now I know why breeders are asking for deposit.
I'm newbie breeder. just had 1st litter.
I had alot of applications but I got some good one choosen for my pups.
made my list and emailed them from mating to born, 1week pic and 3rd week pics.
I didn't ask for deposit since I felt like i wanted to trust these ppl and treat them nicely.
it is asian thing that it's kinda hard to ask money before get to know these ppl.
OO it was my mistake. 2 out of 5 backed out and didn't even let me know. I emailed them recently and didn't get any reply, called them few times and finally got in hold of them. one person already got dog from other, one person can't get dog right now. funny thing is these two were top of my list that i thought these two were very good to send my best pups.
Still newbie huh? lol don't know, I just want to find good home for my pups and I will. but i'm kinda disappointed.
I had alot of applications but I got some good one choosen for my pups.
made my list and emailed them from mating to born, 1week pic and 3rd week pics.
I didn't ask for deposit since I felt like i wanted to trust these ppl and treat them nicely.
it is asian thing that it's kinda hard to ask money before get to know these ppl.
OO it was my mistake. 2 out of 5 backed out and didn't even let me know. I emailed them recently and didn't get any reply, called them few times and finally got in hold of them. one person already got dog from other, one person can't get dog right now. funny thing is these two were top of my list that i thought these two were very good to send my best pups.
Still newbie huh? lol don't know, I just want to find good home for my pups and I will. but i'm kinda disappointed.
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A little off topic but, I had somebody move into my apartment with me back in College. Person I interviewed was very nice, and I decided to overlook the deposit.
BIG mistake. The person ended up moving out and left a mess, which I had to clean.
I think people are just so rude nowadays. No class and selfish. Perhaps it is also a difference in culture here, in my culture, you just don't "screw" other people over.
Unfortunately, because of some rude people, other nice people have to suffer from it.
Too bad for them !! I wish I could have a puppy from Karin x Ghidora!
Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks
Sadly in 2014 there are PLENTY of online dog breeder SCAMS, and the brilliant part of it is- You expect to wait 1-2 years for a pup, but after 6 months GOOD LUCK getting your bank to refund you. So not charging a deposit makes you look trustworthy, and credible as a breeder.
Who cares if a few people back out, you're not in it for the money are you? If you are the only way to truly profit is to become a puppy mill
I also know people who put down deposits and still do not follow through with the purchase.
Recommendation: After your first litter, charge a deposit.
Id def want to put down a deposit if I'm seriouly interested in a puppy.
I'm sorry to hear that it happened like that, those puppies are so adorable
Who cares?
The responsible breeder cares!
The puppy that needs a good home cares!
The other good applicants care!
Someone who backs out affects everyone involved.
As a breeder, we spend hours interviewing, screening, and fretting about the homes our puppies go to. This is not our full time job. Hell, it feels like it some times, but we do have to work for a living too - breeding dogs is a money losing affair. Our time is valuable, because we can only do so much with it. We need that time for work, rearing and training puppies, attending shows and other dog events. We might even like to have a hobby or two (perish the thought!). So time wasted on a flake applicant is time we could have spent on our dogs, on a better applicant, on our jobs making money to support ourselves.
When a breeder is going through the application and screening process, we find the ones we like, the ones we think will be the perfect match for our pups. There are others that may be just as good, but we just can't make everyone happy - we have to turn them away. When we commit to one applicant, we close the door to others. When an applicant backs out, we can't simply call up the people we already turned down and expect that they're still interested, haven't found another puppy elsewhere, they're ready and able to take a puppy right now, and so-forth. Calling up people I previously had to turn down has not been successful for me once so far.
(Let's not even touch upon the disappointment the other party may feel! What if their dream dog was a puppy from your breeding and you said no, so they settled for a different dog - then they find out they could have had one from you after all! That's so unfair to them, and unfair to the dog they bought instead who will remind them of the dog they could have had and be unable to fill that imaginary dog's shoes.)
So now the puppy has nowhere to go. The breeder has to spend even greater time and advertising investment drumming up new applicants. And when you're promoting an available puppy for sale instead of having to turn people away because you can't meet the demand, it seems all the worst people come out of the wood works. Questionable applicants that you maybe wouldn't have considered before start looking better, because the really high caliber pet owners just aren't applying right now. If there was a magic trick to drum up perfect homes at the drop of a hat, don't you think rescues would have figured it out by now?
You're stuck with a hard choice with the puppy's fate on the line - lower your standards or keep holding out for the perfect home, while the pup is growing, missing out on bonding and training with new family, and leaving the cute puppy phase and entering the destructive teenager phase - which is bad for your home and bad for your ability to sell him. You have other dogs to train and care for and show as well, and puppy probably is not going to get the one-on-one attention that he would in a single dog home.
Nobody wins.
Then there are people like @Dragonfly that I know want the pup, will give it a good home, are always going out of their way to communicate with me, and are trying to move the process forward. I enjoy helping them.
I know what you mean about the Asian thing, Tim. I'm the same way. It's about trust and being honorable in your dealings, but just because not everyone is like that does not mean I'm going to change the way I want to interact with people.
I have a few people that have asked me to help them find Akita pups, in fact one just the other day mailed me from California. If you get some pics and info up (and there's still some pups available) I'll see what I can do.
Most of them where customers from the USA.
I don't know why some ppl acting this way. I also never asked for deposit.
It really sucks, because it is a lot of work to getting infos about customers. But it s something I need to do because I want the best place as possible for my babies.
So I always asking my breeder friends I trust if they know something about the persons who wanting a pup from me. The most customers are breeders, so I think it s a little bit easier to getting infos about them.
And every customer need to introduce himself.
Also I changed my mind and asking for deposit.
Our deposits are nonrefundable, but people don't seem to understand that means they're not getting their deposit back if they back out. Strange.
Deposits that come into our kennel goes directly to feeding our dogs, so... maybe we cut out the middle man and take deposits directly in dog food?
My current dog food shipper is chewy.com. They have free shipping when the purchase is over $49, and they don't have an upper weight limit.
We're also considering building a "wish list" of things that could be purchased in place giving money for a pup. This works well with our nonprofit status and would allow people to write off the expense. Still working out the details of that tho...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002R0F04M/
True, Amazon doesn't carry everything themselves. My favorite option of the wish list is you can add stuff from any store. If it's online, you can add it.
http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/universal