is up to date on vaccinations, you have proof that your dog is current on Flea and tick medication, and your dog has had a stool ELISA test done in the last 6 months. We allow people to come and visit us anytime we are available as long as we don't have puppies under 7 weeks Old. Once puppies are 7 weeks old, we will allow families to begin to visit and see the puppies if they'd like. However, we don't allow anyone to touch our puppies until families bring their puppies home.
3) We have a written agreement that needs to be signed when you give us your deposit.
4) Families have 48 Hours to choose when they are notified that it is their turn to choose a puppy. This will take place 4 days before their puppy is ready to go home with them, so that gives us a full 48 hours to take the puppy into the vet for a checkup and time to get their doggy bag ready to go home.
*We are not shipping out of state at this time.
Families who leave deposits after puppies are born but before puppies are 7 weeks, will not be able to visit us until the puppies are 7 weeks.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO MY POLICY AT ANY TIME. I WILL NOT SELL PUPPIES TO PUPPY MILLS, PET STORES, BROKERS, OR IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDERS. WE PUT SO MUCH LOVE, EFFORT, AND TIME INTO OUR PROGRAM, THAT WE WANT OUR BABIES WITH THE BEST FAMILIES. I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO SELL A PUP TO SOMEONE IN I FEEL THEY WILL NOT RECIEVE THE PROPER CARE.
~ Puppies will go home as pets with a spay/neuter/sales agreement unless other arrangements are made.
~I will never reserve a Basset puppy without a deposit. Deposits can be made by check or cashier's check. We do not accept Pay Pal.
~ Puppies will come with first set of shots, dewormings, and Microchip implant.
~Puppy will come with your copy the agreement, a sales receipt, health records, and a 1 year health guarantee(conditions apply).
~New Owners can add us on FB, and here you will see pictures of your puppies, past puppies, you can meet our past puppy owners and other breeders. Here you can chat with other families and post pictures. You can post anything Basset Related and ask questions on my wall.
~ We will have a bi-weekly LIVE show, Beginning with the birth of the puppies. The live show will be public, with the exception of the birth(this will be exclusive to only their families), we will present each puppy, and their unique qualities, personality traits, and habits. We will show of their features, this will help when it comes time to choose a puppy. I know how hard it can be to pick puppies, especially if picking your puppy in person is not an option, and pictures don't tell you everything.
~We will post pictures of our puppies on our facebook page.
~ The Health Guarantee only covers the replacement of a puppy...not refunds (conditions apply). We must receive the original puppy back, in order for a puppy replacement.
~Our puppies are vet approved. Health Certs are available for puppies at your expense. Puppies traveling out of AZ will come with a Health Cert which is including with your shipping price.
~You have two options for the remaining balance, You can pay a week before you pick up your puppy if you choose to pay with a check. Otherwise, you can pay cash at pickup. If you give us a check, we must receive it a week before you pick your puppy. The day you pick up your puppy, we will only accept cash. Puppies must be paid for in full before you receive you receive your puppy.
~Deposits are first come first served.
***IF YOU CANNOT BE REACHED 48 HOURS FROM WHEN PUPPY IS READY TO GO OR WHEN WE HAVE SCHEDULED YOU TO PICK THE PUPPY...THE PUPPY WILL BE RESOLD AND DEPOSIT WILL BE FORFEITED.***
Holidays:
We do NOT have holiday litters...PERIOD. We have found that most people who contact us around the holidays aren't exactly looking for a Basset Hound...just any puppy they can bring home on Christmas. I have seen so many dogs in general get dumped months later due to Holiday impulse buying. We have also found that around the Holidays, people are more pushy and anxious in general. Because of these reasons, we don't breed close to the Holidays, Unless I have a bunch of deposits lined up for older couples without children. Holidays can be a traumatic experience for a puppy. For one, there are people who do not bring the puppy home right away...they leave the puppy in a neighbor or friend's house...sometimes worse, the puppy is left in the garage. Then some people will make an attempt to wrap the puppy up quickly in a box and ask their kids to open the box at that moment. Once unwrapped or brought into the room, kids will scream in excitement...this will scare the puppy half to death. When you first bring a puppy home, it needs to get settled in a quiet place where it will feel safe. Around the Holidays, it gets crazy in some homes and there is almost no place for the puppy to relax. I have a huge family with lots of siblings. Toys are left around on Christmas day with little parts, paper and batteries everywhere, a puppy will destroy new toys and some people will punish the puppy...this is not fair when the owner was the one to who chose to put the puppy in this environment to begin with.
The same goes for birthday parties. If the child or spouse knows about the puppy, that is different. We do not sell puppies to people who want to surprise children at their Birthday Party with a puppy. Also, we do not do third party selling, so if you are looking to surprise your boyfriend or girlfriend with a puppy and I can't meet him or her or have any contact with this person before hand, we will not sell you a puppy. The owner of the puppy is the one who needs to sign the contract.
We have the right to refuse to sell:
We have the right to refuse to sell to whoever we choose. If we don't think that you can care for a puppy, we don't have to sell you a puppy.
Also, if you choose a puppy and if a puppy's name is not on the agreement, you are not entitled to that specific puppy, especially if it is NOT available for sale or unhealthy.While I never have unhealthy puppies...this just being stated "if" it were to happen.... I GUARANTEE (conditions apply) a healthy puppy...so because of that, I will NOT sell you a puppy that is unhealthy unless we can come to some sort of mutual written agreement. I do NOT sell puppies with health conditions period...which means that I will NOT sell them for less money either if requested and definitely not give them away for free. That also means that if you and I are in Contract and we don't have a puppy available...you are NOT entitled to our Breeding dogs or pets, or any puppy that we may have purchased from a breeder. You must wait until our next litter of Copper State basset Hound puppies are born.
Thank You for being so understanding!
Once you have the love of a Basset, you will see that they are not like any other dogs out there! We are always willing to answer any of your questions.
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