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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Yeah! Lorraine,
You and so many breeder/exhibitors go the extra mile for your dogs. As I tell my new families when you obtain a dog from a reputable breeder, you aren't only buying a dog you are buying a relationship and mentor. Available to you 7x24.
Through unforseen circumstances I had to move from Texas to California. My families continue to either contact me by phone, e-mail or Instant Messenger...weekly, daily. Not only to keep me updated or ask advice, but to chit chat. |
Yep and get pictures and they ask questions about problems, if i don't know I find out. I have moved around but still am relatively local. I do grooming trips to South Vancouver Island every couple of months for about 3 or 4 days to groom my dogs that are over there that they bought from me when I lived there. Some I sold to people there after I moved here because I knew I went there anyway. They had to come here to meet me and be interviewed or connect with me when I was on the Island before I agreed to a sale.
For those that bought dogs from me and then they had to relocate, I found vets and groomers local to them through my breeders lists as there is usually someone on the list living in the area.
In 2005 with the impending sale of our family home where I was living while looking after my Dad after my mother died and he died in 2004 followed closely by the untimely death of my brother, I got a call in early May 2005 from the husband of an owner of one of my dogs at that time 14 years old. His wife died and he couldn't manage Mitzie, he asked if I would take her back otherwise he would have to put her down. I couldn't go to the Island where she was as my Solo Mio was due to have puppies so I phoned a friend over there who collected her and had her flown home less than an hour flight. The little airline clerk knew my friend and considered it a mercy flight and charged less than half the fee and Mitzie was handled like a Queen to come home.
I let her settle for a couple of days took her to the Vet, teeth badly needed doing, her blood test wasn't the best but it had to be done. Almost $600 later with the tests, teethremoval, support during surgery, she came through it great. She lived a good life for 4 months and died of kidney failure. I had a private cremation and brought the ashes home.
I had sold her at 3 years old as she couldn't carry puppies for $300 already spayed. To determine the problem with carrying puppies, I was pretty green at the time and the Vet talked me into progesterone shots for her to hold the litter as she was reabsorbing them. I agreed to try it, she conceived, ended up with a C section, two pups born dead. I had her spayed. Tests, C section spay at that time would have added up to about 7 or 800 dollars.
I made how much?