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Originally Posted by FlDebra  I understand just how you feel. In fact, my first litter went to all family and a friend. So, it was a lot easier to let them go, knowign I would continue to see them. But after that I did have to let pups go to almost strangers. I was particular. I found myself fibbing a little a couple of times that a puppy might already have a buyer, or that a family member might be taking one. In fact, I wound up keeping a male pup for months even though he was not getting along with his father -- my Ben. I just did not feel comfortable with the lady who wanted him. She would have been great by herself but had rough and rowdy boys and large dogs. I could not advertise him or even put the word out in town for fear she would find out I had not already sold him. I finally found him a home with the friend of my DIL who lives several states away.
You put your whole heart into raising them for 3-4 months and then to let a stranger take off with them just seems wrong. But if you screen prospective owners well, you feel like you get to know them a bit. You can stay in contact too. The best owners will even send you picture updates from time to time. Still, I cried when the puppies I thought I might never see again left my home. I loved them all, but there were some that just stood out and left a bigger hole in my heart when they left. I had different colored collars for my litters and tried to call them by the colors "so as not to get too attached with names." HAHA! That didn't work! Green became Green Bean, which became Bean, which became my favorite little guy and the first male to go. Broke my heart!
I am not helping you at all! I will tell you something to make you feel better though. I ran into a lady who had gotten one of my puppies maybe a year or so earlier. She almost got tears in her eyes telling me how it was the greatest decision she ever made, to get that little yorkie. She told me how much she loved her and what a difference she had made to her life. She was so obviously head over heels about that puppy, I felt great inside! Not only did I find a great home for my puppy, but that little puppy had made this woman's life so much happier and joy filled! What an honor to be a part of that! |
thank you so much. i surely have been screening and i honestly feel this family will love the male puppy very much. i even told them if anything doesn't work out that i'd gladly take him back with a partial refund. they said that probably wouldn't happen but agreeed to it . i'm feeling a lot better.
i'm thinking of giving each puppy with a puppy handbook lol! with all my information so that they can keep in contact with me .