Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!! No, I don't have a furbaby quite yet.
. I think I may wait a month or two till the weather up here gets a bit warmer....
I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with an AKC when I do though. Although, we recently had a HUGE puppy mill operation closed down in the area (thank God) here in washington state. They found hundreds of puppies in deplorable conditions. Most of the females, a good 80% are pregnant and due soon so the shelters here will be overwhelmed with pups
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I'm torn between getting one of those pups or not. A big part of me wants to but my last dog was a rescue from a mill and he had tons of medical problems. We were always at the vet it seemed like. I would've spent any amount on him because I loved him- so don't get me wrong, it's just that it was a heartache and he suffered a lot.
So although I'm torn at this point,
I'm not in a huge hurry. I love that puppy stage and although it's a ton of work it's so worth it to be a part of.
I'm still researching Kennels. There don't seem to be a lot in this area but maybe because I'm just starting to look.
Anyway, thanks again everyone for the warm welcome, love this forum there's so much on here!!!
take care
