| How Deep is Your Love
Modern
people love dogs! For all of the horror stories we hear about dogs
that wind up in animal shelters, there are many more stories about
devoted pet owners. It is hard to imagine dogs being treated more like
family members than they are at this time and yet the projections for
pet-related and pet-friendly businesses suggest the trend will not
only continue but will also strengthen.
We are convinced that such close contact between dogs and their
families, more than ever before, warrants a more intimate breeding and
selling operation.
| | Relay for Life
Our
family is active in the local Relay for Life, which raises money for
the American Cancer Society. One or more litters a year will have a puppy we call "Relay" and 100% of the proceeds from
the sale of Relay puppies will go to Relay for Life through the Purple
Warriors team associated with the Johnstown, Ohio Relay for Life. Look for these puppies in the first half of the year when Relay preparations are occurring.
Relay I and Relay II were born in 2009. Both
puppies were adopted by wonderful families who send us updates periodically. We are thrilled to hear that Pax (formerly Relay II) was
permitted to walk the first lap at a Relay for Life fundraiser with his
family. We are told they raised another $250 forthe cause. Way to go!
| | Home-based Breeding
The
benefits of home-based breeding are many and indisputable. It is
precisely such home-based operations, and the careful selection and
dedication that most often accompanies them, which brought us the many
breeds of the world that we've come to know and love today and it is
precisely the movement away from home-based operations that has brought
many of the problems now associated with some of those breeds and pets
in general.
Home-based breeding has been around for many,
many years and we aim to see that it's around for just as many more.
It is best for the animals as well as their
future owners and thus entire communities. The end result is a
superior pet that is healthy and ideally suited for domestic life.
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