Contracts and Warranties

Puppy Contracts. Presently, the price of our puppies ranges from $1800 to $2500, depending upon the breeding. These prices represent not only the quality of the sire and dam but the tremendous effort we put into researching pedigree combinations, thoroughly health testing we do on all of our dogs, and raising our puppies. We sell three categories of puppies: breeding, performance and pet. Our breeding puppies are those who show the top-quality conformation, temperament and working ability that we demand of our breeding stock. They are sold only to screened, select homes on breeder's contracts or more rarely co-ownerships. Buyers must agree that all future breeding of the dog will be done under our guidelines, that are based on the Golden Retriever Club of America's Code of Ethics. For female puppies on breeding contracts, we get a pick puppy from her at no cost.  For breeding contract males, we get two free stud services.

Performance/hunting puppies are those pups with the conformation, temperament and working ability necessary for them to excel at one or more golden activities: hunting, hunt tests, obedience, agility, tracking, and search and rescue. These pups will be sold on AKC Limited Registrations with spay-neuter contracts if the buyer is not interested in breeding or if the puppy is not breeding quality.

Pet puppies are sold to qualified homes on Limited Registrations with spay/neuter contracts.  We refund one hundred-fifty dollars of the puppy's purchase price upon receipt of proof of neutering of non-breeding dogs, if we receive it before 26 months of age.  

Sales of all Gaylan's puppies are formalized through a sales contract. The details of this contract outline the care owners must be willing to provide their puppy. We do have the right of first refusal to repurchase any of our dogs whose owners can or no longer choose to keep it.

Warranty.  We carefully screen all breeding stock but the ambiguity surrounding the environmental and hereditary causes of hip and elbow dysplasia, cataracts, SAS, epilepsy, thyroid, vWD, cancer and other diseases make a guarantee impossible. Instead, we warranty our puppies against genetic defect that limits the dog's ability to fulfill the purpose for which he was  purchased. We expect our buyers to be reasonable in their expectations of us--if the puppy was purchased as a pet, faults such as cryptorchidism will never affect the dog's ability to be a happy, healthy pet.

However, if one of our dogs is hindered from his original purpose due to a genetic disease, we offer a refund of half the purchase price. Similarly, if any breeding quality  puppy has a disqualifying fault under AKC standards, we will reimburse the owner half the purchase price. At the request of the owner, we also will consider offering a replacement pup with one from our next breeding at half the purchase price.  We do not expect owners to return their dog, unless they chose to, and instead simply require that they provide proof of neutering.

If you would like copies of our contracts or warranty, please e-mail us using the Puppy link below, specifying whether you would like a set of documents for a pet, performance or breeding-quality puppy.