Nicki, wanted to share these....
101_0263gracie1.jpg this is our gracie.. our own baby
104_0478may1908.jpg this is our singleton 5 weeks old
gracie love dress.jpg another of gracie..
gracie had to be tube fed.. then could not walk.. we had a brace made for her and within a week was walking.. we kept her and had her spayed..
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Originally Posted by Nikis2  When I first got into breeding many moons ago. There were only a few really good breeders in an area. But it was more a hobby and a love of doing it. I had people waiting 8 months for a new baby. They were sold or shall I say had contracts on them all the first few weeks of life. I also never had a room packed to the floor to ceiling with poor innocent animals either nor had I heard of such a thing. Now that is all you hear about. I think the reputable breeders started to raise their prices to set there babies apart from the mass produced puppies. We spend a lot of time loving and feeding and socializing our babies. Now we have to compete with someone charging $500.00 for a puppy and a few years down the road we will get a call from someone crying about how sick their dog is that they bought. Its hard times but its very sad when you pick up a newspaper and there are more dogs for sale than jobs in the classifieds |