Melsh Precious Pets

12/21/2025

And then there were 5 left from the 4 litters born in October & November as I post this Saturday night.
Chocolate/tan Piebald Wirehair Girl, Red Dapple Piebald Wirehair Boy, Red Dapple Smooth Girl, Chocolate/tan Wirehair Boy and ee red Piebald Smooth Boy. Melshpreciouspets.com

12/21/2025

Razzle/Winston's wirehair litter turned 8 weeks old today. They went to the vet yesterday. Not one flinch or complaint with shots or micro-chips yesterday. Just a super chill litter! Puppy #2 has found her family and they are calling her Annie. Her home will be in Sioux Falls South Dakota. The other 3 pups as I post this are still looking for their families. This litter will be staying with us till the beginning of January.

At weigh in yesterday:

Puppy #1 Girl 2 pounds 3 ozs
Annie- 1 pound 13 ozs
Puppy #3 Boy 2 pounds 14 ozs
Puppy #4 Boy 3 pounds 4 ozs

12/21/2025

Yesterday Ellie-May/Winston's singleton pup went to the vet. She turned 8 weeks old this past Wednesday. She is staying with us till she gets bigger. Then she will make Norwalk Iowa her home. She weighed 1 pound 10 ozs yesterday. She was not happy about her micro-chip or shot and let us know about it. This girl may be tiny but she is full of energy. This is Ellie-May's last pup so it is nice Ellie-May has extra time with her. Ellie-May is still nursing her but Miss Poppy eats puppy food really well. Miss Poppy will be with us till the beginning of January.

12/20/2025

It is so hard to believe this Ellie-May/Winston litter is five years old! Happy Birthday Abigail, Rambo, Brody, Finneas, and Kenobi. All 4 boys live in Iowa and Abigail lives in South Dakota. All these puppies are with excellent families and are truly living their best lives!!

12/19/2025

In October & November we had 4 litters , 14 pups total. It was unusual but I received back all 14 puppies Embark coat, color and health panels this past Monday, at the same time!. I finally posted pups to our website on Wednesday, 2 days ago. I have been doing my best to keep up on messages. I am keeping the website melshpreciouspets.com current as to which pups are still looking for families. At this point, Friday morning, we are down to 8.

12/18/2025

I just talked to a woman that a scammer was pretending to be me ( Tiffany Melsh ) the scammer sent her my puppy pictures. The scammer wanted her to pay with apple pay. Please, Please be careful. Do not ask sales questions on Facebook. Scammers are watching and then can message you. Please go to our website melshpreciouspets.com or email me [email protected]
You will always talk to me on the phone, come to my home or have a FaceTime with me.

If you see an available puppy you are interested in.....please let us know!

12/17/2025

12/17/2025

Ellie-May and her puppy have just finished playing and it is nap time. Look at Ellie-May's ear hair. Miss Poppy ( her family picked a name ) loves to attack Ellie's ears.....nothing a brushing can't fix...but goodness, Poppy. Ellie-May has always loved being a mommy. Poppy is tiny but she sure has the energy!

12/17/2025

Just a reminder Facebook does not allow animal sales. Facebook has hidden a bunch of comments from me....my guess....they were probably sales related questions. I can't respond to what I can not see. I like posting pictures of our adults and puppies. Any puppies looking for homes will be put on our website. I wait for their Embark Genetic testing to come back coat, color and health panels. Our puppies are not posted when they are very young. Usually they are 5-8 weeks old before they are posted. I did receive all of our puppies Embark back on Monday. Now to find the time to get them posted to the website. Hopefully today!!
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***I thought I had better add. Just because a pup is listed at 5 weeks old does not mean they are going home. The very earliest a puppy would go home is 8 weeks and not a day before that. If a pup needs more time here we keep them longer. We always let families know if the pup will need to stay with us longer. There are certain shots that we like pups to be a certain size before receiving the shot. Sometimes a pup is taking a little extra time to wean. So the very earliest a puppy leaves is 8 weeks.....but 8 weeks is not set in stone. It depends on the mama dog and the individual puppy.

12/17/2025

Lucy & Winston's puppies turned 5 weeks old this past Sunday. They are the youngest litter here. I received back this litters Embark Genetic testing color, coat and health panels yesterday. Puppy #6 of this litter is spoken for. One of our past puppy families has a little girl Bean from Razzle & Winston. Bean needed a sister. We are waiting to find out which name they have picked for puppy #6.
I had hoped to get puppies posted to our website....well....I ran out of day. I really think clocks run faster as I have got older....lol

Lucy's puppies at weigh in today:
Puppy #1 - 1 pound 4 ozs
Puppy #2- 1 pound 7 ozs
Puppy #3 - 1 pound 5 ozs
Puppy #4 - 1 pound 9 ozs
Puppy #5 - 1 pound 9 ozs
Puppy #6 - 1 pound 2 ozs

12/16/2025

Cookie & Bella had vet appointments today. Cookie was our only girl that we had planned a December litter. X-ray today showed no puppies. This would have been Cookie's second litter. No litters for December! We did have 2 October litters. Ellie-May 's singleton puppy born Oct 22nd. Razzle's 4 pups born Oct 25th. 2 November litters. Dolly's 3 pups born Nov 3rd and Lucy has 6 surviving pups out of 7 born November 9th.
Bella is just starting a heat cycle so she joined Cookie at the vet today.

12/16/2025

Recently someone posted that i was a horrible breeder / person, because I don't retire mom dogs even when their life is at risk. I realize with social media....it invites ...all kinds.

My fur babies are just that....my fur babies. They stay with us for life. Breeding is a small part of their life. They are not just "used" for Breeding.

Breeding decisions are made with the input of our veterinarian's. Each mom is different. If there is a problem....our veterinarian's look at ...what was the cause of the problem? Is this likely to occur again? Is the mother dog at risk? Are future puppies at risk? Breeding decisions are not always made immediately after a hard situation has occurred. Sometimes the hard situation meant immediate spay. Even in a difficult situation immediate spay may not be in the mother dogs best interest. Each situation is unique. It is not a one size fits all. If after consulting our veterinarian a mom is allowed to have another litter ....our veterinarian and ourselves are confident that she is not at risk of harm because of the previous situation.

Do I have to post the "real" events of breeding ...I don't. In a small way I like to educate. Breeding is not all cute puppies, and no negatives. I share the good and the bad. I also share what helped in a situation. Maybe, just maybe a new breeder may pick up a lifesaving bit of information.

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Tiffany Melsh
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