What You Should Look For

What You Should Look for in a Puppy

Know the breeder. Visit him, talk to him; get acquainted with his stock and his breeding record.
Check his kennel for cleanliness, odor, clean drinking and eating utensils and the care and housing he gives his hounds.
Puppies should be healthy, clean, and happy with clear eyes and noses. A puppy should stand with all four feet pointing forward, big tight feet, heavy bone, ears that reach the tip of the nose, square lips, narrowing face, and noticeable loose skin around the head and neck.
Puppies should be out-going and curious with happy "tailwagging" dispositions, rather than cowed or shrinking from visitors.
Age is important. Beware of the breeder who tries to sell you a puppy that is less than six weeks old. However, many breeders do not let a puppy go to a new home before it is 10 to 16 weeks old.
There is no preference given to color in the Breed Standard or in the show ring. The colors are: black & tan, red (sometimes referred to as "tawny"), and liver and tan.
Visible faults can be checked in young puppies--bad bites, feet badly turned in or out, screw tails, retained testicle/s, and on occasion entropion. It becomes your responsibility as a buyer to discuss faults you do not understand with the breeder.
Puppies should have been started on their first set of immunizations and been dewormed before they go into a new home and the purchaser instructed to have the puppy examined by a veterinarian and to follow his advice to the letter about all follow-up vaccinations.
It is the breeder’s responsibility to supply the purchaser with detailed feeding instructions, a complete medical record, a three or four generation pedigree and the AKC registration application ("blue slip") or registration certificate. The buyer should be informed as to whether the puppy is being sold with "limited registration" or not.
Beware of Re-sale Puppies! These puppies are usually the only kind available for purchase from pet shops. Some states have very stringent consumer protection laws, which can be construed by a purchaser as implying quality. Resale puppies are quite often shipped as young as five weeks of age. They have been bred from poorly nourished dams that have been inadequately cared for during pregnancy. In addition, the unknowledgeable and inexperienced "backyard" breeder may sell his inferior pups to a broker for resale in pet shops. There are no bargain bloodhounds!!!

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