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Originally Posted by Tinker'sMommy  I was dreading the day this would become a reality and it has, Tinkerbell's babies are 8 weeks and 2 days now, and I now soon they must part from me, how to do it?? I had it in my heart that one of the babies would go to Albert's mom, the stud, luv4yorkies, but how do I let go of the other one, my hubby says I can only keep one of them and military housing only allows for 3 pets per living quartes  . How do I hand out one of my babies to a stranger?? OMG, I feel so stressed out about it . Today I spoked to Albert's mom and she finally decided on one of the puppies, I am happy I will most likely get to see him again, but what about the other one?? What to do???????????????????????? |
For me -- I let my intuition do a lot of my decision making -- during the lengthy phone interview I listen for tones in the voice and anything that makes me uncomfortable. If there is ANYTHING I don't feel right about it ends there.
I don't rely much upon personal references because all too often references are friends, family, etc, people who the prospective buyer KNOWS will give rave reviews. I mean who in the world would supply a reference who would say something negative. The only reference exception is a vet. A professional animal health care specialist would be less likely to sugar coat a report on a prospective puppy purchaser.
Then, as silly as this might sound, when a prospective new puppy parent comes into my home, I stand back and watch for a while -- their first reaction, the dogs first reaction, what do they do? Do they come into my home and sit on my floor and wait for the pups to come to them or do they chase after the little ones and try to scoop them up? Are the people clean and quiet? What kind of car do they drive? I look at their faces and watch their hands. Generally the first "personal inverview" lasts at least a couple of hours and when the right person comes along for the right puppy, I just "know" and trust that feeling. I try to work with those individuals.
I want people who are going to treat my dogs better than I do and I treat my dogs pretty darn good. Mor me, it isn't hard to watch them drive off when they are cradled in someone's arms andthe new puppy parent is crying tears of joy. I watch my new friends leave with their new family member and usually I shed a tear or too as well.