Patricia D.
New Breeder needed an Online Home
As a new breeder without a real mentor, I needed to learn how to market our puppies to loving and appropriate homes. I had no previous experience building a website and didn’t even know where to go for help. On the other hand, I had spent the past 6 years educating myself, acquiring and completely health-testing my two Boykin Spaniels. At the same time, I was watching Gooddog take off and evolve into a platform that I thought could really help fill my needs. I made the decision to set up my program within Gooddog. It was easy for me to enter everything and, if I did have a question, I could email the breeder team and always got a quick and effective response. I activated my applications right after our breedings and before confirmation of pregnancies. I immediately began to get applications for my puppies. One thing that I would advise to prospective breeders with Gooddog is to design your application questions so that potential customers know EXACTLY your expectations of owners. I believe that helped me to really winnow down to the people who are good prospects to provide excellent home for my individual breed. I was amazed to see the quality of families who made it all the way through my application questions and STILL applied for a puppy. I have 13 puppies right now, and each puppy had a deposit through Gooddog right after the confirmation of pregnancy ultrasound. I could not be more pleased. I even asked prospective owners that I actually knew to apply through Gooddog because it kept my record keeping easy. I also believe that the placement of deposits through Gooddog was an excellent, safe option for both the buyer and breeder. I will continue to use that feature. And THEN- the icing on the cake was to be given free access to the Avidog program for breeders. What a bonus! I have devoured the information there and downloaded forms and tables. I enjoy every feature of Gooddog, including the talks by experts like Dr Hutch. In summary, Gooddog was an excellent decision for me.




