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Lifedream Ringside Gossip
summer 2008
In the future
I would like
to find
people who
would be interested in
possibly
hiring
me
their
bitch.
By this I mean
that
I would like to
cut back
the amount of
the
dogs
placed with breeding terms, and
I would
be open
to the
chance
of
choosing the best dog in breeding from the particular
litter.
In many cases,
a
puppy
looks promising
at the age of
6 weeks,
but as they become adult
some of the siblings can be even
better.
By
finding
active and
cooperative owners
I am hoping
to be able
to abandon
replacing dogs
and
move to
a more holistic
dog
breeding,
where
I would have
the opportunity
to select really the best dog of the litter for further
processing.
If
you are interested in
such an arrangement,
please feel free to
contact me!
Lifedream
D-litter and
the breeder summer 2007
For me,
life
with dogs
has always meant
the
opportunity to learn
about dogs
and their
social life.
I'm trying
systematically
grow
the best
possible dogs,
and
at the same time
to have fun
at dog shows,
agility,
and
other
hobbies.
I hope
co-operation from the puppy owners so that I can carry out my own
breeding work at the future.
The journey is
just beginning,
but the
passion of
breeding work
is even
deeper.
Breeding dogs requires
patient
planning
and thinking.
For this reason
it should always
remain
as a small scale a hobby
alongside all the rest of the life.
I
do not frequently have litters, usually once a year and
sometimes less, but when I do it is because I want
something for myself out of a particular litter.
Commercial litters are just not part of the breeding
programme at Lifedream. It is simply too costly, too much
work, and too draining emotionally to breed these dogs
solely for the enjoyment of other people.
Now with all that said,
to me, breeding requires a
team work with other breeders, stud-dog owners and most of
all with the people who own a Lifedream-dog. We have
always open doors and often I raise my puppies with my
former puppy owners. It is my intention to follow my dogs
through their lifetime and that way discover an important
information about them. I am hoping that all of my puppies
would be examined after one year so that I as well as the
owner would have more information about dogs healthy. I am
also hoping that dogs would be mentaltested, MH-tested
or/and participating herding tests. Every 3 years I am
sending a short form to the owners so that I can follow
the developments of my puppies. The opinion of the owners
means a lot to me.
E2 & A litter fall 2008 together with Sirja
Puppies
are ready to their new homes at the earliest
8-9
weeks of age.
The age is determined with every puppy individually
with time,
when I see
how
they
develop.
Sometimes
I
might keep
one puppy
longer at home
if
it
seems to
need the time.
I
have
given up
the thought of producing litters from so-called
"factory
line",
because
as every
litter
is an individual,
so
might be the time they need to develop. Puppies
are
wormed,
officially
eye checked,
veterinarian
checked
and
microchipped.
All the agreements
are made
at
the Finnish Kennel Club
papers.
Because
I
would like to know my future puppy owners, I would prefer that you would
contact me as soon as possible.
If
at all possible,
people should
come to visit
us, maybe even before
the birth of
the litter, so that we should have good and trusting ties.
I believe
that in some breeds we have serious problems caused by too
harsh inbreeding and I feel humble towards my position as
a breeder. It is my aim to maintain and treasure the
flexible qualities of the working breed, not to change it
for the modern world. At the same time I want to give my
own contribution to protect the original behaviour of the
dog like different kind of instincts, normal reproduction
and the power of it as well as social behaviour.
From the
year 2008 I have been herding with my smooth collies to
discover more about the abilities required for working
herd dog. I am organizing herding days for my puppy owners
several times a year. We are also training our dogs for
searching, canicrossing, agility, obedience and what ever
we feel interesting.
Lifedream Lady Freyja & Lifedream B-litter
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