Watch: Breeding Rights

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Monica DeBosscher [0:01] Breeding rights and breeding right provisions are really just tools that you’re using as a breeder to control the development of your lines when a dog is sold to a third party. We know that you spend thousands of dollars and so much time developing your programs, and so regulating breeding rights for any of the dogs that go to puppy owners really helps you control this. With this one, if you’re selling a dog with breeding rights, you want to be careful about promising too much in your contract. You’ll want to make sure that you include a disclaimer that states that a breeding is contemplated, but that the puppy is sold merely as a prospect for that purpose. (There are no guarantees that it will actually happen.) This slide has a good example of that, where it says: “The puppy is being sold as a breeding prospect, which means that in breeder’s opinion, puppy shows promise of being worthy of being bred, but due to changes which can occur as a dog matures, there’s no guarantee that the puppy will be breeding quality.” That just really helps protect you. You’ll also want to specify things, like you can see in this slide, who is responsible for the costs associated with breeding, whether you’ll have maybe approval rights related to the breeding, whether you’ll have a pick of the litter that is produced—anything that you feel like you need to include in order to feel protected.