WHY BUY FROM A BREEDER LIKE ME?
"...you look at what intangibles come with the puppy. To put it more colloquially, if you’re a manager or a professor or some kind of an expert in something, ask yourself what a complete newbie would have to pay you for permission to call you any time of the day or night and keep you on the phone for hours at a time – for the next twelve or fifteen years.
That’s what I, or any other good breeders, “sell” when we sell a puppy. We know that you probably don’t know too much about our breed. You’re going to have training questions, health questions, socialization questions. You’re going to want to know what to do when your dog barks too much, or throws up on the carpet, or doesn’t like Aunt Suzy. You’re going to need someone at the end of the phone at three in the morning when your dog bloats and needs emergency surgery, and you’re going to need that person to stay on the line until five a.m. when your dog comes out of the OR, and you’re going to need someone to talk to the vet for you if you’re crying too hard to do it. I’ve done all these things, and consider it an absolute requirement for good breeders to do."
Thanks to author Joanna Kimball for her words of wisdom to puppy buyers.
That’s what I, or any other good breeders, “sell” when we sell a puppy. We know that you probably don’t know too much about our breed. You’re going to have training questions, health questions, socialization questions. You’re going to want to know what to do when your dog barks too much, or throws up on the carpet, or doesn’t like Aunt Suzy. You’re going to need someone at the end of the phone at three in the morning when your dog bloats and needs emergency surgery, and you’re going to need that person to stay on the line until five a.m. when your dog comes out of the OR, and you’re going to need someone to talk to the vet for you if you’re crying too hard to do it. I’ve done all these things, and consider it an absolute requirement for good breeders to do."
Thanks to author Joanna Kimball for her words of wisdom to puppy buyers.
NATURAL REARING
Gentry Boxers has been breeding quality boxers since the 1970's and has earned Breeder of Merit Status with AKC. We don't just talk the talk. We walk the walk. We are a boutique breeding program and very rarely have puppies available. Our puppies are bred to the standard of conformation with special emphasis on epigenetically sound dogs bred in a natural environment. Please read our page on Natural Rearing to learn more.
Gentry Boxers has been breeding quality boxers since the 1970's and has earned Breeder of Merit Status with AKC. We don't just talk the talk. We walk the walk. We are a boutique breeding program and very rarely have puppies available. Our puppies are bred to the standard of conformation with special emphasis on epigenetically sound dogs bred in a natural environment. Please read our page on Natural Rearing to learn more.