CHANDHARA Afghan Hounds
So you have decided that this is the breed for you
The next step is to find a find a breeder. Where do you look? How do you find one? The chances are good that there are no breeders in your home town, city - maybe not even in your state! Today, the best way to find a breeder is the way you found this site - via the internet. The search engines already have links to different sites which will, in turn, have links to different breeders' sites and to classified ad puppies for sale sites. You can also go to the AKC website and look for links to the breed parent club and regional breed clubs, as well as to AKC Marketplace.
Many people will turn to social media and try to find a puppy there and this is where you have to be really careful. If you are searching Facebook groups or pages for sites with the words Afghan Hound in their names, make sure that the group or page is an established one, with admins that have valid identities - yes, you read that right. Over the past year we have seen a number of sites come and go that have been started by people using false identities and using stolen photos to advertise puppies that they do not have. As soon as they are discovered and reported, Facebook will delete them, but they create a new group or page the next day. They often use the word "rehoming" in their name and title and handle the attempt to sell puppies via chat messages. Be warned - scammers are out there - do not get caught!
WARNING! Afghan Hound puppies are very hard to find in the US and Canada these days as the numbers registered each year are down to the numbers before WWII. There are people wanting a puppy or an older dog that are having difficulty in obtaining one, and scammers see an opportunity. They advertise dogs and puppies that do not exist, using photos that they take off the internet. They advertise on social media and can spend several days chatting with the potential victim to gain their trust. Be warned, make sure that the person you are talking to, or chatting with, is who they say they are, VERIFY everything, the AKC registered names of the dogs or parents of puppies, talk to them, don't text.