R H.

I believe this could be a great platform for some, and that the breeders on it do adhere to great health and genetics breeding standards, but at the end of the day, we found many even more awesome breeders outside of the platform at a better price, even after including the $500 we put down in deposit for a mini Aussie on Good Dog (+ additional $40 to Good Dog). We did not like the experience with our breeder at all - they told us there was a waitlist, but for the second litter we were on the waitlist for, they repeatedly skipped us or let others skip the line before the 7 week selection timeline she had originally given us - the pups were at the time 2-3 weeks old and hard to even see what they look like in the pictures. Unfortunately Good Dog's policies is mostly there to protect the breeders, so we did not even try to get our deposit back since it states in black and white (the fine print most people don't read through in the excitement of applying up for a new pup) we would not. We also realized after putting the deposit down and our bad experience, most breeders outside of Good Dog don't even charge as much. The breeder on Good Dog was charging $1000-1500 higher for a pup, and $200-$300 more for deposits in the Seattle / Washington area. The breeder we found on Facebook used to be active on Good Dog (we checked that after finding them on our own), was super communicative and professional, and gave us a much better overall experience.