Sharon, Just go with your gut feeling about this. Many folks, (maybe I shouldn't call them folks) do not have the concept or capacity. Sounds like dangerous territory. These folks live on the sale of their puppies, regardless of how they care, or NOT care for them. There is a lot of ignorance out there. I did backgrounds on some breeders I have interviewed in the past, and only found 2 that claim to be reputable out of 4. The puppy we wanted was a pure white smooth coat - that wasn't going to be more than 3 lbs full grown - Apple head with a short snout. She was going to sell at $2400.00 - However, her bitch didn't throw a pure white. At the same time the housing market took a dive, and we were able to get out of that situation. Thank God! Needless to say...the blessing was Luna and Turbo's breeder gave us our current "Whisper" because he was down sizing - His wife Connie died of cancer last Dec, and she was the main person who took care of everything. Please take your time. I pray you'll be able to find just the right one for you. This lady and dog just wasn't ment to be. BE blessed, Gloria C God acts on the behalf of those who wait for Him
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:04:01 -0500Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Fw: New Chihuahua this woman sounds like everything bad about backyard breeders, obviously no reverence for life or compassion for suffering she is causing On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Sharon Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sharon Norman Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: New Chihuahua Hello everyone...well...it looks like I WON'T be getting that little chocolate Chihuahua. I talked to the "breeder" for over an hour last night. Now I think I would be afraid to buy ANY of her dogs. I don't know the number...but she has a LOT. She told me this little dog...who is a year old...was bred...had to have a c section (in May) and the puppy died. As we talked..she opened up and told me about all her dogs that had puppies and the whole litter had died...or all but one died...or they lived to be a couple of months old and then died...how some of her females died while giving birth or right after because "their body turned on them"...that's a new one to me. I think she has every color of Chi there is...but I can't help but to think she has something bad going on in her blood lines....is it me...what do you guys think? Do you think I should go check her out...see what the dogs look like? My plan was to breed Sox...to what ever female I buy...keep one puppy...Sox and the mother and have all three fixed. Now I'm thinking of NOT breeding and just buying a female who is already spayed. I don't want to go through the stress of having a dog spayed...I get VERY upset when I have to leave my animals at the vet. I know just recently this woman had 15 puppies "ready to go"...OH...and she sells to pet stores. But I'm scared because of all the deaths she told me about...I couldn't handle it...if I had a dog that had problems giving birth...or where the puppies all died...or all but one died...I would get her spayed!! And she bred her when she was less than a year old. I did ask her since that little chocolate Chihuahua that I was going to buy...had one c section..would she have to have a c section the next time...she said...."probably not"...she weighs between 5-6 pounds. She said she just had a run of bad luck....is it bad luck...or bad breeding? She said she takes her dogs to the vet...but to me she didn't seem to have a connection to ANY of them...she talked about them as though they were just a way for her to make money. Please let me know what you think....Oh...one more thing...if I do breed Sox...I will just give all the babies to family members...several of us have them already...that way I will make sure they have good homes and I can visit them! I just want one of Sox's puppies...he is such a good dog...he's the best dog I have ever had...very loyal and loving..at least to me...haha...and he's beautiful!~~~ Sharon-- GlendaPoquita, Molly, Isabella, Chandlerand all the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pomeranians"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who hasendowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended usto forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei
