| Please fill out form COMPLETELY. Forms that are not completely filled out will be rejected. Please answer these questions in DETAIL, some questions require more than "one word answers" - be thorough and specific. |
| Puppy Preferences |
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| Age Preference: |
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Information about you and your family |
| Your Name |
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| Phone Number (and what times are best to reach you): |
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| City/State |
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| Email Address: |
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| Occupation: |
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| People living in your household and if there are children who often visit, please tell us about them (ages, genders, & anything else you think might be relevant): |
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| What type of home do you live
in? (House, condo, apartment, etc): |
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| Do you own or rent? (If you rent, does the landlord accept
dogs?): |
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| Do you have a fenced yard? What type of fencing and how
tall is it? (block, chain link, invisible etc.): |
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| If you don't have a fenced yard, how do you plan to
exercise your puppy?: |
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| Who will be the primary caretaker/s of the dog?: |
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| Where will this puppy primarily live (indoors, outdoors, etc)?: |
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| Is someone home during the day? |
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| If not, what kind of arrangements will you be making for your new puppy?: |
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| Do you plan on using a crate/kennel for your puppy? Do
you understand how this method works?: |
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| Have you owned dogs before? What happened to them (please
give details)?: |
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| Do you own any other dogs/pets currently (please give
details)?: |
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| If yes to either of the previous 2 questions, would you
please give us the name and phone number of your Veterinarian as
a reference?: |
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| Please provide contact information for at least 3 people
(and explain their relation to you) as references: |
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| How did you decide on a Italian Greyhound as the breed
for you? Also, please describe in detail the
qualities/traits in which your ideal Italian Greyhound dog
would possess, and what this dog would be like to live with,
etc: |
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| What reference materials have you read (and where) about
this breed?: |
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| Is everyone in your household in agreement with getting a
puppy, and in particular, an Italian Greyhound?: |
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| Have you had or lived with a sighthound before? (sighthounds
include breeds such as Greyhounds, Afghans, Salukis, Whippets,
etc): |
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| Have you ever house-trained a dog before?: |
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| Are you aware that some Italian Greyhounds may be
difficult to housebreak? Where will you be teaching your new
puppy to relieve itself? (exclusively outdoors, outdoors in
addition to paper/wee wee pad/litter box training indoors,
exclusively paper/wee wee pad/litter box training indoors, or
other? Please explain): |
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| Do you allow dogs on your furniture?: |
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| Where will your Italian Greyhound sleep?: |
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| Are you aware that leg breaks are not uncommon for
Italian Greyhounds (among other health problems)? On average it
costs from $1500-3000 to fix a leg break for Italian Greyhound -
are you prepared to assume risk if this does happen and prepared
to pay for it? While leg breaks are not "normal" - it is a risk
that all IG owners must be prepared for: |
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| What are your plans for this dog, please name all that
apply that you may be interested in (Pet/companion, Breeding,
Conformation Showing, Obedience, Lure Coursing, Agility, Therapy
Dog work, others etc): |
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| This information will be used to help find the right
Italian Greyhound for you. If we don't have a suitable one, is
it all right for us to forward your information to other
reputable breeders who may be able to help? |
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