Here's my take on gaurantee's:

Gaurantees from breeders are like anything else, how good they are is totally dependent of how responsible the breeder is and/or how the puppy contract is written. There are a couple breeders around here in my breed that have a 5 year gaurantee!! Imagine that, for 5 years, no worries. WRONG! I've seen the contracts from both of those breeders and it would be all but impossible to comply with the terms of the contract and qualify for the gaurantee. Those breeders know that and count on it.

Or youbuy fromthe BYB that decided to breed their Fluffy with Spike down the streetand make a few bucks. Maybe it's the only litter they will ever have or they only breed once every few years. Even if you wanted a replacement puppy, how would you get one?

The best thing you can hope for if you buy a puppy from a less-than-responsible breeder is that the state the breederare in has some sort of puppy lemon law. Not that those types of laws are the ultimate solution, but at least it's something.

So my position is and always has been: shop the breeders, not price. And when I say shop the breeders, I mean see that they are doing the health testing on both the dam and sire and can prove it with the original documents; tougher to alter an original document.