How these terms apply
These terms apply to every sale of a pup by Lasair, in addition to the offer details set out in the covering page or email accompanying these terms.
We sell pups on three bases. Which basis applies to your sale will be set out in the offer made to you. The clauses below distinguish what is common to all three sale types from what is specific to each.
- Standard limited register sale. The standard form of sale. The pup cannot be bred from or shown. The pricing reflects this.
- Standard main register sale. Sold at our standard main register price as set out in the offer made to you. The buyer acquires full breeding rights, subject to the breeding partner restrictions set out in the standard main register section below. We retain no ownership interest in the dog.
- Discounted main register sale. Sold at a discount to our standard main register price, with the kennel retaining joint ownership and breeding control. The clauses in the discounted main register section apply, in addition to the general clauses.
- International sales. International sales are made on the standard main register only and are subject to our international addendum, which appears at the end of this document. We do not sell internationally on a limited register or on a discounted main register basis.
Your rights under Australian Consumer Law
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law, including the consumer guarantees. Where these terms describe what we will do for you in particular circumstances, those commitments are in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, not instead of them.
If a pup we sell you has a serious health problem that was present when you collected the pup, you may be entitled to a refund or a replacement under the consumer guarantees. We will work with you in good faith to identify and resolve any such issue, including by obtaining an independent veterinary opinion if needed.
What is not a defect
Normal puppy behaviour is not a defect. This includes biting and chewing during teething, crying at night during the first weeks, toileting accidents, barking, jumping, and the general challenge of raising a young dog. These are predictable parts of puppy ownership and we cover them in the puppy care guide we provide. They do not give rise to a right to return the pup or to a refund.
Behavioural problems caused or worsened by the owner are not a defect. We provide written guidance on how to raise your breed and we are available throughout the life of your dog to discuss problems as they emerge. Where an owner has not followed our advice, or has actively encouraged behaviour that becomes a problem in adulthood, the consequences of that behaviour are not our responsibility.
Acceptance of these terms
Please read these terms before making payment. Making payment confirms that you have read these terms and agree to them. If you have any questions, please ask us before paying.
Payment and title
Funds must be cleared before the pup leaves us. Where the pup does not leave for seven days or more, you may pay a 50 percent deposit with the balance paid before the pup's departure. EFT is preferred; cash is accepted.
Title in the pup passes to you when we receive cleared payment in full. Until then the pup remains our property.
The price of each pup is set individually and is the price stated in the offer made to you. Prices vary between litters, and between pups within the same litter, according to breed, register, demand and the individual pup. We do not publish a fixed price list. Any dollar figure used by way of example anywhere in these terms is illustrative only, is used to show how a calculation works, and neither fixes nor indicates the price of any pup.
Delivery, transit, and risk
For domestic sales, the pup is in our care until handed to the air freight carrier or to you in person. Once handed to the carrier, the pup travels at your risk.
We book transport as your agent. The booking is made in your name. The contract of carriage is between you and the carrier. We are not responsible for the carrier's performance or non-performance.
If the pup is not collected at the destination on the agreed day for reasons within your control, you are responsible for any additional kennelling, transport, or veterinary costs that result.
We do not insure the pup in transit. If you wish to arrange transit insurance, please tell us before booking.
The transport charge in your offer is a lump sum covering booking, transport from our property to the airport, and airline freight. The travel crate is itemised separately, either as a purchase or as a hire arranged through the pet transport company for larger dogs.
Failure to collect
If you do not collect or take delivery of the pup on the agreed day, the grace period and standard boarding rates set out in the Boarding fees and extended care section below apply. If you have not collected within 28 days of the ready-to-collect date, and have not communicated with us about the delay, we may treat the contract as repudiated and resell the pup. Where we do so, the amounts we may recover, together with the mitigation undertaking and the cap set out in the Change of mind clause below, apply equally, so that you are in no worse a position than a buyer who tells us directly that they are withdrawing.
Boarding fees and extended care
Our Hungarian Vizsla and Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla pups are ready to go to their new homes from 8 weeks of age. Our Italian Greyhound pups are ready to go to their new homes from 10 to 12 weeks of age.
Where a pup needs to remain with Lasair for more than two (2) weeks after the date on which they would otherwise have been ready to leave us, boarding fees may apply. Where a pup or dog is sold at a later age, we will provide care for up to two (2) weeks after the sale date without charge; if further care is required, boarding fees may apply.
Standard rates
Boarding fees cover feed, routine worming, toys and socialisation. They do not include any additional vaccinations that may fall due during the boarding period, which remain the new owner's sole responsibility.
Standard boarding rates for pups who have been sold and are awaiting collection are:
- Hungarian Vizsla / Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla: $100 per week
- Italian Greyhound: $50 per week
Fees are charged in whole-week increments. We do not pro-rate fees where only part of a week is used.
These weekly rates are a goodwill contribution towards the cost of care. They are not a recovery of it. Keeping a pup with us costs us in the order of $100 per day once feed, labour, daily husbandry, facility and utility overheads and the occupation of a run are accounted for. Where a sale is proceeding and we are simply holding a pup for a buyer we have accepted, we absorb the greater part of that cost ourselves as part of placing a puppy well.
That subsidy is offered in the context of a sale that completes. It is not available where a buyer withdraws. What applies in that case is set out in the Change of mind clause below.
Waiver at our discretion
We may, at our reasonable discretion, waive or reduce boarding fees in any particular case having regard to the circumstances of that case — including without limitation any delay caused by us, illness of the pup, transport availability, or any other matter we consider relevant. A waiver granted in one instance does not create an entitlement to a waiver in any other instance.
Extended board — full payment on request
Where the buyer requires or requests that a pup be boarded for more than two (2) weeks beyond the date the pup was ready to leave us, we may require the full purchase price of the pup (together with any agreed transport and additional costs) to be paid in advance of the extended boarding period commencing. Boarding fees for the extended period will be invoiced separately in accordance with the standard rates above.
Where we agree to an extended hold, we will confirm to you in writing, before the hold begins, the boarding rate that will apply and the date from which it will be charged. Where we have not done so, boarding fees are not payable by you for that hold. We will not raise a boarding charge for the first time on your final invoice.
Change of mind
Where, after a deposit has been paid or a pup has otherwise been reserved to you, you decide for any reason not to proceed with the purchase (a change of mind), we reserve the right to recover from you:
(a) our actual and reasonable costs incurred in raising, caring for and preparing the pup up to the date of your written notification of the change of mind, including feed, veterinary care, microchipping, vaccinations, registration and administrative costs;
(b) daily care costs at the rate of $100 per day for a Hungarian Vizsla or Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, and $50 per day for an Italian Greyhound, calculated from the ready-to-collect date notified to you in writing (or, where no date was notified in writing, from 8 weeks of age for Hungarian Vizsla and Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla pups and 12 weeks of age for Italian Greyhound pups) until the date the pup is re-placed with another buyer or the cap set out below is reached, whichever occurs first; and
(c) any veterinary or other reasonable costs incurred by us as a direct consequence of your change of mind, including any costs of re-listing the pup for sale.
The rate of $100 per day under paragraph (b) is a recovery of our actual costs, and is deliberately different from the standard boarding rates set out earlier in this section. As explained under Standard rates above, those weekly rates are a goodwill contribution set well below actual cost, offered in the context of a sale that completes. That subsidy is not available where a buyer withdraws.
Our actual daily cost of keeping a pup is approximately $100 per day for a Vizsla and approximately $50 per day for an Italian Greyhound. Those figures comprise raw feed (approximately $15 per day for a Vizsla, and less for an Italian Greyhound) together with the labour of daily care, cleaning, supervision and structured socialisation, worming and routine preventative treatment, facility and utility overheads, and the occupation of a run that would otherwise be available to our breeding programme. The difference between the two rates reflects the difference in size, feed volume and space requirement between the breeds, and matches the same ratio as our standard boarding rates. Where a buyer withdraws, we bear that full cost with no completing sale against which to offset it.
The charge runs from the ready-to-collect date rather than from the date you notify us, because it is the reservation itself that prevents us offering the pup to another buyer during that period. From the day the pup was ready to leave, it was being kept for you and was not available to anyone else.
It continues until the pup is re-placed because we continue to feed, house and care for the pup throughout that period. Notifying us that you no longer want the pup does not end our cost of keeping it. It is, however, subject to the cap below, which limits the total in every case.
Mitigation. On receiving notice of a change of mind we will take reasonable steps to re-place the pup promptly and at the best price reasonably available to us. We will not delay re-listing a pup, and will not accept an unnecessarily low resale price, in order to increase the amount recoverable from you. The daily charge under paragraph (b) is in every case bounded by the cap set out below, so it cannot accrue indefinitely.
Where an extended hold was agreed. Where we agreed in writing to hold the pup beyond the standard period, and confirmed the boarding rate that would apply, paragraph (b) does not operate retrospectively over the period of that agreed hold. You will instead be charged the agreed boarding rate for that period, together with the amounts under paragraph (c) and the resale shortfall set out below (and, where the pup is not resold, the amounts under paragraph (a)). Paragraph (b) applies only to any period after the agreed hold has ended.
We draw this distinction because the two situations are not the same. Where we have agreed to hold a pup for you, we have accepted the arrangement and priced it, and it would not be fair to reprice it after the fact because you later withdrew. Where a pup simply is not collected and we are not told why, we are left holding a pup we cannot sell and cannot plan around, and paragraph (b) reflects that.
Resale, shortfall and cap. Where we resell the pup, the amount recoverable from you is the shortfall between the purchase price stated in your invoice and the net proceeds of resale (being the resale price less our reasonable costs of resale), together with the amounts under paragraphs (b) and (c). Paragraph (a) does not apply where the pup is resold, because the costs of raising the pup are recovered in the resale price and we do not seek them twice.
The shortfall reflects a real and predictable loss. Puppies are most saleable at the standard collection age. Each additional week beyond that window materially reduces both the pool of prospective buyers and the price we can reasonably expect to achieve. An older puppy has already begun to bond with our household, may have developed habits shaped by our environment rather than the future owner's, and is no longer being offered at its peak marketable age. Older pups are also harder to resocialise into a new home, particularly where training gaps or behaviours acquired during the reservation period need to be corrected before the pup can be re-placed. In practice, a pup returned to the market at four or five months will not realise the price it would have achieved at eight weeks, and in some cases will not sell at all without a substantial reduction. Re-placing a pup that has been withdrawn from is also materially more work than an ordinary placement. The pup must be re-advertised, fresh enquiries screened, and the circumstances explained to prospective buyers, all for an animal that is no longer the age most buyers are looking for. The shortfall recovers that difference as it actually arises, measured against the price you agreed, rather than as an estimate fixed in advance.
The purpose of this clause is to put us in the position we would have been in had your purchase completed, and no better. The total amount recoverable from you will not in any event exceed the purchase price of the pup as stated in your invoice. We will provide you with an itemised account on request.
Because the daily charge is subject to that cap, it cannot run indefinitely. The number of days over which it can accrue is the purchase price divided by the applicable daily rate — by way of illustration, 40 days for a Vizsla or 80 days for an Italian Greyhound on a pup priced at $4,000. Once the cap is reached no further daily charge accrues, whether or not the pup has been re-placed, and any further cost of keeping the pup is borne by us.
The following examples show how the calculation works. They assume a purchase price of $4,000 purely for the sake of the arithmetic. As set out under Payment and title above, the price of any pup is the price stated in the offer made to you and varies with demand; these figures are not a price and are not an indication of one.
Example one. You reserve a Hungarian Vizsla pup, we notify you the pup is ready to collect, you notify us of your change of mind three weeks after that date, and we re-place the pup a further two weeks later for $3,500. The daily costs under paragraph (b) are 35 days at $100 per day, being $3,500. The shortfall against the purchase price is $500. The total of $4,000 is capped at the purchase price, so $4,000 is recoverable. If you had already paid in full, nothing would be returned to you.
Example two. The same pup, but re-placed immediately on your notification. The daily costs are 21 days at $100 per day, being $2,100, plus the $500 shortfall, being $2,600 in total. If you had already paid in full, $1,400 would be returned to you.
The difference between the two shows why it is in your interest to tell us as early as possible. The earlier we know, the sooner we can re-place the pup, and the less is recoverable from you.
These amounts represent recovery of costs actually incurred by Lasair, together with the loss actually realised on resale. They are calculated after the event from real figures, rather than fixed in advance as an estimate, and they are not a penalty.
Recoverable amounts under this clause may be set off against, and deducted from, any deposit or other monies paid by you. Any shortfall remains payable by you on demand. This clause does not limit any refund or remedy to which you are entitled under a non-excludable consumer guarantee under the Australian Consumer Law. Deposits are not retained as a penalty; they are refundable subject only to the deductions set out in this clause.
Returns within 72 hours of arrival
In addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, we will accept return of a pup within 72 hours of arrival for a full refund of the purchase price (transport costs are not refundable) where:
- you have identified a serious health problem in the pup, or
- a member of your household has had a serious adverse reaction such as anaphylaxis.
We recommend a vet check at your local clinic within the first 72 hours so any health concern is identified quickly. Where a return is accepted under this clause, we will refund the purchase price within 28 days of the pup's return to us.
Lifetime return-to-breeder
If you can no longer care for your dog at any age, contact us. We commit to taking back any pup we have bred, for the lifetime of the dog. This commitment exists because we never want a dog we have bred to end up in a shelter or in unsuitable hands.
We may not always be able to take a returning dog immediately. We do not always have space, particularly for an intact male or a bitch in season, and we may need time to find a suitable place for the dog.
You are responsible for the cost of returning the dog to us, including transport and any veterinary or quarantine costs.
Where we rehome the dog, we will pay you the resale price less veterinary costs, transport costs we have paid, and reasonable boarding and rehoming costs at $50 per day for the period the dog is in our care. We will provide an itemised account. Payment will be made within 28 days of the dog's resale or rehoming.
The $50 per day figure is a goodwill rate, charged at approximately half our actual cost. As set out in the change of mind clause above, keeping a dog with us costs us in the order of $100 per day once feed, labour, husbandry, facility overheads and the occupied run are accounted for. We feed exclusively raw, which alone costs approximately $15 per day per dog, and a returning dog also requires time to resocialise into our kennel environment, to advertise, to screen prospective buyers, and to arrange the placement. Where an owner is doing the right thing by returning a dog to us rather than passing it on elsewhere, we absorb half of that cost ourselves. The rate is a recovery of part of our actual cost and is not a penalty.
Vaccination records on return
Please provide your dog's vaccination records when the dog is returned to us. If records are not available within 14 days, we will arrange revaccination at our cost and reasonable veterinary expenses will be deducted from any rehoming proceeds payable to you.
Older dogs sell for considerably less than puppies. A dog returned at six months will not sell for what you paid for it. A dog returned at three years, unless it is titled and a breeding prospect, may sell for very little or may need to be placed without payment to a suitable home. You should not expect a full refund of the purchase price, and where the dog has behavioural problems caused by training failures, the resale price may be nominal. We will be honest with you about what we expect to be able to achieve.
No on-selling through public sales channels
You will not offer your dog for sale or rehoming through social media or public sales channels (including, by way of example only, Gumtree and eBay). If you can no longer care for the dog, the lifetime return-to-breeder arrangement above applies.
If you list your dog for sale or rehoming in breach of this clause, you will pay us liquidated damages of $2,500.
Pedigree
For a dog sold on the limited register, the pup's pedigree must be maintained with ANKC for so long as the dog is in Australia. For a dog sold on the main register, the same applies unless the dog is permanently exported, in which case the pedigree must be transferred to the FCI-recognised national kennel club in the destination country (see the international addendum below).
The pedigree will be issued to a person aged at least 16. ANKC registration rules require members to be 16 or over. If the person is a Dogs Australia (ANKC) member, please supply their membership number so the pedigree can be registered to their membership profile.
Microchip
The pup is registered with the Australasian Animal Registry (AAR) in our name. Please update the registration to your name within 30 days of arrival. We recommend retaining us as an alternative contact, so we can help reunite you with the dog if it is lost.
Limited register sales
This section applies where the pup is sold on the limited register.
The pup cannot be bred from or shown. You agree that you will not breed from the pup or allow the pup to be used for breeding.
If you breed from a pup we sold you on the limited register, or allow that pup to be used for breeding, you will pay us liquidated damages of $15,000 per occurrence (an "occurrence" being a single litter, regardless of the number of pups in the litter).
This figure is a genuine pre-estimate of loss. Our breeding dogs are imported from Hungary at an approximate cost of $15,000 each. Our programme rests on the integrity of those imported lines and on our ability to control how their genetics are used. An unauthorised litter from a limited register dog dilutes those lines, exposes us to reputational risk if unauthorised offspring are attributed to our kennel, and undermines the value of the imported foundation stock. The figure of $15,000 reflects, conservatively, the cost of replacing the affected breeding asset.
Standard main register sales
This section applies where the pup is sold on the standard main register at the price set out in the offer made to you.
The buyer acquires full breeding rights, subject only to the breeding partner restrictions below. We retain no ownership interest in the dog.
Breeding partner restrictions
Some kennels in the breed have lines that we have concerns about, generally for reasons of hereditary health. We maintain a list of kennels whose dogs are not to be used as a breeding partner for any dog we have bred. The list reflects our genuine assessment of bloodline health and is not a commercial restriction on the buyer.
Before arranging any mating, you must check our current list. We will provide the list on request and will provide an updated list before any planned mating. If a kennel that you intend to use is not on the list, you may proceed without further reference to us.
We will not unreasonably refuse to explain, in general terms, the basis for any kennel being on the list. We may decline to give specifics where doing so would risk defaming the other kennel.
We will not add a kennel to the list for any reason other than genuine health or bloodline concerns. We will not use the list to commercially restrict your breeding choices.
If you breed the dog with a kennel that is on our exclusion list at the time of the mating, you will pay us liquidated damages of $5,000 per occurrence.
This figure is a genuine pre-estimate of loss. An unauthorised cross with a kennel we have excluded for health reasons exposes our breeding programme to reputational risk if the resulting offspring carry the conditions we were seeking to avoid, and risks the integrity of our bloodlines being traced through the offspring's pedigree. The figure of $5,000 reflects the value of the breeding right that you acquired and the cost to us of an unauthorised use of that right.
Discounted main register sales with retained breeding rights
This section applies where we have expressly agreed in writing that the sale is on this basis. If your sale is on our standard limited register or standard main register, this section does not apply to you. This section does not apply to any international sale.
The discount
Where we sell a pup on the discounted main register basis, the standard main register price (against which the discount is calculated), the discount, and the resulting price you pay will all be set out in the offer made to you. The discount is given in consideration for your acceptance of the restrictions in this section.
Health testing
Before the dog can be used for breeding, the dog must pass health testing. The tests required, the timing, and the laboratory or veterinarian to be used are at our discretion. The standard tests are hip and elbow scoring. We will arrange and pay for the tests directly with the veterinarian or, where the test is performed at your local vet for convenience, we will reimburse you on receipt of the invoice. We will pay only for tests we have chosen to require.
All other costs of caring for the dog are yours
You are responsible for all costs of caring for the dog, including food, routine veterinary care, vaccinations, parasiticides, emergency veterinary care, and any other costs associated with the dog's welfare. Our financial responsibility under this section is limited to health testing we have chosen to require.
Breeding control
The dog must not be used for stud (in the case of a male) or be mated (in the case of a female) without our express written permission for each occurrence. Permission for one mating is not permission for any subsequent mating.
Joint ownership
Where we consider it appropriate, we will retain joint ownership of the dog with you. Joint ownership is registered with ANKC. Where we are joint owners:
- Day-to-day care and physical custody of the dog is with you.
- You are responsible for all costs of caring for the dog, as set out above.
- We are responsible only for the cost of health testing we have chosen to require.
- Major decisions about the dog (including breeding decisions, surgical interventions other than emergency, and end-of-life decisions where time permits) require the agreement of both owners.
- In a genuine emergency where one owner cannot be reached, the other owner may make decisions in the dog's best interests and will inform the other as soon as practicable.
- If one of us dies, our share of the joint ownership passes in accordance with our will or the rules of intestacy. The surviving co-owner has the right to be consulted on any subsequent transfer.
Desexing
The dog must not be desexed without our written permission. Permission will not be unreasonably withheld where there is a genuine veterinary reason for desexing.
End of the arrangement: completion of the breeding programme
When the dog's active role in our breeding programme is complete, we will release our interest in the dog and transfer our share of joint ownership to you, without further payment. The dog will then be wholly yours.
The decision that the breeding programme is complete is ours, made in good faith, and will normally be reached when the dog has produced the litters we wanted, or when the dog reaches an age at which further breeding is no longer appropriate, or when we decide for any other reason in good faith that we will not use the dog for further breeding. We will tell you as soon as we have reached this decision and will arrange the transfer of our share promptly.
End of the arrangement: early exit at the buyer's request
You may at any time ask to exit the arrangement and acquire full ownership of the dog. To exit, two things happen at the same time:
First, you pay us the balance of the discount you received on the purchase price. For example: if our standard main register price for your pup was $5,000 and you bought the dog for $2,500, the balance of the discount is $2,500. On payment of that amount, we will transfer our share of joint ownership to you and the dog will be wholly yours.
Second, where the dog is male, you grant us a one-time right to collect semen from the dog over a defined period, on the terms set out below. This right survives the transfer of ownership and is the consideration for our agreement to release our share of the dog at your request.
The semen collection right does not apply where the dog is female. For a female dog, the early exit operates as a clean buyout with no residual right retained by us.
Early exit requires our agreement, but we will agree where you have paid the balance of the discount, where there is no outstanding breach of this section, and where (for a male dog) you have confirmed in writing that you understand and accept the semen collection right. We will not unreasonably withhold or delay our agreement.
Semen collection right (male dogs only)
Where the dog is male and you have exercised the early exit, we have a one-time right to collect semen from the dog. The right operates as follows.
We will give you reasonable notice (not less than 28 days) of the start of the collection period. The collection period will be 15 business days. During that period, the reproductive specialist veterinarian we have engaged may collect from the dog on multiple occasions as the specialist considers appropriate.
The 15 business day period reflects the availability of reproductive specialists, who are a small profession with limited capacity, and the need to coordinate multiple collections during the dog's productive window. It is not an open-ended period.
We arrange and pay for everything to do with the collection, including the reproductive specialist's fees, transport of the dog to the collection facility (or of the specialist to the dog), and the storage of the collected semen. You bear no cost.
You are required to make the dog available for collection on the days requested by the specialist during the 15 business day period, and to cooperate reasonably with the logistics. We will work with you to arrange the collection in a way that is workable for both of us.
Once the 15 business day collection period has ended, we have no further right to collect semen from the dog. We will not return for additional collections at a later date.
The collected semen is our property. We may use it for our own breeding programme, sell it or transfer it to other breeders, and use it for breeding in future generations after the dog has died. You have no claim to the semen or to any income from its use.
Failure to make the dog available for collection during the 15 business day period without reasonable cause is a breach of this section and entitles us to liquidated damages of $5,000, in addition to any other remedies available to us.
Use of the dog for stud after early exit
If, after the early exit, you intend to use the dog for stud, the breeding partner restrictions in the standard main register section of these terms apply to you. You acquired, on early exit, what is in substance a standard main register position, and the breeding partner restrictions follow the breeding right. You should check our current exclusion list before arranging any mating. The liquidated damages of $5,000 per occurrence under the standard main register section apply to any breach.
Liquidated damages for breach of the discounted main register restrictions
If you breed from the dog without our permission, allow the dog to be used for stud or be mated without our permission, or have the dog desexed without our permission, you will pay us liquidated damages equal to the discount you received on the purchase price.
For example: if our standard main register price for your pup was $5,000 and you bought the dog for $2,500, the discount you received was $2,500. Liquidated damages on breach are $2,500.
This figure is a genuine pre-estimate of loss. The discount was given in consideration for the breeding control restrictions in this section. If you breach those restrictions, the consideration for the discount has failed and the discount is repayable.
Where the breach involves an unauthorised breeding, the liquidated damages of $15,000 per occurrence under the limited register section also apply, in addition to the discount-clawback under this section. The two sums are cumulative because they protect different interests: the $15,000 figure protects the integrity of our breeding programme; the discount-clawback recovers the consideration for the breeding control restriction.
Health
We health test the parents of every litter. The tests we perform include hip and elbow scoring. Where there is a recognised genetic test for a condition relevant to the breed, we use it. Where there is no test for a condition (such as some forms of epilepsy), we do not breed from any dog with a known history of the condition.
We cannot guarantee the hip or elbow scores of any individual pup. Hip and elbow dysplasia are multifactorial, and a substantial proportion of cases are caused by trauma to the joint before six months of age. The exercise and joint guidance in our puppy care guide is intended to minimise this risk.
If a pup we sell you is diagnosed before the age of two with a life-limiting condition of a congenital or genetic nature, we will offer either a replacement puppy when one is available, or a refund of the purchase price, whichever you prefer. We may ask for veterinary records and your consent for an independent veterinary opinion before confirming the diagnosis. In the event of euthanasia we may ask for consent to a necropsy. Where you elect a refund, we will pay it within 28 days of your election and provision of the supporting veterinary records. Where you elect a replacement puppy, the timing depends on the availability of a suitable pup from a current or future litter.
This commitment covers congenital and genetic conditions. It does not extend to injuries, accidents, or infections acquired after the pup leaves our care.
Dental issues
Where a vet check identifies an under or over-bite, we will not place the pup on the main register, and we will let you know before placement.
It is reasonably common in this breed (about 1 in 15 to 20 pups) to see "base narrow canines" (lingually displaced canines) at some point during the pup's development. This almost universally self-resolves in this breed, provided the bite is otherwise normal, without treatment. Chewing bones each day helps to ensure a good adult bite. We do not treat self-resolving dental issues of this kind as defects requiring compensation. More serious dental conditions are addressed under your rights at law and our health commitment above.
Use of photographs
You consent to us using photographs of the pup, including photographs you send us after the pup arrives home, for our website, social media, and other promotional purposes. If you would prefer we did not use photographs of your dog, please tell us in writing and we will not.
Privacy
We hold your contact details for the purposes of administering the sale, providing post-sale support, maintaining the registration record, and reuniting you with your dog if it is lost. We do not share your contact details with third parties except as required for those purposes (for example, with the air freight carrier or the registry).
Visits
You are welcome to visit the pups by appointment.
We post regular photo and video updates on our Facebook page.
Declining or lapsing an offer
If you do not wish to accept a puppy offer we would appreciate you letting us know so that another family can be offered a pup from the litter. We do not chase anyone for payments. If we have not heard from you, the puppy offer will be withdrawn.
Where an offer is declined, or lapses because we have not heard from you, before any deposit has been paid, nothing is payable by you and the change of mind clause does not apply.
Survival of obligations
The following clauses survive completion of the sale:
- Lifetime return-to-breeder
- No on-selling through public sales channels
- Limited register no-breeding obligation (where applicable)
- Standard main register breeding partner restrictions (where applicable)
- Discounted main register breeding control, joint ownership, and clawback provisions (where applicable)
- Semen collection right and post-exit breeding partner restrictions following early exit from a discounted main register sale (where applicable)
- Use of photographs
Governing law and jurisdiction
This agreement is governed by the laws of Tasmania, Australia. The courts of Hobart, Tasmania have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from or relating to this agreement, subject to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law and any equivalent consumer protection law in your jurisdiction that prevents the operation of an exclusive jurisdiction clause in a consumer contract.
International sales: addendum
This addendum applies in addition to the terms above where the pup is being exported from Australia. We sell internationally on a case-by-case basis and have placed dogs in a number of countries.
Sale basis
International sales are made only on the standard main register at the price set out in the offer made to you. We do not sell internationally on a limited register or on a discounted main register basis.
Registry transfer
On arrival in the destination country, the pedigree must be transferred to the FCI-recognised national kennel club in that country (or, where the destination country is not an FCI member, to the principal national kennel club recognised by ANKC for reciprocal pedigree purposes). You are responsible for arranging the transfer and for any associated costs.
Breeding partner restrictions
The breeding partner restrictions in the standard main register section apply to international sales. The list of excluded kennels includes Australian and international kennels and is updated as our knowledge of bloodline health develops in other countries. You should check the current list with us before arranging any mating, regardless of where the proposed breeding partner is located.
Import requirements
You are responsible for all import permits, quarantine arrangements, veterinary certification, blood titre testing, parasite treatments, and any other regulatory requirements of the destination country. We will provide the documentation we routinely supply (vaccination records, microchip registration, pedigree). Any additional veterinary testing or treatment required by the destination country is at your cost. We will work cooperatively with you and your veterinarian to provide what is needed, but the responsibility for knowing and meeting the destination country's requirements rests with you.
Transport
International transport is more complex than domestic transport and is arranged in your name through a specialist pet transport provider. The transport contract is between you and the provider. Costs are quoted at the time of sale and may change if the destination country's requirements change between offer and shipment.
Return-to-breeder for international sales
Our lifetime return-to-breeder commitment applies to international sales but its practical operation is different. We cannot bear the cost of returning a dog from overseas to Tasmania, and we cannot in many cases practically arrange the return ourselves. For international sales, the commitment is that we will work with you to find a suitable home for the dog, which in most cases will mean rehoming the dog locally in the destination country rather than returning the dog to us. You are responsible for the costs of any rehoming process, including transport and boarding. Where the dog is rehomed locally in the destination country, we will use our best endeavours to identify a suitable buyer or new home through breed contacts in that country, but we cannot guarantee a quick placement or a particular price.
Governing law
This agreement is governed by the laws of Tasmania, Australia. The courts of Hobart, Tasmania have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from or relating to this agreement. We acknowledge that you may also have rights under the consumer protection law of your home country which cannot be excluded by this clause.
Practical limits of enforcement
We are honest with you about the practical reach of this contract. Enforcing a Tasmanian court judgment in your home country is generally expensive and slow, and for most disputes the cost of enforcement would exceed the amount in dispute. The substantive obligations in these terms (in particular, the breeding partner restrictions, returning the dog to us rather than rehoming it independently, and not selling the dog through public sales channels) rest in practice on your good faith and on the standards of the breed community in your country, as well as on the formal contract. We sell internationally only to buyers we believe will honour the substantive obligations regardless of whether we could practically enforce them.