BEHIND THE SCENES

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I share a little insight into what I do

as a seriously committed and invested breeder

of three decades of my life.

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Factually, 

There are very few breeders who stay in breeding

for even just four years.

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Breeders like myself,

who dedicate our lives to our breed,

are few and far between.

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This is a glimpse behind the scenes of what us

rare long-time Breeders do:

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I fully understand that unless someone has first hand experience and insight into breeding/ whelping/ raising, a litter of pups,

that it is IMPOSSIBLE to imagine how constant the demands and needs are for just one litter,

as well as a tremendous amount of paperwork and veterinary interactions involved...etc etc etc...for Just one litter.

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The time involved to take photos and upload is something often not considered: it is VERY time consuming,

but we breeders do that time-sacrifice to as best keep everyone a full part of the puppy evolution from birth to 8 weeks, and throughout life too.

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The photos are just glimpses: ie no volume, no activities of the daily life...like ..

feeding four times a day, watering constantly, changing bedding 4-6 times a day,

doing 3 loads of puppy laundry a day

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Behind the scenes, when people get upset that a breeder can't make phone calls...

Factor in... puppies are NOT often quiet!~ Puppies call for their moms, pups are vocal in play, pups are whiney when they are too hot...etc etc etc.

When Is that quiet undisturbed moment ever to be assured so to make a phone call with clarity of mind for proper conversation?

(probably between the hours of midnight and 6 am, but never any guarantees of that.) 

 

Factor in...breeders hands are full with puppies and puppy care.

Breeders who are chatting on the phone and living in messaging and emls...are NOT taking care of their pups!

~ those pups are likely in a barn, never bathed or nails trimmed, nor held and socialised, nor cleaned constantly throughout the day.

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Factor in, breeders have multiple dogs:

care keep, vet checks, reproduction consults and exams, dog supply pickup days, grooming, snuggling...Yard Duty! etc etc etc.

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Factor in, breeders who put love support and care of puppies and dogs first, above all else.

..including their own personal needs and care, are there for the lifetime support of each pup.

 

What this MEANS? is that when a puppy owner contacts you in an emergency situation at any time throughout the life of that dog,

we breeders drop everything and network with other vets, breeders, sourcing for deepest information

that will assist in that emergency, to the best possible outcome.

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As i say to each and every person as i place their pups into their arms, " I always answer all emls,

though sometimes i takes a while depending on my work load of caring for these lives in my hands,

raising them properly to place in others caring loving hands.

I further state that if it is an EMERGENCY situation, i WILL reply immediately...

even if it means i am texting during an emergency c-section in my own situation.

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As a breeder whose pups and dogs rely completely on me for their well-being,

and that i take that 100% seriously and always my top priority before any needs of my own self.

Those waiting for non-urgent eml/msg convo, must look into their selves and souls and find the trust and patience to understand

that many things are going on behind the scenes revolving around the pups/ dogs in a breeders life.

With those multiple aspects a breeder is managing, it does not allow any time to eml/msg and explain what demands are occurring.

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It saddens me deeply when sometimes people take a delay or lack on reply as 'personal', and feel slighted, or worse, feel unimportant.

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Understand, I am going 100% full time, for about one dollar an hour pay (on a good year) for YOU.

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My dedication to orchestrating breedings, time consuming and always at the most 'inconvenient times'.........as any breeder with confirm to you.

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My days and weeks without sleep, napping briefly on the floor by the newborn and young pup....

My weeks to care and keep of these pups.... this is for YOU, not for me.

My focus is always on creating the best, raising the best, matching pups to their people....

All of you are in my thoughts constantly as everything I do is about YOUR puppy and YOU.

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These are living breathing needing beautiful bundles of vitality, life.

Their needs are always my TOP priority- as it should and must be.

I understand in this day and age of technology and everything happening instantaneously in many aspects of life, shipping, communications.

It's hard for people to pause and realign and remember, pups are not shelf products and are not apart of an on-line shopping style of life

(order code, credit card, next day shipping)

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These beautiful lives are here to remind us of LIFE, to keep us grounded with nature and our soul connected to unconditional love.

Each puppy will unite its new owner, family, with that most important aspect of being connected to life at its best, each and every moment.

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My aussies are more than just any pup, they are special souls to led each and everyone on a unique and spiritually rich journey,

as has been proven all through the 25 years

i have been breeding Australian Shepherds.

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I am a Long Time,

Deeply Studied,

Highly Respected,

Fully Dedicated

and Experienced Breeder:

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What do I KNOW and DO?

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A breeder, a lifetime, long time breeder, is said to know more about breeding, whelping, newborn puppy resuscitation, raising pups,

than the general veterinarian as well as many reproduction veterinarians.

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A breeder studies the breed on an ongoing basis: genetics, traits, bloodlines, health, temperament, longevity.

Dedicated Breeders with a vision, like myself, also did this same type study through the ancestry of the breed bloodlines,

prior to selecting their bloodline to base their breeding program.

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Breeders follow up on all puppies produced, through the lifetime of those puppies.

Months and years go into planning a breeding.

Extensive testing, monitoring and planning and actualising the matings that will ultimately materialise the blessed new lives,

that will then grace your own.

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Breeders study and keep up to date on training aspects of dogs,

all new research on vaccinations, medications, proper feeding, unnecessary, health compromising elective full anesthetic surgeries

(puppy teeth removal, dew claw amputation, spay, neuter, etc)

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We take the time to provide the current proven researched information to all puppy and dog owners we are linked to, as well,

share this information with those simply inquiring about puppies.

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Breeders have constant care, keep, training and enjoyment, of all their dogs.

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We are usually in 24/7 in full care and keep, monitoring and tending to the pregnant mother through

the pre-labour stage, the labour, the birth and the weeks to follow to settle the mom and pups in,

and support the new lives in any way they need.

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Breeders also Spend endless hours...

educating the public about the breed, fielding 50 and more emls/ messages/ phone calls per day,

from people inquiring about the breed, about puppy availability,

from people with their new puppy needing extra advise,

with people who have had puppies from other years and years and a decade or more ago.

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Breeders are Councillors in grief and loss,

as it is very often someone is seeking a new companion following their loss of their current lifelong friend.

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Breeders spend as many hours at the vets

for routine checks, breeding clearances, puppy checks, in emls for and phone calls with our reproduction veterinarians

for reproductive planning/ follow up and also on the phone under veterinarian council during pregnancy, labour, whelping and rearing.

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Experienced Breeders spend as much time helping, guiding, educating assisting OTHER breeders

through their breeding plan, breedings, pregnancy, whelping, caring and raising of a litter,

including the documentation, paperwork, registration process and puppy buyer inquiry screening.

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Breeders create and manage their own websites, Breed FB pages.

If webpages appear as out-of-date, the information above and as follows of where our time is spent, this will be understood as to why.

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Breeders first legally consult and then draft our Guarantee/Contractual Agreements,

followed by indivualising each, and entering details and data onto the contract.

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We then enter all details of the pup and the owners into the Canadian Kennel Club Registry database and also enter by hand,

all the same information into our CKC Private Breeding Records Book.

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We re-enter all that information and send all information onto the Pet Insurance Company

and also to our regular veterinarian and ophthalmologist veterinarian for their files: for EACH puppy and EACH owner.

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Breeders are expected to be-and virtually ARE- veterinarians, veterinarian technicians, midwives, groomers, trainers,

councillors, IT specialists, full time communicators, writers, photographers, public liason,

data entry specialists, as well as dealing with the financial aspects, banking and all records and receipts for income tax purposes.

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Breeders also carry and cart hundreds of pounds of dog and puppy food,

and puppies themselves on a daily basis getting them to and fro in the house, outside, to the vehicle into the veterinarian appointments, etc.

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Breeders are experts in waste management whether it be continual yard duty, changing bedding and towels,

loads of laundry daily with whelping and delivery and newborns, constant puppy paper changing, or shavings clean up and replacement.

Laundry is CONSTANT around whelping times.

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When a puppy is slow to recover from the birthing process, Breeders know mouth to mouth resuscitation, CPR

and a host of other skills we have learn to get that lifeless puppy to clear its lungs of fluid and find its first breathe, grasp onto life

and begin to thrive alongside the others.

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Breeders know how to love deeply, loose suddenly, grieve deeply and recover quickly,

somehow must recover, all in a very very short time.

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Breeders are respectful and humble to Mother Nature.

We breeders are blessed by the new lives conceived, carried close within their moms,

with all needs met and no pain or discourse felt in the perfect comfort in utero.

We breeders are grateful to Mother Nature and thank her always for the beautiful new lives.

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We know when to save a life, and when to let go.

Again we thank her for ANY life lived, by its own beautiful gift of that true miracle of the life force,

whether a short gracious time, or a long elegant one.

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Breeders know how to effectively manage a bleeding puppy when the mother cuts an umbilical cord too close.

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Breeders do all this and more, all at the same time of caring for the mother and the other pups arrived and arriving.

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At the same time, Breeders often have their veterinarian on the phone, consulting about one thing or another about the delivery, the mom and the pups.

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Breeders are photographers, taking the considerable time to capture these beautiful creatures by camera,

Breeders are also the photographers, taking the considerable time to capture these beautiful creatures by camera,

and the time to load and share on FB or update their website. 

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Even posting volumes of photos a day or week, breeders are often asked for 'more' or individual photos.

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Please restrain from asking of this as

One:

we are not paid for any of our time

including our time given to provide to others the intriguing and fascinating photo-journalism 

of the evolution of  the newborn pups through the amazing transformation of those first 8 weeks

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Two:

taking successful photos is hugely time consuming

as one cant 'pose pups', and to share 10 lovely photos,

likely these have been selected from

about 50  blurred and unsuccessful attempts.

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Three:

If you really need more photos for personal reasons,

atleast offer the breeder some compassionate fund donation.

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Four:

If you need more from your breeder than that

that has already been given freely of their lives as outlined above and below

or simply wish to actively support your breeder

consider donating to their Reproduction Veterinary Clinic account.

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Breeders dedicate their lives to their breed, their dogs, their puppies- which are YOUR puppies- in all these ways -and more.

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Breeders are never paid for their time involved in any and all of this and it is given freely.

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Most breeders stop breeding before their fourth year in dogs, if not, immediately after their first litter.

Who in their right mind, would choose to ‘work for free”? Breeders do consider this, on an ongoing basis, over decades.

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Long time Breeders are staying the course at what ever personal costs in time and money,

to assure their breed, and their bloodlines is preserved in its strength, into the future generations,

and ultimately by frozen semen stored and strategically used, infinitely.

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Long time Breeders see the results of their original vision of their bloodline,

come to fruition, time and time again through the generations.

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Why do we Breeders work so hard and for ‘free’?

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So that when that extra special little gem is born that has been that ideal vision in all ways, that one in a million in all ways is born,

and then without contest, we can embrace and keep that treasure as our own.

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Breeders love the opportunity through breeding, to enrich and enhance other families lives through our puppies:

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It is a personally chosen position so to be able to make a most positive difference in this world and to

those individuals whose lives are complimented, enhanced and enriched by one of our own bred and home born puppies. 

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