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Originally Posted by Lorraine  You have gone through a heartbreak and I do understand your side but also the side of the emailer that took a whack at you.
I know you had intended to just have a nice litter of puppies once for whatever reason and from your intentions you were not in it to make some money.
In the process, you also have learned that breeding of any kind even just once is a huge responsibility. It is also evident which I have been trying to get across on this forum, mixes do not have hybrid vigour, they can have the same genetic and congenital faults of any purebred. The risk can sometimes even be higher if there has been no testing on the parents or dogs in either parents lines.
Going through the heartbreak and anguish that you have gone through to discover LS in your boy Duke and problems in the puppies I know has been unbelievably hard.
There isn't a long time breeder around that hasn't gone through heartbreaks, anguish, disappointments, wanting to hang up the whelping box and say forget this, I am not doing it.
You had the bad luck in your very first litter of things happening. I am so glad you posted what happened as it does give a good reason for others considering that 'just one litter'.
Good luck with your dogs and pups that you have that it will turn out okay for them. |
I meant to say your experience gives a good reason for others not to do a breeding that is considering 'just one litter'.