FOUR FRIENDS FRENCHIES

When you pick up your puppy you will receive a packet with all of his/her paperwork. If you live out of State, and one of our carriers is flying your puppy to you, it will be given to you when he meets you at the airport with your puppy. Inside the packet you will find our Health Guarantee/Sales Contract/immunization record, AKC paperwork, veterinary examination, and 3 generation pedigree from both parents.

Below is the guarantee portion of our sales contract. The remainder of the sales contract lists other pertinent details such as names, addresses, and contact numbers of sellers and buyer(s); immunization and health record; payment record; signatures and dates; etc.

 

1. For this guarantee to be valid, you must have your puppy checked by a licensed veterinarian (DMV) within 30 days from the date you take possession and the results communicated to us. This is important to confirm the overall health of your puppy, to insure a proper relationship with a qualified vet, and to get the 3rd DAPP, 2nd Bordetella, and 1st rabies vaccinations for his/her protection against common canine diseases. Your puppy should be kept away from places frequented by other dogs/pets until he/she has had these important injections to ensure that he/she is fully immunized and will not catch any serious diseases if he/she should be exposed to one or more. Any significant issues found by your vet during this, or any subsequent examination, should be communicated to us ASAP. DO NOT undertake expensive examinations, tests, treatments, or procedures prior to communicating with us (especially in ER facilities) if you are interested in our participation financially or otherwise, so that we can discuss all various alternatives related to your Frenchie’s issue.

2. We breed only high-quality, healthy males and females and which have no known significant health issues and which have been DNA tested for the common Frenchie defects. As a result, our puppies, which have all been thoroughly examined by our vet, have had excellent overall health. While there is no such thing as a perfect puppy, just as there are no perfect humans, you are adopting a high-quality Frenchie puppy. Therefore, you should expect a puppy of good overall health which will have a happy and active life of a decade or more if you do your part in assuring his/her proper care and maintenance. If your Frenchie is significantly debilitated or dies within the first year due to a congenital defect, as confirmed by a competent necropsy at your expense, we will replace your puppy with a comparable puppy when one is available (we increase this to two years if NuVet supplements are used). You will be responsible for all shipping costs associated with a replacement puppy. At our discretion, other arrangements acceptable to both parties may be made.

Any minor defect(s) found during our vet’s examination of each puppy will be fully disclosed to interested clients. In some cases, such as small umbilical hernias, undescended testicles, excessively narrow nostrils, cherry eye, etc. (we have had very few of these issues), we may adjust the purchase price to help pay for corrective surgery/treatment. If your vet finds any health issues which our vet has missed, communicate to us immediately and we will work out a fair resolution with you.

3. The French Bulldog is a chondrodystrophic (dwarf) and a brachycephalic (short-faced) breed, and, like all dogs in this category, all Frenchies have some degree of brachycephalic syndrome characterized by narrow nostrils and somewhat elongated palates. This produces the endearing noises made by the Frenchie (noisy breathing, snorting, and snoring) and their inability to deal as effectively with excessive heat, exertion, and stress as longer nosed breeds. In most cases, the symptoms are mild and, if caution is taken (to include smaller and more frequent meals if they gulp their food), they will live long and healthy lives. In rare cases, symptoms are severe enough that a dog’s quality of life is significantly affected. If your Frenchie develops severe brachycephalic syndrome symptoms that your vet confirms and determines need to be alleviated through surgery, we will help with the cost of the surgery.

4. We are proactive in the health care of all of our French Bulldogs. Each of our puppies has received up-to-date immunizations and preventive treatments for worms, giardia, and coccidia. However, all puppies are considered high-risk for coccidia and giardia and other intestinal bacteria and parasites, and preventive treatment is no guarantee that none of these issues will appear as they can be brought on by the stress of shipping, a new home and environment, a diet change, new people and playmates, a change in climate, etc. These health issues are not generally serious (even when some blood and/or mucus shows up in the stool) and are easily treated. Our guarantee does not cover the cost of treatment for any of these conditions.