SMOKIN HEMI
12-23-2007, 03:36 PM
Commit Yourself to the Puppies for Life
Responsible breeders know that their responsibility doesn't end when their puppies leave with new owners. They make sure their puppies' new families know they can turn to them with any questions or problems that arise throughout the puppies' lives.
As a breeder, you will be gratified by phone calls and letters describing your puppies' first teeth, birthday parties, and other milestones. You'll be thrilled to receive photos of a puppy's first show win, or portraits with the puppy right in the middle of a happy family. But you will also have to be ready for bad news: a perfect family splitting up and leaving the dog homeless; a vet contacting you about an unforeseen hereditary illness; a dog you thought would be a great obedience prospect biting a young child.
As a breeder, you have to be there with advice and support for all of these situations. You must answer questions, provide resources, and assist with any problem. You must be willing to take back any dog you have bred, at any point in its life, for any reason. You must have a commitment to the puppies you brought into the world for the whole of their lives.
Responsible breeders never turn their backs on the dogs they have bred. Ensuring each puppy's quality of life is their main concern, from the moment they decide to breed to the day the puppy dies - ideally of old age, after a long, happy, fulfilling life.
Last one i swear. I thought i would point the one thing out i have not seen here yet. When you help make something though it may leave its still your place to look in on it time to time. I got these from a book the oldest kennel Club AKC put out called Responsible Breeder. AKC is not talking of just AKC dogs in here but all dogs. I thought this last bit of it was the most importing thing That no one has touched yet.
Responsible breeders know that their responsibility doesn't end when their puppies leave with new owners. They make sure their puppies' new families know they can turn to them with any questions or problems that arise throughout the puppies' lives.
As a breeder, you will be gratified by phone calls and letters describing your puppies' first teeth, birthday parties, and other milestones. You'll be thrilled to receive photos of a puppy's first show win, or portraits with the puppy right in the middle of a happy family. But you will also have to be ready for bad news: a perfect family splitting up and leaving the dog homeless; a vet contacting you about an unforeseen hereditary illness; a dog you thought would be a great obedience prospect biting a young child.
As a breeder, you have to be there with advice and support for all of these situations. You must answer questions, provide resources, and assist with any problem. You must be willing to take back any dog you have bred, at any point in its life, for any reason. You must have a commitment to the puppies you brought into the world for the whole of their lives.
Responsible breeders never turn their backs on the dogs they have bred. Ensuring each puppy's quality of life is their main concern, from the moment they decide to breed to the day the puppy dies - ideally of old age, after a long, happy, fulfilling life.
Last one i swear. I thought i would point the one thing out i have not seen here yet. When you help make something though it may leave its still your place to look in on it time to time. I got these from a book the oldest kennel Club AKC put out called Responsible Breeder. AKC is not talking of just AKC dogs in here but all dogs. I thought this last bit of it was the most importing thing That no one has touched yet.