Why Ethical Breeders Offer Health Guarantees

Table of Contents

• Benefits Of A Health Guarantee For Buyers

1. Increases Breeder Accountability
2. Encourages Breeders To Provide Education To Buyers
3. Encourages Breeders To Provide Support To Buyers
4. Gives Buyers Peace Of Mind

• Benefits Of A Health Guarantee For Breeders

1. Increases Buyer Accountability
2. Encourages Buyers To Become A Lifelong Learner
3. Encourages Buyer Empowerment & Advocacy
4. Increases Breeder's Reputation

• Conclusion
• Our Health Guarantee

Benefits Of A Health Guarantee For Buyers

1. Increases Breeder Accountability
   When a breeder is offering a health guarantee with the puppies they breed and sell, it increases accountability and ensures that the breeder is following high ethical breeding practices, superior animal healthcare approaches, and exceptional puppy rearing methods.  If a breeder offers a health guarantee on their puppies, but does not follow these high ethical standards in their program, they increase the risk of puppies they sell developing health problems.
   
2. Encourages Breeders To Provide Education & Resources To Buyers
   An ethical breeder should provide a wide range of education and resources to their puppy buyers.  This education should include how to feed a puppy a superior nutritious diet for long-term health, holistic puppy healthcare for reduced toxic exposure and safe alternative healthcare options and resources, a new puppy checklist and education on safely bringing a puppy home, extensive training and socialization resources, etc.  When a breeder provides this level of education to their puppy buyers, not only are they helping to ensure a smoother transition for the puppy, but they are increasing the chances of that puppy living a long and healthy life! 
   
3. Encourages Breeders To Provide Support To Buyers
   When a buyer purchases a puppy, the breeder should provide lots of support to the buyer.  This usually will be provided primarily through resources like a comprehensive puppy manual, email series designed for preparing for and bringing home a new puppy, as well as recommended training and socialization resources.  When a breeder supports their buyers in this way, the buyers are better prepared to provide superior care and find good solutions when challenges do arise.  
   
4. Gives Buyers Peace Of Mind
   When a puppy buyer knows that their breeder follows high ethical standards and provides lots of education and support, it gives the buyer peace of mind.  The buyer knows that any puppy they receive from that breeder should be a physically & emotionally sound puppy.
   

Benefits Of A Health Guarantee For Breeders

1. Increases Buyer Accountability
   When a breeder provides a health guarantee to their buyers, it increases accountability and encourages the buyer to provide superior care for their puppy.  The breeder's health guarantee will cover any and all care that will be required in order for the guarantee to remain in place.  For example, if a puppy has been started on a superior diet, the breeder may require that the puppy stay on that diet to ensure the puppy continues to receive appropriate nutrition for life.  As long as the buyer does not want to void the health guarantee on their puppy, they will follow the breeder's care requirements in the health guarantee. Once a breeder puts a great deal of time, care, and money into ensuring their puppies are healthy, they cannot be held responsible if the buyer does not elect to provide the same level of care and the puppy (or dog) develops health problems as a result.
   
2. Encourages Buyers To Become A Lifelong Learner
   Because a health guarantee will stipulate details about ongoing required puppy care, this encourages buyers to bcome lifelong learners.  A health guarantee provides motivation for a buyer to not only study the education materials provided by the breeder, but to continue learning the the best ways to care for their puppy over time.
   
3. Encourages Buyer Empowerment & Advocacy
   When a buyer becomes educated on the most ethical ways to care for a puppy, they usually also become more empowered to not only provide the best regular daily care (for example: superior food), but they also become empowered to advocate for their puppy.  When a health guarantee has care stipulations, a buyer is more likely to stand up to protect their puppy's health and make better healthcare choices for their puppy.
   
4. Increases Breeder's Reputation
   When a breeder provides a health guarantee with stipulations that help educate and empower buyers to provide superior care to their puppies, this will increase the breeder's reputation because they are demonstrating their commitment to ensuring the best possible care for the puppies they breed and sell. 
   

Conclusion

In conclusion, offering a health guarantee against serious genetic illnesses is a responsible and proactive step that all ethical breeders should take to ensure the health and well-being of their puppies. It holds both the breeder and the buyer accountable to follow ethical practices and provide the best care possible, while simultaneously providing peace of mind to the buyer and breeder alike. If you are a breeder, consider offering a health guarantee against serious genetic illnesses for your puppies. If you are a dog owner, look for breeders who offer such a guarantee, and choose one who is committed to the health and well-being of their puppies.

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Our Health Guarantee

At Seeking Shalom Acres, we are so confident in our breeding program and puppy-rearing methods , that we offer a Health Guarantee with each puppy we breed and sell.  Our guarantee covers serious life-threatening and debilitating illnesses of definite genetic origin.  

We are holistic breeders, so our health guarantee only covers puppies that are continued in the holistic healthcare approach that we use.  We cannot guarantee the genetic health of puppies that are raised using conventional methods because these methods can actually change the genetics of dogs.  Not only that, but conventional care can cause many of the same health problems frequently falsely attributed to genetics.  

Longevity pet experts are now estimating that 80% of health problems in dogs are caused by environmental factors, such as a sub-optimal diet and nutritional deficiencies, physical injuries, excessive weight (overweight or obese), lack of exercise, exposure to toxic chemicals, conventional immunizations, flea & tick medications, early and conventional spay & neuter, other medical injuries, etc.  

We provide the best genetics we can with our puppies, while providing optimal holistic healthcare and education on how to continue that care.  But we are not responsible for any health problems that may arise if our buyers elect to use conventional care with a puppy they receive from us.