On my Sibe forum, a fellow member is going through a HUGE issue.
She breeds great Sibes, and sold two girls on contract that they be bred ONLY when approved by the breeder, we'll call her Sally.
Sally keeps in touch with all the people that buy her puppies, and this couple were good friends with her. They would call her for anything and everything, and she's done right by them.
These "friends" were chatting with a local BYB, who convinced them that they could make "quick money" by breeding BOTH of their girls, AT THE SAME TIME, to a boy he had at his house. The girls are 18 months at the moment, untitled, and with no testing done as of yet, since they aren't 2.
They call Sally and tell her that the girls are pregnant and due within DAYS of each other, and if she could possibly tell them everything they need to take care of the puppies when they are born.
Sally is indescribably (sp?) upset. She was torn between taking the girls back, period, and not returning them to the owners since they didn't think the contract they signed was worth the paper it was written on, and taking the girls back to have their puppies, selling them on spay/neuter contracts, spaying the girls and then giving the girls back to their owners. She is also feeling incredibly betrayed, as this couple were friends and love their girls very, very much. They were sucked into this guy's story of "quick, huge money" in Sibe puppies, when in reality this community has many BYB's in an over-saturated puppy "market".
She decided to take the girls, let them have their litters (they are due in 2 weeks), spaying the girls and then giving them back to the owners. She is planning on selling the puppies under her kennel name to recoup her costs of the pregnancy, as she is paying for everything, and then donating whatever is left over to a local rescue.
Have you had your contract broken in a similar way? Or just had people that blatantly ignore what they've signed? What action do you take?
She breeds great Sibes, and sold two girls on contract that they be bred ONLY when approved by the breeder, we'll call her Sally.
Sally keeps in touch with all the people that buy her puppies, and this couple were good friends with her. They would call her for anything and everything, and she's done right by them.
These "friends" were chatting with a local BYB, who convinced them that they could make "quick money" by breeding BOTH of their girls, AT THE SAME TIME, to a boy he had at his house. The girls are 18 months at the moment, untitled, and with no testing done as of yet, since they aren't 2.
They call Sally and tell her that the girls are pregnant and due within DAYS of each other, and if she could possibly tell them everything they need to take care of the puppies when they are born.
Sally is indescribably (sp?) upset. She was torn between taking the girls back, period, and not returning them to the owners since they didn't think the contract they signed was worth the paper it was written on, and taking the girls back to have their puppies, selling them on spay/neuter contracts, spaying the girls and then giving the girls back to their owners. She is also feeling incredibly betrayed, as this couple were friends and love their girls very, very much. They were sucked into this guy's story of "quick, huge money" in Sibe puppies, when in reality this community has many BYB's in an over-saturated puppy "market".
She decided to take the girls, let them have their litters (they are due in 2 weeks), spaying the girls and then giving them back to the owners. She is planning on selling the puppies under her kennel name to recoup her costs of the pregnancy, as she is paying for everything, and then donating whatever is left over to a local rescue.
Have you had your contract broken in a similar way? Or just had people that blatantly ignore what they've signed? What action do you take?