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Quilter Health

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SewMuchTime
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by SewMuchTime » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:57 pm

cindyg,

Ok, I'll leave her some privacy when I take her out, I'll hang out
a little ways away for potty time. I just found a web site for Yorkies called YorkieTalk.com. They have tons of info that people
write in about the breed. I need to learn so much.
Paradise is the northern part of California up in the mountains.:)
It is a great place to raise kids! Rosie is going to experience
SNOW when winter comes. Do you think they have little snow shoes
for dogs? She'll need something. We can get anywhere from 1 foot
to 4 feet of snow depending on Mother Nature. I can just see me
now out shoveling it for her to have her own potty spot. My husband
and I talked about breeding her. No one in this area has any of
these dogs and it would be a great way for me to have another pup,
but I haven't told my husband my idea on that. He still can't get
over the shock of what I paid for Rosie. While she was sleeping
this morning I finally sat down to my sewing machine. Felt great
to be sewing again. Getting ready to start a holiday table runner.
How many projects are you working on ??

cindyg
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by cindyg » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:47 am

Sew Much - I'm sure they have little booties for Yorkies - Lordy, they have everything for those dogs AND their owners - LOL. There are plenty of Yorkies here and I was very stupid when shopping for Schatzi. I went to the cheapest breeder I could find and didn't look around any more. My dog was only $800 and now I know why - she's too big. She weighs 9 lb. and she's not fat - just too large. You can't even show them if they are over 7 lbs. I should have found out more and gone to more breeders before I plunked out that money. Most ranged from $1,000 to $1,500 unless you wanted a pup bred by champions and then you can get way on up there in price. So I learned my lesson. I'm grateful that she's healthy (she's never even had worms) and she is Miss Personality Plus and I love her to death so I wouldn't give her up for anything. But next time I'm not going to bat an eye if I have to pay $1,500. My DH nearly choked at $800 - next time he'll probably throw up - ROFLOL. It's exciting that you are thinking about breeding her. Have you ever done that before? We thought about it but changed our minds because we were afraid we'd be off at work and Schatzi would have her pups with no help and nobody even around. All of our dogs are spayed and neutered. But, man, I think you can make some money if you breed and sell Yorkies. I can't go to that site you are talking about because if I do I will want another one right now and we can't do that - we already have three house dogs. I'm just a sucker for Yorkies.

Cathy32078
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by Cathy32078 » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:27 am

Cindyg, IF and only IF you are very lucky, you can make money breeding. Especially small breeds. And the smaller the more costly as a rule. You need to have the female tested to be sure she has no infections before breeding and X-rayed to be sure she should be able to have the pups. Very costly. Then you have to ro really need to be certain that the Stud has a clean bill of health. Don't want him infectiong your girl. I wouldn't trust his owners either to produce a clearance, instead I would want MY Vet to do the test. Then you have a great chance with these sm. breeds that the Mother will have great complications either during pregnancy or during labor. Usually requiring a C-section. Then you have to be cautious that she doesn't run into infection. And that the pups are healthy & remain that way. For some breeds, it is very wise to make sure they have testing to make sure they do not have hip dysplasia, good eyes. If there are chances of any genetic problems after these tests, it would be a bad choice to risk a litter & cont. to spread bad genes by breeding. I firmly believe and push for people to get good clearances on their pets before breeding. Why? We lost a dear & special Malamute due to the fact that I did not know to ask the breeder if she had any of these tests to provide great or excellant health clearances & fact is, that the 2 adults dogs should have never ever been used for breeding. We had thousands into this dog before we lost him at the young age of 3 and regardless of the best care & treatment, he didn't have a quality of life that he deserved due to his health. It is still a very very painful thing for me as I loved that dog with everything I had. EVeryone that met him couldn't get over how human like he was and was sucha caring & loving boy. Sorry for the long post but I am really into making people aware of how good breeding should be done and all that it might entail to produce quality pets. And I am certainly no expert. Just had a lot of painful, expensive hard lessons from the College of Hard Knocks.

HUGS

cindyg
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by cindyg » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:05 am

Cathy - thanks for the information. I'm sure that, had we really decided to breed Schatzi, that we would have talked to the vet who is also a friend from church. He would have helped us along the way. I know there's a lot more to it than just hooking up a couple of dogs and that it takes commitment on the breeder's part. We weren't ready to make that big of a commitment at this point in our lives. Maybe if we didn't have anything elso to do - LOL LOL LOL LOL.

SewMuchTime
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by SewMuchTime » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:49 pm

cindyg,

Well I'm definitely pooped today! If only I could get a dose
of energy to match Rosies. I'm starting to train her to come to
me, and this is not easy when she has other interests in the yard.
I read all the info that Cathy wrote about breeding. I'll have
to have a long talk with my vet before I decide on anything.
I've been sitting on my bed cutting 3" squares and looking at my
computer at the same time, I have a laptop. Well I almost had my
rotary cutter roll right off into my thigh. Yikes !! I need to
get to a table to finish cutting. Doctor bills are the last thing
I want right now. :)

cindyg
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by cindyg » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:53 am

SewMuch - a treat in your hand works wonders in getting your dog to come to you. LOL I wish you could see Schatzi when I eat popcorn. I sit on the love seat and she sits partly on the back of the love seat and partly on my shoulder and she puts her little cheek on my cheek with her mouth right by mine and just waits for me to feed her a piece. I'll have to have Don take a picture of us. I only have popcorn on Sunday night and that's the only people food the dogs get. Anyway, it's funny. Schatzi's a mess.

Cathy32078
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by Cathy32078 » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:46 am

SewMuch you be careful cutting. We don't need you injured. And wouldn't it be just awesome if we could have just a portion of a puppies energy? There is nothing sweeter and more fun than a pup though.

HUGS

Cathy32078
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by Cathy32078 » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:49 am

Cindyg I love the stories you tell about your little Schatzi. She sounds like a real character. I just laughed about her eating pop corn with you. The visual was so fun and cute!

HUGS

SewMuchTime
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by SewMuchTime » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:29 pm

Cathy,

Thanks for your thoughts! Today Rosie slept most of the day and
I got alot done. She plays hard and sleeps hard. I love Cindyg's
stories also!! They are great. And I am trying to be careful
cutting but while yapping to my husband tonite I wasn't paying attention while cutting and nicked myself pretty good. As long as
no blood gets on the material I'm fine with it. :)
Sweet dreams tonite everybody !!

SewMuchTime
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Re: Quilter Health

Post by SewMuchTime » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:35 pm

cindyg,

I'm calling up my aunt tomorrow to share your story about the
popcorn. That sounds so adorable !! I did go out and buy little
treats to train Rosie with. Today we started with making her
come to me. And I'll add sitting with it also. She already obeys
to the command of stay. She'll do it for a few seconds, but thats
all I need right now to get out the front door. It's late and I've
got to get food on the table for my husband. He's been down at the
river gold panning. He needed to relax after work. And I'm
running late. I love your stories. Tell us more puppy tales.

Puppy Hugs from Rosie :)

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