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Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom Thanks again everyone! It's great to know there are so many wonderful people to contact here when we're ready...we're getting close. (I'm ready, still getting hubby on board lol)
In the meantime I went to my first "show" yesterday (blue & grey in Harrisburg), and loved it so much I'm heading back today!
I'm not so much looking for contacts as I think I've found them here (yaay YT), but I got to ask a lot of questions yesterday (meet the breeds), and am getting an education! MG the show coats on these little dogs are beautiful! Pics just don't do justice...
One more question (for now), one of the breeders I talked to yesterday said that she usually chooses her pups for showing, and then shows them for a year or two before breeding. Then she said she often starts looking to place them when they are about 5 years old. Is that typical?
vviccles - good luck working something out and getting your new pup! That's so exciting!
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It is for some but not all. Each breeder is different. You can get to know a show person (or any breeder for that matter) and sometimes when they retire one of their girls from their breeding program, since you have become a friend, they will retire the dog to you. It's always wise to develop a friendship. I have lost quite a number of old guys the last few years, but yet family and friends have a habit of trying to steal my dogs.
