TO BREED OR NOT TO BREED

Well I finally answered the question and decided this season the answer is ...................no sorry Sadie you will have to wait for your puppy a bit longer. The picture shows me with one of my pups. Anyone who breeds dogs will tell you when you do it right and follow all the golden rules to make sure mum and pups are perfect it is hard work as the picture shows lol. No it is not a picture of me after a night out I wish. But for the end result(one of those results is sitting in my lap) it is definitely worth every sleepless night.

I took some time and thought long and hard about my girl and everything that is going on at the moment and decided she is not ready so we will wait. When breeding puppies you have too make sure your bitch is physically and emotionally mature enough to cope with pups. Not too mention the knowledge and support you need to accumulate to do it successfully. By success I mean an uneventful pregnancy and successful birth and big healthy pups that is how I measure success when breeding not by how much money you make. Unfortunately too many people put the money before the well fare of their of their dogs and the pups they sell.

Cruel breeding is not restricted to puppy farms it goes on everywhere it is very likely that it is happening within a mile of where you live. People just looking to make money with no thought to the dog. Cruel breeding is not just restricted to non pedigree dogs it happens all to frequently within the pedigree world as well. The kennel club has rules but we all know how people love to break rules.

Peoples pursuit of money causes so much suffering to animals and people bitches that are over breed suffer physically, pups are born deformed if they are lucky to escape deformity some end up so ill from the negligent care of the breeders that they spend most of their early months back and forth to the vets , new owners suffer they take home what they think is their new bundle of joy bouncing with health only to be racing to the vets hours later. I remember one family who called me late at night they were desperate they had only had their puppy home hours and in that time he had fallen ill. They had not even had time to register with a vet and they did not know which way to turn from the symptoms they described there was nothing I could do to help the puppy needed a vet quick. I at the time was lucky enough to have a vet that did not use an out of hours service ( very rarely heard of these days which is a shame) he was the out of hours service and I managed to get them in touch with him immediately. The family later contacted me to say thank you. The puppy on arriving at the vet had very quickly been diagnosed with parvovirus which is nearly almost always fatal in puppies. Though I am happy to report in this case the little guy made it however he spent over a month at the vets and for days it was touch and go the whole family suffered and the vet bill was in the thousands.

Anyone who has made the decision to get a puppy please please please take every precaution to ensure you are not paying for the suffering of animals and that you yourself are not going to suffer. Ask advise get help . Over the years I have advised hundreds of people on what breed to pick, how to find the right breeder, I have even gone with the would be owners to help pick the puppy itself. For all new would be owners out there seek advise there is alot of it out there and good luck with the sleepless nights.