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by grammashorty on 26 September 2010 - 20:09
My brother always had GSD's & I always wanted one but friends kept offering other breeds like our beloved Great Dane, my Rhodesian Ridgeback, our Husky mix, etc. When we retired I told my husband I wanted to buy some land and raise German Shepherd's, so that's what we are doing!
I did my research before buying, I spent a lot of time on this messageboard asking questions (under "Newbie"), and we talked to a lot of breeders before buying our male. Then, when he was around 9 mos old, I called another breeder who I trusted and had made many phone calls asking questions and looking into his background, to get a female. We faxed him our male's pedigree and he called back about 3 mos later and said he had a compatible bitch for our male and he didn't call it wrong cuz there hasn't been a bad pup out of the 3 litters they've produced. Most of the buyer's have stayed in touch through e-mail and let me know how their GSD is doing and they send pictures. We don't put out junk or sickly pups. They get their shot's on time and I start with the wormer when they're 4 weeks old when I supplement mom's feeding with food. The pups are raised in my dining room where I can observe them constantly and have, so far, been able to place the right pup with the right family because I know each one's personality and temperament.
All 4 of our dog's are part of our family, 2 of them spend most of the time in the house during the day, the 3 females sleep in the house and the male sleeps outside cuz he doesn't wanna come in! He want's to patrol his yard. My adult son said the other day, that I treat my dog's better than I treated him and his sister when they were growing up, I told him that they (the dog's) never said they didn't like what I was feeding them for dinner, never told me no or said that they hated me and they always greet me like they haven't seen me in a year!!! All a person has to do is come in my house and they can tell that it's a "dog's home."
Anyway, I just wanted to get this off my chest and say that all BYB's aren't bad....it's just that some give us a bad name and everyone always remembers the negative things they've heard. Some are in it "just for the money" and they're the negative stories people remember. I've run into a couple of those people and I told them to lose my phone number cuz I will not sell them a dog to breed the life out of! (We only breed our 2 females once a year). Our dogs are part of our family more than they are pets so if that is part of being a BYB, then so be it....that's what I am!
by Ibrahim on 26 September 2010 - 20:09
Regards
Ibrahim
by Birdy on 26 September 2010 - 21:09
by Dawn G. Bonome on 26 September 2010 - 21:09
DITTO OY VEY...WHATEVER!!
by shepherdpal on 26 September 2010 - 21:09
Most breeders are bacl yard breeders because it is not a polite thing to do the the front yard!
by Kalibeck on 26 September 2010 - 21:09
by Rik on 26 September 2010 - 22:09
made me lol. Good one.
by Slamdunc on 27 September 2010 - 00:09
by GSDfan on 27 September 2010 - 00:09
He gots papers and reproductive organs! LOL
by Two Moons on 27 September 2010 - 01:09
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