07/12/2018
Had to share.
Something to think about BEFORE you tell someone what their puppies are worth.
WE ARE BREEDERS...
We have food receipts for our dogs food bills.
We have more whelping supplies than we do medicine and first aid supplies.
We have vaccines in our fridge and our vet on speed dial.
We are breeders, who when bad weather strikes, save the dogs/puppies before taking cover ourselves. Our feet find the way to the puppy pens before we have even eaten breakfast in the morning and the puppy pens are our last stop before bed.
Personal plans revolve around delivering or hand feeding puppies. They are made around heat dates, whelp dates, puppies going to their new homes and vet dates.
We are breeders, who has been covered in more bodily fluids from our dogs on more occasions than we care to admit.
Most of the time our conversations with friends revolves around our dogs.
When we get exhausted and feel like we can't do another sleepless night hand feeding a puppy around the clock every 2 hours we remind ourselves religiously that the hand feeding is only temporary and the reward is coming.
We are breeders who sacrifices our own sanity and rest to wake up every hour to check on a dam in labor, or soon to be.
Many people wouldn't understand how it feels to have invested hours upon hours into a weak puppy to ultimately lose it and how it can feel the same as losing a loved one or the joy we feel when all the invested hours have paid off in one that lives.
We are breeders, who have bottle fed, syringe fed, doing whatever it takes feeding every 2 hours and it taking 45 minutes to do it for weeks at a time to ensure it's survival.
We have learned to be proficient at vaccinations, sub- q fluids, syringe feeding, temperature taking and formulated and perfected our own puppy formula.
Working out natural, well working, remedies to just about every puppy issue, like canned pumpkin for constipation or loose poop's.
Our Vet knows us by first name, and has witnessed us cry countless times.
It is us breeders who delivers all our pups, towels and heating pads on ready, happiness and sadness sometimes intermingled.
It is us who has breathed the first breath of life into a puppy who has refused to take that first breath. Even though it increases our work load, We look forward to the 14 day stage when eyes open, and puppies begin to emerge from the helplessness of newborns. Puppy breath, a first bark, and a heart of exploration. We are a conscientious lover of animals and I have found our niche.
We are breeders, and we are not cruel, dumb, uncaring or criminal. We take great responsibility for every life we bring into this world and ensure it goes to a wonderful, loving and perfect home. An extension of the same love and care they received with us.
We are not raking in money while sitting on our butts. Every penny we make we earn through blood, sweat, hard work and tears. Our greatest joy is a healthy puppy going to a wonderful home.
The cards of thanks, gifts from clients and the pictures of our puppies with their new families are the fringe benefits of our efforts.
We are animal lovers, nurses, midwives, heavy laborers, customer service representatives and marketers and PROUDLY WE ARE BREEDERS!
