Hi,
I live in Southwest Missouri, and vet fees are generally pretty cheap. I can usually get a vet to come out on an emergency trip to my farm for a sick horse for under $200. And they drive and show up at your place, sometimes on a weekend for those prices, plus the actual treatment.
I can give shots for vaccinations, but I don't know about docking the tails. Does it hurt them when it is done young? I gave my pup his puppy vaccine and he whined and was a pretty big baby. I'm having a vet do it next time so that I don't have to put up with him looking at me like I'm mean. LOL. Plus I want to get him weighed with a good scale, it's his 12 week shot that is due. That is something I hadn't thought of on taking the little puppies to a vet clinic with sick dogs.
My college education is in horses, there wasn't anything available for dogs. So I have a good understanding of things like the estrous cycle and horse genetics, just not specifically for dogs.
I think that I could do a good job with raising the puppies. I read so many horror stories about puppy mills and people getting sick puppies, and I know that I could give them lots of love and care. I think what I would want to do would be to start small with a few females, and then if things go well maybe dabble in showing. |