Co-owns

I've NEVER heard of a co-own contract where the breeder paid for anything. Every contract I've seen, the owner is responsible for ALL costs involved in showing/health testing/etc. [\QUOTE]

It really isn't that uncommon to have co-owners share expenses in some manner. Not all breeders are only out for themselves. Many of the heavily campaigned dogs have co-owners who sole involvement with the dog is paying for the dog's show career.

[\QUOTE]
The contract stated the dog could be reclaimed if being kept in unsuitable conditions. The breeder decided that crating the dog while the owners were at work constituted "unsuitable conditions" and used that as her reason to

I will pay for my showing and health testing, but if my breeder wants the boy collected then it will be in our contract that she will pay for it. I will also have breeding rights, but I have no immediate plans to breed and would never do anything without my breeders blessing

If I took a picture of him that he didn't look fantastic in (I.E. any "candid" shots of him playing) they would insist I took them down.

I think many breeders have such things in their. Interacts, co-own or not. It would still be on the breeder to take the owner to court and prove the dog isn't being cared for, if the owner doesn't willingly surrender the dog to them.

I think many breeders have such things in their. Interacts, co-own or not. It would still be on the breeder to take the owner to court and prove the dog isn't being cared for, if the owner doesn't willingly surrender the dog to them.

Yes, most contracts do include this. But it's all in the wording. In this particular contract, it stated "conditions that the breeder deemed unsuitable" - so there was no taking to court for someone ELSE to rule if the situation was unsuitable. When I was shown the contract, I was in awe at the wording... on the surface, it looked fine and dandy, or to someone unfamiliar with the intricacies of breeding.. but it was really a minefield. [/b]

They would still need to pursue legal avenues to get the dog back, no matter what the wording unless the owner willingly handed the dog over.

The element of ensuring the dog would safely end up back in the right place should something happen to the owner it lives with didn't even occur to me, genius!

Well, apparently the owner of this dog didn't know that... because when the breeder came for the dog and said the owner was required by contract to hand the dog over, they didn't think they had a choice because of how the contract was worded :-/