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  • FREEDOM MUST BE PRACTICED

    “We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” ~ William Faulkner The older I become, the more I understand that freedom is not something we possess simply because we live in a free country, reject a particular system, or describe ourselves as independent thinkers. Freedom must be practiced, and…

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  • THE DOG’S BODY KEEPS SCORE TOO

    A dog’s body begins keeping score long before a breeder is willing to admit that something is wrong. That is one of the hardest truths in breeding, especially once we live with more than three or four dogs. At that point, we are no longer simply sharing our home with several beloved pets. We are…

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  • DIFFERENT DOES NOT MEAN WRONG, BUT IT DOES NOT REMOVE RESPONSIBILITY

    I have learned something about myself: I was never built for a straight, easily explained life. I am intensely curious, stubborn when something matters and rarely satisfied with an answer simply because an authority delivers it confidently. I have never needed my path to make sense to everyone else, but I have always needed it…

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  • WHAT KIND OF BREEDER ARE YOU REALLY? PART FOUR: WHY DOODLING IS NOT PRESERVATION BREEDING Truth does not exist to condemn confusion, but to reveal it, and that distinction matters whenever we speak about doodles because the conversation becomes emotional almost immediately. Families look at these dogs and see intelligence, affection, humor and companionship. They…

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  • THE LIGHT IN THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOM

    THE LIGHT IN THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOM Before allowing myself to stop practicing at night, I would look down from the boarding-school dormitory toward my friend’s practice room, and if her light was still on, I felt as though I could not leave. Leaving first felt like losing. My sister and I left home to…

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  • The Work of Remembering.

    Life is not what I once thought it was. It is stranger, harder, more beautiful, and far more purposeful than I could ever have imagined. The older I get, the more I realize how much of life is spent unlearning what we were taught to accept without question, peeling away assumptions, looking beyond what is…

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  • The 10 Things Dog Breeding Should Be :

    The 10 Things Dog Breeding Should Be :

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  • THE FUTURE OF CANINE HEALTH BEGINS WITH BETTER QUESTIONS

    I’ve spent years, like many of you, trying to encourage people to look beyond the surface when it comes to canine health. I have written, researched, shared, questioned, and spent my life building a breeding program around one simple belief: we cannot create healthy dogs by only treating disease after it appears. We have to…

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  • Where is the breeder ?

    I read this post and while everyone else was probably already thinking about slicker brushes and dryers and shampoos and scissors and puzzles and lick mats and all the other things that people believe a ten week old poodle puppy needs, me, I kept looking at the words “frantically trying” and thinking about something entirely…

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  • WHERE IS THE BREEDER?

    I wonder how many people will read this post and notice what immediately caught my attention, because I have a feeling that most readers will do exactly what we have all been conditioned to do. They will begin answering the question. They will recommend the best slicker brush, their favorite dryer, a shampoo they swear…

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