15/10/2025
Well said..
📍 A puppy is reserved after paying …% of the total puppy price. Once reserved, the puppy is taken off sale and held for you until a specific (pre-agreed) date.
🪓 If after the reservation you change your mind, decide to move to the Moon, develop an allergy, have a fight with your spouse and decide to divorce, a baby is born, your old dog who disappeared 7 years ago returns, or for any other reason — the reservation fee is non-refundable!
💵 Buying a puppy is a serious decision. A dog is not a toy; it will live with you for about 15 years. Even before looking for a puppy, you need to discuss all the details with your relatives, family members, and loved ones.
❓Why is the reservation non-refundable? Because paying a reservation fee guarantees your commitment. Selling puppies is not cheap: there are photo sessions, advertisement fees, promotion costs. All marketing efforts end once the puppy is reserved. Then time passes — a week, a month, sometimes several months — and suddenly, you change your mind. Meanwhile, the breeder has lost valuable time. During that time, they could have sold the puppy to another family — a missed opportunity.
I sell puppies to responsible adults who understand the consequences of their decisions. Once again, a puppy is not a toy! A kennel is not a store where you can buy, then return if it doesn’t suit you!
❗If you have paid a reservation and keep postponing your arrival date, sooner or later the reservation will be canceled. Returning to the point above — the reservation fee will not be returned.
🟡 I’m not talking about rescheduling due to valid reasons. But if the puppy is ready to leave, quarantine is over, and you keep delaying your arrival — be prepared for your arrival date to be strictly limited. After that date, the reservation will be canceled, and the puppy will be put back up for sale.
⚜ Respect other people’s time.
🔴 If you have not paid a reservation, the puppy is available for sale. Sometimes I hold a puppy verbally reserved — that is a different matter and does not apply to everyone.
🟣 If you like a puppy and immediately start googling the breed, persuading your husband, consulting a vet, or doing Tarot readings — the puppy is being sold during that time! Please don’t call me afterward crying: “How come? We all already fell in love with him, and you sold him!”
🟡 All decisions related to bringing a puppy into your home should be made in advance — before searching, reserving, and buying! First, you decide, discuss, reach a consensus, and only then start looking for a puppy and especially making any payments!
(Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the original author of this text, but I fully agree with every word.)