Guarantees
These guarantees apply to puppies that were
paid for in full for normal prices. Improperly-handled payments on the part
of the buyer and puppies sold at discounted prices do not qualify for this
guarantee.
ALL DOGS BRED AND
SOLD BY CEDAR RIDGE WILL BE HONESTLY REPRESENTED AND EVALUATED AS ACCURATELY
AS POSSIBLE AT TIME OF SALE. If there is something wrong with a puppy that
we know of, we will not hide it. Our puppies are checked for hernias,
tooth/jaw correctness,
eye problems, joint problems, and other normal issues that can be observed in a
small puppy around 6 to 7 weeks of age. Since our dogs have been selected not just for
dispositions, but also for health, we do not expect to find health problems
in the puppies. Should one occur, however, we will not hide it! As all
breeds of dogs have health situations found within the breed, we know that
from time to time we might have a problem found at the health check, and we
will disclose that if it happens. If a puppy is determined to have an issue
at the time of its health check, you may be offered the opportunity to get
your money back, or even to buy the puppy at a lower price (depending upon
the nature of the veterinarian's discovery).
ALL DOGS bred and
sold by Cedar Ridge are under veterinary supervision. They first typically see the vet
between 3 to 5 days of age, when their dew claws are removed as a future
injury prevention.
Puppies are again checked by a veterinarian between 6 and 8 weeks of age to
ensure that they are sound and in apparently good health at that time.
Puppies are given preventative medicines at
prescribed intervals to treat and prevent issues such as worms, coccidiosis,
skin/ear pests, giardhia, etc. They also receive their first vaccination
before leaving us. We give vaccinations here at home, having received
instruction through our veterinarians and years of experience with with
animal health care. If you would like your puppy to receive
his/her vaccination from a veterinarian (instead of from us), we will be happy to take him/her to
the veterinarian at your expense. This is probably close to $20 per puppy per vaccination,
but we will confirm a cost if you request veterinary administration due to
changing costs as time passes.
Our puppies will be dewormed several times, and
will have received vaccinations beginning typically at 5 1/2 or 6 weeks of age while in our care, and it will be up to the new
owner to continue its health program. Until this series of inoculations has been completed at about 16
weeks of age, the puppy should not be exposed to premises known to be or
suspected of being contaminated, or to unhealthy animals (dog parks,
interstate rest areas, the floors of veterinary offices, groomers, obedience
classes, or any place with a lot
of dog traffic, for example). For the Humane
Society's list of vaccination recommendations,
click here. But, ask your vet for the recommended health care regimen
for your geographic location.
Most states allow puppies to
leave at 6 or 7 weeks of age. We prefer that our puppies stay with us until they
are 8 weeks old, but do allow some to leave a few days early if all goes well
with weaning. Our guarantees apply only to puppies that stay with us until at
least 7 weeks 4 days of age unless otherwise agreed upon in writing with the
puppy's new owners.
Short-term health: Buyers have 3
business days from the time of
purchase/exchange of hands to have the puppy inspected by a licensed
veterinarian (at buyer's expense). If a puppy is determined to have an unacceptable health
problem by the buyer's veterinarian in that time frame that will significantly affect its long-term quality of life (not including
illnesses/conditions such as colds, viruses, retained testicles, mange, coccidiosis,
worms, etc.), and which is confirmed by the seller's veterinarian, the buyer
may return the puppy at the buyer's expense. In the event of a puppy death
in this time, a veterinary report from the veterinarian treating/examining
the puppy must be submitted to our veterinarian for inspection. A
refund or a trade for a different puppy of the same gender and approximate
price will be arranged.
No refunds/reimbursements for travel costs or
health care are offered.
No refunds/reimbursements/trades for loss of puppy due to owner negligence or an
accident will be offered.
Long-term health: Our dogs are all
healthy and as far as we know are free of genetic health problems. However,
if a puppy develops a genetic health problem within one year of its birth
that significantly and negatively affects its long-term quality of life (such as hip displasia or epilepsy),
diagnosed by the buyer's licensed veterinarian within that first year of age
and that is confirmed with the seller's veterinarian, we want to resolve the
issue with you. If both veterinarians agree that the condition is genetic,
permanent, and significantly affects the quality of life of the dog,
we may be able to offer to trade a different puppy of similar price and
gender or refund. Buyer would pay travel and veterinary costs.
Blue Alopecia,
very rare but which can occur in blue/silver and lilac-colored dogs, is not considered a condition
that would necessitate a refund or exchange. If you seek and buy a
blue/silver or lilac/khaki-colored dog, you should educate yourself about
blue alopecia. We have not had it in our dogs, but can't guarantee its
absence because inheritance is not fully known by scientists.
Any medicating or care of any kind that the buyer provides the puppy
will be at the buyer's expense. The buyer may choose to provide medical care
or to euthanize a critically ill dog. Cedar Ridge Beagles will not
reimburse for medical care.
Refunds/exchanges are only given for puppies
determined to have an unsoundness/unhealthiness that will significantly
affect its quality of life that was not preventable due to it being genetic, and agreed upon by both
buyer's and seller's veterinarians. Buyer would pay travel and veterinary costs. Injuries received or preventable illnesses
occurring in puppies after leaving Cedar Ridge do not apply to this
guarantee.
Reduced-Price or Free Puppies: Puppies offered for sale at a reduced price
due to a defect
or those given away for free due to a defect are rare. In the event that we
have this occur, those puppies are offered "as is," without guarantees
related to the cause of its reduced price or free state. If you purchase a
reduced-price puppy that develops an issue during its first year, contact
us. We will not replace a puppy with another puppy if the original puppy was
free, but may offer a credit of equivalent value for a puppy that was sold
at a reduced price.
Color: We try to predict puppy
color accurately, but with some colors (especially lemon, tan, and red), it
is difficult to be 100% correct while puppies are young. We do not guarantee
that the color we predict will be correct at the puppy's maturity, and do
not offer refunds if the color is not correct.
Size: We try to predict puppy size accurately,
but it is difficult to be 100% correct while puppies are young. We do not
guarantee that the size we predict will be correct at the puppy's maturity,
and do not offer refunds if the size is not correct. Final size can be affected
by gender and nutrition as well as genetics.
Breeding Quality: It is our intention to try to sell
puppies to non-breeding homes. Our puppies may or may not be show quality and/or
breeding quality. High quality is difficult to predict at the young ages our
puppies leave us most of the time (8 weeks of age). Therefore, we do not
guarantee that puppies will be successful in the show ring. We also do not
guarantee that our puppies will produce show-quality offspring (i.e. we don't
guarantee that a puppy from us would be considered breeding quality for show
puppies). We have no way of ensuring anything about the quality/health of
offspring of our puppies if you raise our puppy and later breed it.
Returned/Unwanted Puppies: From time to time, a life situation requires a
new puppy's family to not be able to keep their new puppy. In this situation, we
want to be notified so we can help find the puppy another good home.
If you determine that you can not keep your puppy
after receiving him/her, we will try to help you find a new home for your puppy.
We can not guarantee that you will recoup your money, as the puppy's
advancing age generally causes a reduction in the price people are willing to
pay. We also can not represent the puppy's health care and human
socialization beyond the date the puppy left us, and therefore can not claim the
puppy belongs to us in order to increase potential buyers' confidence.
If you want
to return the puppy to us, shipping/transportation are at your expense. The
puppy must visit our veterinarian at your expense before re-entering our
property due to our desire to eliminate outside introduction of contagious
diseases. This is because of our lack of control over what your puppy has been
exposed to since initially leaving us. If our veterinarian approves the puppy's
health, and if we have a place to quarantine him/her, we will keep the puppy
while trying to find a new home for him/her for a limited time.
If the puppy
sells within 3 weeks, we will forward the money to you, minus expenses such as
vaccinations/health care costs incurred during that time the puppy was boarded
with us. If after 3 weeks we have not found a new home, we may have to offer the
puppy "free to a good home" because we have limited places to keep puppies other
than the newborns or recently-weaned puppies.
Legal Notes: All puppies/dogs purchased from Cedar Ridge
Beagles will be considered sold in Taylor County, Iowa, regardless of the
location of the buyer. Therefore, the transaction location is Taylor County,
Iowa.
Under Iowa Law (and almost all states' laws),
a domesticated animal professional is not liable for damages suffered by, an
injury or illness to, or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks
of domesticated animal activities, pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 673 or
similar code. You
are assuming the inherent risks of participating in this domesticated animal
activity when you interact with, buy or own any animal purchased in the state of
Iowa.
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