Questionnaire For Prospective Puppy Buyer. What else should I ask?

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Gentle Giant Canines
Questionnaire For Prospective Puppy Buyer


1. Name____________________________________________________________________

2. Address__________________________________________________________________

3. Telephone Number________________________________________________________

4. E-Mail Address___________________________________________________________

5. How did you find us?______________________________________________________

6. Your age_________________________________________________________________

7. Other adults in your home__________________________________________________

8. Do you have children?_____________________________________________________

9. If so their ages and have they been exposed to dogs in the past?___________________
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10. Were there any problems with your children and dogs in the past?_______________
___________________________________________________________________________

11. Do all the family members agree to have a Bullmastiff as and addition to the family?
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12. If not who is not in favor of getting a Bullmastiff and why?______________________
___________________________________________________________________________

13. Who will care for the dog if it were to become incapacitated or temporally or permanently?_______________________________________________________________

14. Do you agree that if you were unable to care for the dog, we will be contacted about its
relocation and first right of refusal?______________________________________________

15. Do you own or rent a home?_________________________________________________

16. If your home is a rental will your landlord be willing to sign a statement allowing you to
keep a Bullmastiff?__________________________________________________________

17. How many hours will the Bullmastiff be left home alone a day?__________________

18. Where will the Bullmastiff be when no one is at home?_________________________
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19. Does your family have enough quality time to devote to a dog?___________________
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20. Are you willing to take responsibility for the Bullmastiff for the next 10 or more years?
____________________________________________________________________________

21. How long did you last pet live and what were the circumstances of its death?________
____________________________________________________________________________

22. Have you ever returned a pet to a breeder?___________________________________

23. If so why?_______________________________________________________________

24. Have you ever given a pet away?____________________________________________

25. If so why?_______________________________________________________________

26. Have you ever given a pet up to a shelter or a pound? __________________________

27. If so why?_______________________________________________________________

28. How many dogs do you have now?__________________________________________

29. What breeds?____________________________________________________________

30. Have you owned a Bullmastiff before?_______________________________________

31. How recently?___________________________________________________________

32. What are your reason for choosing one now?_________________________________
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33. Are you aware of the socialization needs of a Bullmastiff and are you prepared to provide that?_______________________________________________________________

34. Do you have other pets other than dogs?____________________________________

35. What are they?__________________________________________________________

36. Is your yard fenced in or do you have a fenced in enclosure for a dog?___________
37. If you answered no to the last question. How do you intend on exercising a puppy?
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38. How large and what type of enclosure?_______________________________________
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39. Do you let your dogs run loose?_____________________________________________

40. Do you intend to house your dog?___________________________________________

41. Have you ever used a crate to confine your dog?_______________________________

42. Have you ever trained a dog before?_________________________________________

43. Have you ever shown conformation?________________________________________

44. Have you ever shown obedience?___________________________________________

45. If yes. Where and to what extent?_________________________________________
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46. If you are interested in breeding this dog. What are your reasons for breeding?
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47. Are you willing to enroll this puppy in at least one puppy class?_______________

48. Please indicate you color preference______________________________________

49. Do you prefer a male or a female?________________________________________

50. If traveling is impossible and we know sometimes it is. Will you be willing to allow
us to have someone in your area do a home visit?______________________________________

51. Please give us 5 reference of people who have known you and your pets?
________________________________________Phone________________________________
________________________________________Phone________________________________
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52. Please give us the name and telephone number of the local agency that handles complaints.______________________________Phone_______________________________



53. Are you aware of some of the health problems that can appear in some Bullmastiffs?
__________________________________________________________________________

54. Please provide the name, address and telephone number of the veterinarian that has
worked with you in the past.___________________________________________________
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55. Have you been in contact with other Bullmastiff breeders in regards to the purchase a
puppy?_____________________________________________________________________

56. Which breeders?___________________________________________________________
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57. Are you currently on a waiting list from any other breeders?______________________

58. If you had to choose between two puppies. One with perfect conformation but low
moderate drive or one with so so conformation but not bet quality and high drive. Which
would you choose and why?_____________________________________________________
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59. Have you ever been convicted of animal cruelty or neglect in the USA?_____________

60. Do you object to me doing a background check?________________________________

61. Describe your personality to me. ________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

62. What exactally do you have planned for your new Bullmastiff puppy?
_________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

YOu seem to have covered the bases, though they need to be rearranged a bit. In the middle of talking about the dog itself, you ask for references. Just needs to be grouped a bit.....

Oh and Did I see a quesiton about how often a pet should get fresh water and food? How often is too much food?

Answer 2

Looks pretty thorough to me. I didn't see anything about why they want the mastiff i.e. for protection, companion, breeding or whatever. I know that the ASPCA will not adopt out any dog if a person chooses protection because the do not want the animal to be trained to be mean. If the question is there maybe I just missed it.

I LOVE MASTIFFS! My fiance and I are trying to get a house and I am trying to convince him to let me get a mastiff. They are gentle giants and wonderful companions. He's concerned about the drool and amount of food it will take to feed him/her. I am too but not as much as he is. I have had pets all my life so I know they take work. Where are you located?

Answer 3

Only other thing I can think to ask is how much they plan to spend a year on the dog's care. Especially since this is a giant breed, they need to know that they are going to be shelling out a lot for food, medical care, etc.

Answer 4

wow great job you have covered every thing.
but make sure they are willing /able to pay vet expences. like if the dog was hit by a car and broke its leg would they be willing to pay all expenses?
also ask where the dog will sleep at night. you want to make sure
it isn't out in the snow.
finally recomend that they enroll in a puppy obedience course. so you can make sure the dog is properly trained
good luck!

Answer 5

Wow it looks like have been incredibly throrough and truly care to find your pups the best home possible. That's awesome.

How can ensure the people filling this out are telling the truth though?

Answer 6

Wow! I'm not sure *I* would answer a 62 question inquiry. I'd cut it down a bit.

Many of your questions are great and I may use a few myself.

We raise & show Ragdolls and we have a kitten questionaire on our website. I like some of the wording on ours better than yours, for example we ask "how have you handled major illness in the past". If you'd like to take a peek, go to our website and click on the "Kitten" page.

http://cathedral_ragdolls.tripod.com/

You are welcome to use any of our questions.

Good luck with your doggies! :-)

Answer 7

Boy....you really care about the little guys doncha? Can't think of anything else you could ask....be aware it might put some people off buying one of your puppies, but if they aren't prepared to answer your questionnaire, maybe you won't sell them a puppy anyway?

Answer 8

You are doing awesome. I'm actually proud of you, these are all the same questions that I ask my prospective buyers. Good luck, and I'm glad to know that there are other breeders just as particular as myself.

Answer 9

Maybe ask if they or anyone in there household has had issues with pet allergies in the past?
Other than that, sounds good.

Answer 10

That seems pretty good!! Congratz!
But number 43 and 44 I don't understand at all...

GOOD LUCK!!!