Most breeders mean to follow up with placements but never get around to it. The result is no early warning when a placement is struggling, no record of how puppies turned out long-term, and no testimonials to show future buyers what your program produces.

The Post-Placement Check-In is the form you send at 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year after pickup. Same form each time, sent by email, takes the buyer five minutes. It serves three purposes at once: confirms the placement is going well, surfaces concerns early enough to help, and captures the photos and short testimonials that become program credibility for the next round of buyers.

What the document does

It walks the buyer through eight sections covering how things are going overall, the puppy's health and vet care, behavior and training progress, daily life, and any questions for you. The final sections invite testimonials and photos with explicit consent options, including how the buyer wants their name attributed (first name only, full name, or anonymous).

The form is designed to feel warm rather than bureaucratic. Buyers are more likely to respond to a 5-minute form than a 20-minute one, and the questions are framed as a check-in from someone who cares, not an audit.

What is included

• 8 sections covering check-in metadata, how things are going, health and care, behavior and training, daily life, support and questions, photos and sharing, and an open "anything else" space
• Quick-tick "overall placement going" scale (going great to struggling more than expected) so you can flag struggling placements at a glance
• Specific health and vet care fields including current weight, last vet visit, and vaccination status
• Testimonial capture section with consent options for photo sharing, public sharing, and name attribution
• Open question about what the breeder could have told them before pickup that would have helped, which doubles as feedback for improving your handoff process

Format and how it works

Includes a Word version for digital editing and a PDF version for printing. Most breeders email the Word version as an attachment with a short personal note and let the buyer type their answers in. Use the same form at 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year so you can see how a placement is evolving across the first year. Save each completed check-in by buyer name so the history is right there next time you reach out.

Why this version is different

Most post-placement forms are afterthoughts. This one is built to do three jobs at once: confirm placement health, catch problems early, and gather the marketing material your program needs without ever asking for it directly. The consent-based testimonial capture is what most breeders are missing. They have happy buyers and no documented testimonials, because they never asked at the right moment with the right framing.

Who this is for

For breeders who want a real follow-up system instead of vague intentions to "check in someday." Especially valuable for breeders building a program reputation who need a steady source of authentic testimonials and photos. Pairs with the rest of the Buyer Pipeline documents and with any breeder website that shows past placements.

Buy this document on its own, or pair it with the rest of the Operations Kit using the bundle discounts.