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04/01/2026

03/27/2026

Garlic for dogs 🧄…let’s clear this up 👇

Garlic often gets labeled “toxic” because it’s related to onions, but here’s the nuance: garlic contains about 1/15th the amount of the compound linked to toxicity and is actually recognized as a safe ingredient in commercial pet foods (AAFCO).

In small, appropriate amounts, garlic provides allicin, which may support:
❤️ Heart health
🛡️ Immune function
🦠 Antimicrobial support

The studies often cited to claim harm? They used extreme doses…the equivalent of feeding a 70 lb dog ~245 cloves of garlic in one week (yes, really). Even then, no dogs showed outward symptoms, just minor microscopic changes in some red blood cells.

The amounts in this graphic fall well within safe daily feeding guidelines 👍

🐈 For added context: the National Research Council has even set a historical safe intake for cats at 17 mg/kg of body weight, further highlighting that dose matters.

Bottom line:
Garlic isn’t the villain - it’s the amount that matters.

📌 Save this for reference & always stick to proper serving sizes 🐶🐱

12/19/2025

This is a friendly reminder to everyone who has a dog from us.

Our contract clearly states that our dogs may not be given away, sold, or rehomed without our permission, and may never be surrendered to a shelter/rescue. We will always be happy to take back a dog for any reason at any given time. If we have to, we will pay for delivery and transport to get the dog back.

This includes getting a dog from us just to re-sell. This includes abandoning or dumping a dog. This includes giving a dog away for free. This includes giving a dog to a friend or family member without our permission. This includes surrendering your dog to a shelter or rescue.

Any of these things are a breach of our contract. And would be a breach of contract for most breeders. If you need a new home for your dog, we can help you find it. If you don’t want your dog anymore, we will take them back. But it must always go through us.

Thank you to everyone for your understanding ❤️. Communication and honest is key. I appreciate the homes that have been transparent. No matter the circumstances, we will be as understanding as we can. At the end of the day it’s what is most important to the dog.

Copied from another breeder and edited.

12/02/2025

11/18/2025

Cattleya & Elvis fur beans 🥹🎄🧡

11/15/2025

On my way to my new family 🥹💙

11/15/2025

My son LJ with his puppy “Urma” named after Thurman ❤️.

10/27/2025

*Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

New peer-reviewed study published in Nature:

How a dog’s lifetime exposure to his own hormones (before being neutered) affects how well he handles aging and frailty later in life.

Study Background

• Frailty = when older dogs (and people) become weaker, less resilient, and more prone to illness and death.
• Most research looks at how to prevent frailty — this study looked at what makes some dogs bounce back better after frailty sets in.
• The focus was on the HPG axis — the hormonal system that produces testosterone and controls reproduction.

Key Findings

• Dogs neutered very young (before 2 years old) had:

o A much higher risk of death once they became frail.
o About 16% higher mortality for every small increase in frailty.

• Dogs kept intact longer (more than ~10 years) showed:
o No increase in mortality linked to frailty.
o Their hormones seemed to “buffer” the negative effects of aging.

• Each extra year of natural hormone exposure reduced frailty-related death risk by ~1%.

What It Means

• Hormones from the te**es may protect against the worst effects of aging later in life.
• Removing them too early could make dogs less resilient to age-related decline.
• Frailty isn’t just about getting old — it’s also shaped by early-life events like the timing of neutering.
• This supports a “life course” view: what happens early in life affects health decades later.

Why It Matters

• The study suggests timing of neutering might influence how well dogs age.

09/27/2025

Fall has arrived 🤩🍁🍂🎃

09/09/2025

Friendly reminder 🙂!
I am going through the waiting list. If you are waiting for a puppy we are reaching out in order of the waitlist. please check your emails!
If we do not receive a response in 24-48hours you will be removed.
Applications and updating my waitlist is a priority at this time. Please be patient with puppy inquires.
Thank you kindly,
Amélie and the Dachshunds 💕🐶🐾