Puppy Buyer Questionnaire

PUPPY BUYER QUESTIONNAIRE

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Address:

Home Phone:

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1.  Have you ever owned a Samoyed before?

2.  Why have you chosen to add a Samoyed to your life?

3.  Are you familiar with the care and grooming a Samoyed requires?

4.  Would you ever consider shaving or having your Samoyed shaved?

5.  Have all family members, or those living with you, agreed to the addition of a puppy to the home?

6.  Have you ever given a dog away or taken one to a pound/shelter/rescue and if so why?

7.  If your living or financial situation were to change what would happen to the puppy/dog?

8.  Are you looking for a male, female, or don’t care? Why?

9.  Are you looking for a companion puppy, companion-show potential puppy (breeder shows and breeds), companion-performance potential puppy (breeder breeds, owner competes), or older puppy/adult?

10.  Are you looking for a specific personality type?

11.  How will you be housing and keeping your puppy?

12.  Have you given thought to how you will continue the puppies’ potty training/housebreaking?

13.  Who will be responsible for the feeding, walking, and care of the puppy?

14.  How will you provide care for your puppy while at work and on vacations?

15.  What type of home and neighborhood do you live in?

16.  Do you have a fenced in yard? If not how are you planning to safely exercise your puppy?

17.  Do you have plans to attend basic puppy training classes?

18.  Do you have children? If yes, have you considered the preparation and training children need to have a happy relationship with a puppy?

19.  Do you own any other pets? If yes, what kind, age, and how many?

20.  Are you willing to only feed the recommended Life’s Abundance dog foods in the recommended amounts and keep the puppy in a lean weight throughout its lifetime?
(For more information about Life’s Abundance, Click Here.)

21.  Will you be able to keep your puppy crated no more than one and a half hours at a time during the day?

22.  Are you familiar with crate training procedures?

23.  Are you willing to keep the puppy crated at night, as it will already be trained to do so?

24.  Do you have a veterinarian chosen to care for your puppy? If so what is your relationship like with this vet? Do you feel comfortable stating and sticking to your treatment decisions with a vet?

25.  Are you familiar with running titers instead of automatic vaccination?

26.  Please describe your family and routine to me so I can pick the right puppy for you?

27.  Are you prepared for the financial costs of raising a puppy (food, toys, training, veterinary care)?

28.  If this is a companion do you understand that it will be given a limited AKC registration and agree to have it spayed/neutered no earlier than 18 months of age? (Feel free to ask me why)

29.  Do you agree to ask all questions and address any concerns immediately so that I may assist you in a timely manner?

30.  How did you find D’zLegndary Samoyeds?