You also don't want to buy a dog from a small -
time breeder just trying to make some cash.
Not exact matches
It
just so happened that by the
time I started querying literary agents with The
Breeders in 2011, self - publishing was starting to become acceptable — not quite shot in the foot it used to be.
Correcting that,
just like achieving it, takes some
time — and that's if there's consensus among the
breeders and all those smug kennel club types who have trouble ever admitting they were wrong.
This
time - frame is critical so that the
breeder can decide which to keep for the future or which ones to place in
just the right home.
These are
breeders who are totally in it
just for the money and do not take the
time or care to breed good dogs.
Automatic fail: If you're connecting with a
breeder who doesn't seem to have a good answer about why they're breeding so often, and you can tell that they're
just using the same few dogs over and over again, thank them for their
time and walk away.
Once in a blue moon, you may find a credible
breeder who uses a site like this to sell puppies they haven't been able to place (due to poor
timing, lack of personal website, etc.), but do you really want to sift through 999 ads
just to find the ONE that might be legitimate?
Good
breeders may not show all the
time, but they're still concerned with improving the breed and that's what they're breeding for, not
just to sell kittens.
If your heart is set on a less accessible breed, like the Cavalier, you must be prepared for more difficulty in finding
just the right puppy from a responsible
breeder at exactly the
time it is wanted.
The other pups in the litter, depending upon their treatment by the
breeder, should adjust to their Mama's absence
just so long as they've been with her for a long enough
time to be cared for and socialized by her.
If you take the
time to go into the real world and talk to actual
breeders, hobby and commercial scale alike, then you will find, as I have, that they are
just like small - and large - scale rescuers and shelters.
I've been a dog owner and part
time breeder for over 30 years (no puppy mills
just a litter if I have a very special female, then
just one litter).
I think part of the problem regarding people getting dogs from less than reputable sources (Kijiji, backyard
breeders, etc and so forth) is that a lot of
times people aren't aware of
just how many rescue dogs are available.
A lot of
breeders claim that Chihuahuas are difficult to housetrain, but, as you point out, if you spend a little
time with them they are
just fine.
The volunteer who was instrumental in recovering the dogs from the Midlands
breeder was the real hero in this story, convincing the backyard
breeder to surrender the pets to us so they could be saved -
just in
time.
This owner had paid a ton of money to a
breeder for two German shepherd puppies only to discover in a short period that the family, which included two very young children,
just didn't have the
time to devote to a pair of busy, bouncy and increasingly larger young dogs that needed training, focus and attention.
Now that you have gotten past the starting point, which is making your decision to get and train a puppy, (and by the way congratulations) and you have purchased everything the
breeder told you that you needed, i.e.: what kind of food, leash, collar, I.D. tag, etc., its
time to get past those few basics and make sure you have taken care of every thing else the new puppy will need
just before you take it home... read more
The backyard
breeders is like that one
time your friend had that really cute dog and
just HAD to breed it or make money off it.
I doubt that the American Kennel Club, the Cat Fanciers Association, and all the cat and dog
breeders in this country could raise $ 100 million dollars in
just a few months
time!
I didn't think anything major would happen (I spent so much
time and energy researching a super reputable
breeder in hopes that his health would be «Top Notch» as well as paying a hefty penny for his fuzzy butt), but *
just in case * I wanted to be covered.
From removing loose rear dew claws on day 1, keeping their pen as clean as possible, introducing the «misty method» of paper training as soon as pups eyes are opened at 10 - 14 days, using «imprinting» daily on pups from day 3 of life, temperament tests at 5 and 7 weeks of age and being sure the pups are well socialized to deworming, vaccinating and taking an obscene amount of pictures and videos... there is a big difference between someone who is willing to put the
time and effort into doing everything possible to excel at being a
breeder and someone who is
just trying to manage until the day the pups are picked up.
Getting your new puppy home: Flying vs. Driving Now after all the research, decisions and waiting your
breeder finally calls to say your puppy has been born and in
just a couple of months it will be
time for you to pick him or her up.
A
breeder with
just one or two litters a year will have the
time to give them the care and handling they need, and to find them good homes.
Sometimes, Cockapoos may get taken away from
breeders who get into hot water for animal abuse, or a family might have purchased a Cockapoo, and
just no longer has
time to take care of it.
Breeders hell - bent to make it in the show world continue to inbreed their dogs and consumers continue to buy their cast - offs, completely ignoring the fact that 25 percent of the
time they are buying a heath care liability — one that may cost them many thousands of pounds in veterinary care in a
just a few year's
time.