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Nikki aka- 'Eyes to the- Soul'
hey Irie, wasn't- that MY toy?? |
 | | Barked: Wed Jul 4, '07 4:45pm PST | |  | |  | | Let me see if I can clarify everything you asked 
1. I thought/think Meridian is referring to a Breeder as being someone who's profession is breeding dogs.
2. Nikki does NOT have her Championship titles....her parents do....I rescued Nikki from an owner who is actually a handler and he did not have Nikki's ears or tail cut properly nor did he take care of them. She came to me at ~10 months old and I have tried my best to correct this. She requires surgery to remove an area at the base of one ear and there is permanent break in her cartiledge in that ear that keeps it from standing despite my vigilence. Her tail is extremely short with a hairless nub protruding. She also came to me with permanent crate sores because the 'handler'....oh how I hate to call him that....kept her crated 24 hours (except to pee and poop twice a day and play for ~15 minutes) from 12 weeks old until she was rescued at 9months old). This resulted in hairless patches, one large in the center of her back that scraped the top of the crate and a few others. Apparently the 'A-hole' (that's a better name for him) intended only to breed her and sell her pups. She was sold to him with the breeder retaining breeding rights and was to be shown.
3. I would NEVER breed a dog that hasn't PASSED health testing.
Responsible breeders provide copies of health testing that has been done within the year of selling the dog.
4. I sited above a link that will take you to websites regarding breeding. As Meridian said, don't breed unless you research, have the time and money to do so, know the amount of attention birth and a litter require (you could well be up hourly to feed pups or have to help the mama deliver and/or have to rush her to the vet for a C-Section), do health testing, etc.
5. I don't recall saying Irie was not of breed quality, he is not of Show Quality and his lineage is not what Nikki's is so I would never breed him with her. The goal is to breed 'the best with the best'. Although that sounds a bit 'snooty' it is just that to maintain the standard of the breed it wouldn't be responsible to do otherwise.
6. Irie is a gorgeous, well mannered dog but I believe he is might not meet the standard for a boxer to breed him. Also, he is not my dog so the decision is ultimately up to my daughter. Right now she is leaning towards neutering him depending on his evaluation after he is health tested.
7. The pups will be evaluated and those that are 'pet quality' WILL have a spay/neuter contract. Depending on who the 'show quality' pups go to they may or may not have a spay/neuter contract.
Was there something else you asked????????
I'll read your post again and give you an answer in another 'reply'
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Meridian
Proud to be a- kitchen wolf!!! |
 | | Barked: Wed Jul 4, '07 4:58pm PST | | | | | | Glad to hear that even if things aren't happening to everyone's standards at least there's no abject ignorance about the subject! It's hard to tell over the 'net sometimes. Glad, too, that my post was taken as intended. I love it when posts about volatile subjects go smoothly!
To bring this around to the original subject again, if Irie is your daughter's dog does that mean he and Nikki don't live in the same house maybe? Boy would that make life easier for you and Nikki! If you do live in the same house, how are you dealing with keeping them separate? Is Irie freaking out?
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Nikki aka- 'Eyes to the- Soul'
hey Irie, wasn't- that MY toy?? |
| | Barked: Wed Jul 4, '07 5:05pm PST | | | | | | ok...I missed one question:
I'm not really sure what you're asking about 'my group'.
The one here refers Boxer owners to a group I organize on boxer.meetup.com. All of our members of the group except 2
right now have neutered dogs. The member with an intact female is waiting until after her first 'season' to have her neutered, the member with an intact male is unreachable by email.
Meetup does have a Forum with specific topics one of which is Breeding but who knows how many meetup members even read the Forum/any category.
Also, I wanted to apologize for the length of my response before this one....you may already know the information I posted....but someone else may not. | | | | |
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Nikki aka- 'Eyes to the- Soul'
hey Irie, wasn't- that MY toy?? |
| | Barked: Wed Jul 4, '07 5:39pm PST | | | | | | Meridian....I sure do WISH Irie was living in a different house!!!!!
He will be soon but for now I have them sequestered in different bedrooms when no one is home, mostly at night because that is when I work. I am not often out during the day being that I refuse to have an OOPS! When I am home they are never out of my sight unless they are sequestered. Nikki wears a 'pull up' jumbo childrens diaper with a hole cut out only big enough for her tail AND a denim 'panty' (from a pet store) over it. That panty has a hole in it big enough for Irie to 'get busy' because it doesn't fit Nikki's slim waistline so I added the 'pull up'. She wears this ALL the time except when I have her out to 'relieve herself'. Actually Irie doesn't seem to be interested in her BUT I don't trust him since procreating is a natural desire for both sexes. Nikki however is pursuing him! Of course I'd have a 'slutty' dog....sheesh....I won't go into detail, hahaha.
When my daughter is home alone with them she knows she'll be in deep doodoo if she isn't watchful, so she prefers to leaves Nikki in my bedroom except to take her out to do her business, which is fine with me.
It would be a great idea to paste the posts we have here regarding breeding to a Forum thread titled 'to breed or not to breed/for the sake of the your dog be responsible' or something like that.
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Meridian
Proud to be a- kitchen wolf!!! |
| | Barked: Wed Jul 4, '07 9:19pm PST | | | | | | Thank goodness that Irie doesn't seem to know what's going on for his sake, and thank goodness you aren't taking any chances! I think that's one of the WORST realizations people have too late -- the "he's too young" myth!!!
So just for the sake of this forum and what we're talking about, how do you think Nikki is taking all of this? Unfortunately a "slutty" female is a given! It's kinda hard to see girls "grow up", especially when they're really just pups, isn't it? | | | | |
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Nikki aka- 'Eyes to the- Soul'
hey Irie, wasn't- that MY toy?? |
| | Barked: Thu Jul 5, '07 5:51am PST | | | | | | Nikki kept chewing off the pull ups so I've switched to pads and sewed an extension on the jean pantie that holds the pad so that it covers up to just below her poopie hole.
The biggest problem she is having is the separation from Irie.
They've grown to be close pals and really want to be together at all times so she wines a lot !
Irie is pissy because I have them separated at times, poor kids.
I'll sure be glad when 8/1 comes around !
I'm waiting a month to be safe.
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I do know for a fact that two titles over a pup would be very, very rare in the Cavalier world.
