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🐾 WHAT IF WE KEEP TREATING THE DOG… WHILE MISSING SOMETHING IN THE LIFE THE DOG IS LIVING? 💚
Read More: 🐾 WHAT IF WE KEEP TREATING THE DOG… WHILE MISSING SOMETHING IN THE LIFE THE DOG IS LIVING? 💚A dog improves with treatment, everybody finally breathes again, and then the vomiting returns, the appetite becomes unpredictable, or the cough never quite disappears. Another temporary improvement leaves a frustrated family wondering what they are missing, while the people caring for that animal try to understand why the progress did not last. At AHVMA, a…
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BUILD A PROGRAM THAT CAN SURVIVE YOUR WORST YEAR
Read More: BUILD A PROGRAM THAT CAN SURVIVE YOUR WORST YEARPart 14 of The Breeder You Become series Every once in a while I sit down to write instructions about my dogs so that someone else could care for them if I could not be here to explain everything, and I usually begin with the obvious things, like food, medications and the veterinarian’s phone number.…
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THERE IS NO PRIZE FOR SUFFERING THE MOST
Read More: THERE IS NO PRIZE FOR SUFFERING THE MOSTPart 10 of The Breeder You Become series I have listened to breeders talk about going days without real sleep, missing weddings and holidays, working through illness, spending every available dollar on dogs and being unable to leave home for years, and the stories are usually told with that peculiar mixture of exhaustion and pride…
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SO YOU WANT TO BREED. BUT WHO WILL YOU HAVE TO BECOME?
Read More: SO YOU WANT TO BREED. BUT WHO WILL YOU HAVE TO BECOME?A few mornings ago, one of my young Poodles was watching me from across the grooming room with that suspiciously intelligent look Poodles have perfected. She looked as though she understood the entire situation and was simply waiting to see how long it would take the human to catch up. The dryer was running, towels…
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WHEN BREEDING BECOMES YOUR LIFE
Read More: WHEN BREEDING BECOMES YOUR LIFESaturday morning I woke up before the alarm and my mind immediately began going through the dogs. Who needed to go outside first, which boys could be out together, what food needed to come out of the freezer, which dog needed grooming and whether the older dog I had checked before bed had rested comfortably…
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THE DOG’S BODY KEEPS SCORE TOO
Read More: THE DOG’S BODY KEEPS SCORE TOOA 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
Read More: DIFFERENT DOES NOT MEAN WRONG, BUT IT DOES NOT REMOVE RESPONSIBILITYI 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?
Read More: WHAT KIND OF BREEDER ARE YOU REALLY?PART TWO: REGISTRATION IS NOT A STANDARD OF BREEDING In Part One, we began with selection. We asked who prepared the breeder to make decisions that may influence generations and why two particular dogs were chosen. Now we turn to one of the greatest sources of confusion in the dog world: the difference between being…
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WHEN THE MIDDLE GROUND DISAPPEARS
Read More: WHEN THE MIDDLE GROUND DISAPPEARSMy cat Thomas taught me something about modern veterinary medicine that I have never been able to forget. When he developed a urinary blockage, I was presented with two choices. I could authorize approximately $5,500 in treatment, or I could euthanize him. Somewhere between comprehensive hospitalization and death, every other possibility had disappeared. That moment…
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THE LIGHT IN THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOM
Read More: THE LIGHT IN THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOMTHE 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…