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Originally Posted by kerrylatrece  Thank you for a reasonable an un-hysterical response.
She only peed in my bed the first night. See I am not a cruel person. I did not put her in a crate in a strage home her first night. When I took her to the vet the next day, I informed her that Birdie had wet where she lay and asked if she could have a UTI or incontinence from having the first litter. She didn't feel that she did. She had no abdominal tenderness and no fever.
Birdie would not respond to Petey for several days. He had his nose up her butt continuously. I went out and bought a baby play pen to separate them, but about the time I got it home the problem had rectified itself. She came in from outside one day and pursued him for once and they got along famously ever after. At first I thought I had made a big mistake because my primary purpose for getting her, contrary to others assumptions, was as a playmate for Petey.
Petey is obviously blue. He has a strong blue gene. My vet feels that he is very healthy and that I shouldn't worry about him having blue born syndrome.
I know that he is not breed standard. I had read on here that some breeders will breed a blue dog into their line to strengthen the blue. Sometimes the line fails to turn blue in adulthood. I noticed that Birdie had not turned. She is over a pound heavier than Petey, and had no problems with her first litter.
I would love to keep Birdie. If she could stop some of the submissive behaviors she would fit in here a lot better. She loves me. But she is so frantic in her approach. She is quite different than Petey and any dog I have raised. She has some bad habits. I do try to work with her. She is a poo eater. She found where the outside cats go. I took her to the vet because she kept throwing up. I finally figured it out. But I don't know what to do about it. We live in the country and I am not up to training ferral cats. I had to quit letting her sleep with me because she was throwing up poo on my bed when I was asleep.
I am not the martyr that some of these dog lovers are. But I don't think I should be vilified because I am not crazy about this dog. Someone wants to call the authorities on me because I am abusive??? What abuse are they referring to. That is really close to liable.
I get in the protective/rescue mode too. My son begged me not to buy Petey because he was funny looking. But he needed me. I am a good mom. He was not in a good enviroment. Everyone thought he was ugly not special with his blue eyes and thin coat. But I love his thin coat. It is so easy to take care of and he looks so rock & roll.
I may not breed Birdie. But I will not be bullied. My movtive to have puppies is not to make money. I never said anything about making money on them. I wanted pups for the same reason people want children. For the lineage. That is why my sisters wanted one of Petey's pups. They want a little bit of him. I know that breeding pure breds is not a walk in the park. But some of you take it a little too seriously. It is a natural function. Dogs will procreate without human intervention given the chance. Some die. It is natural selection. The comforting thing for me is that dogs are pure spirit. They have no sin. So if they do die, sad as it may be, they are protected by their creator.
I did not come here to inflame dog lovers. Far from it. I came here to get help with behavioral problems so that maybe I wont have to find Birdie another home. I would prefer she live harmoniously with us weather or not she bears Petey pups or not. I should probalby not have mentioned that I may have to find her another home. I think I said that to show my frustration with the behavior.
I can wipe up pee till doomsday. But it angers my husband and son and they gripe at me about it. I have had to go out of town quite a bit lately. My mother has Alzheimer's and has had a crisis period. I had to have my neighbor come take care of Birdie while I was gone. I couldn't take her into a different enviroment around people she didn't know and would be stressed. I hate to keep imposing on my neighbors. But I don't want to have her boarding for the same reasons. There is more than one issue here and it not all selfish and selfserving.
Thanks for the tips on how to approach her. I am gentle with her and am sometimes surprised that she piddled when I told her 'let's go outside' and she cowers and rolls over. I am not mean to her. She is an innocent dog and I want to take care of her. |
This post sounds a bit better and explains a bit more of where you are coming from..I hate being nit picked by my bf or kid too it makes me cranky also.
Please take what you can get fro this.....When I first came here I had the same ideas as you do about breeding. I figure the dogs will do all the work and everything is golden.....I am TOTALLY bonded with My Bella Mia Momma and so is my family. She is a great mommy but she was totally stress free and lived a very pampered pregnancy by all in our house. Honestly my Bella Mia had a text book pregnancy, text book whelp and text book puppies minus one rather extremely LARGE puppy : ) However it wasnt golden and it isnt as easy as I thought it would be. It is more expensive than you can imagine if you DO IT CORRECTLY no short cuts..testing before mating, ultrasounds, xrays, new foods, whelping supplies, then after puppies are born the time away from work, the tail dock/dewclaws, vet check ups, the shots, the dewormers, the shots, the dewormers and one more time the shots and the dewormers. Emergency vet costs as we had to take one puppy into the emergency vet. Another emergency vet cost as Bella Mia had mastitis. Today I almost rushed another puppy to the emergency vet for choking on something I couldnt get to but I finally was able to....Our time is not our time anymore....we cant go anywhere for long, and all this because we want to do this right!! I look at these puppies and they are MY LOVE BUGS I will be completely crushed when they go home as I have bonded with every single one of them.. I would do anything for them but I will not be breeding again anytime soon as I have learned my lesson. It really isnt as easy, as cheap, as fun etc as I thought it would be. There is way more poop and pee then you can imagine and there are two of us cleaning the puppy palace 3 times each a day. All those people that want one of your puppies are they all willing to help out financially? It seems people always say oh yeah I will help and then when you show them the cost it is all about how they are having a hard time financially and now is not a good time for a puppy all of the sudden. Just things for you to think about. I had family and friends all lined up for the puppies but one backed out last minute and I chose to refuse to sell one friend a puppy because the family bought a pit bull puppy. Just give it some thought...breeding sounds ALOT more fun and exciting then it really is.....and if you look at all the rescues needing homes....... Good Luck!