International inquiries
Important information about the sale of dogs/puppies to countries outside of the United States Of America.
Due to heightened security in the USA, most larger air carriers require that international shipments of live animals go through their designated Animal Shipping Agents- these are private individuals or businesses who are TSA licensed indirect air carriers. The services of these animal shipping agents are very expensive and the use of them generally doubles the price of what the airlines actually charge for the freight charge. The amount of money that a buyer outside of the USA can expect to pay for the shipping alone (does not include the shipping crate or health papers for export) will be anywhere from $1000 for a young puppy to up to $2500 for an adult dog. In the case where there is an airline found that will accept a dog from a private person, the costs are about 1/2- but I have been told that all airlines will eventually require the use of these animal shipping agents.
Due to the difficulties that we have encountered, as well as incidents reported to us by some of our fellow Siberian Husky breeders, we regret that we will no longer be able to allow our dogs to be sent to certain areas of the world. The reasons being that in certain countries, there seems to be an overly high percentage of reported patterns of behavior which include:
Written sales contracts and conditions contained in them are not honored
Problems of individuals who are acting as agents for unknown buyers but swear to the breeder that they are purchasing the dog strictly for themselves.
Imported dogs from the USA are often resold multiple times throughout the dog's lifetime and sometimes even to a buyer in a different country yet again.
Many dogs simply "disappear" and can never be found again.
Many buyers suddenly "disappear" and never can be found again.
Buyers often do not stay in contact with the breeder (not even to report serious genetic health issues!) even though they swear that they will.
Dogs who are not instant winners, develop serious faults, or who simply may not have turned out to be show quality often are sold to another "lesser" breeder (or puppymill) to use in their breeding operation instead placing the dog in a loving pet home where he/she will not be reproducing.
Registration papers are falsified and switched- dogs are sold and bred under another dog's registration papers.
Dogs sold as show dogs seem to rarely- if ever- enter into a dog show even though the buyer gave their word that the dog would be heavily campaigned.
Our export policies as of July 2007.
Any dogs/puppies that are sold internationally from this kennel will be microchipped and DNA profiled prior to leaving this country so that they will forever be linked to their AKC registration papers and microchip to prevent paper-switching fraud. Honest and ethical buyers will appreciate this added measure of integrity and dishonest buyers who routinely falsify registration papers will know that now there is an absolute way to prove their dishonest practices if they are caught (at least with a Ziemabora dog or papers that do not match the dog they are applied to)!
Know what you are getting into as far as expenses involved in importing a dog or puppy before agreeing to the sale. If we are holding a dog or puppy for you that you agreed to purchase and then you decide that you do not want to complete the sale because the transport costs or required screening tests are too high, do not expect us to refund your money to you.
No dogs/puppies will be reserved without a deposit- no exceptions. The remaining balance is to be paid by a specified date, along with the expenses, before the dog/puppy leaves the USA. Failure to pay the balance by the date agreed upon will result in the dog being put back up for sale and no money will be refunded.
If you live in a country that requires us to do carefully timed screening tests and require us to keep the dog under our care for an extended period of time (3-10 months) and go to great lengths to meet the import/quarantine requirements for your country, we are willing to go the extra mile to do this but please know the price of the dog is going to reflect this because of the extra work and expense it causes us to upkeep the dog and the liability we have to assume while the dog remains in our care.
Any guarantee becomes voided if the dog purchased from us has been used for breeding. (As a long-time breeder once told me- 'if it was good enough to breed it, don't tell me now that I have to replace it as obviously you thought highly enough of it to put it in your breeding program!')
We do apologize if any of this sounds harsh, but as any breeder who has been dealing with international sales can tell you, it is not only a lot of extra work to arrange everything; there is also lot at stake when sending one of your own out of the country and a lot of trust is being placed in the buyer. We have had our fair share of very big disappointments in people who we thought we could trust and found out later that we were lied to and utterly deceived. Due to several bad experiences lately, we have come very close to making it our policy to never sell to anyone outside of the USA. While we will continue to consider each potential buyer on a case by case basis, we reserve the right to refuse to sell a dog to anyone for any reason. The well-being of our dogs and our concern for their quality of life is always our first priority.