To devote myself to the betterment of the breed.
To keep my dogs in healthy condition and in a healthy environment.
To ensure that my dogs are not a nuisance to my neighbors or my community.
To cover by written agreement all stud service terms and keep accurate written records of matings, births, registration, and so forth.
To accept full responsibility for every dog that I breed. To sell on a contract that ensures that I am contacted whenever the owner cannot keep a dog at any time in the dog's life. To assist in the placement of the dog or accept its return. As owner of a stud dog, to offer stud services only to those breeders who accept full responsibility for what they breed.
To under no circumstances, surrender a dog or a puppy to a humane society or shelter. If the animal is unplaceable because it has a destructive temperment, is seriously injured, terminally ill or it would be inhumane to prolong life, to take responsibility for the euthanizing of the dog.
To refrain from any deceptive or erroneous advertising.
To cover, in writing, all bills of sale with detailed accuracy, including:
Registration / Litter papers;
Minimum of a three (3) generation pedigree (available at extra charge);
A complete medical history (record);
Conditions and terms of sale; and
Details on proper feeding and care (see our website or your vet).
To consider issuing limited registration papers, subject to the rules of the AKC, or withholding registration papers until proof of spaying or neutering is presented on any dog sold or placed as a companion.
To never supply a Dachshund to pet shops, commercial brokers or dealers, raffles or similar projects.
