To you, who calls only to ask the price of a puppy and you are scandalized when you hear it. You have no idea. You have no idea how hard it is sometimes to be a breeder. You have no idea what it costs to raise a puppy until he/she is 3 months old and ready to go to a new home.
There are many pups that give up along the way and die in your hands after days or weeks without sleep trying everything in your power for that puppy without success.
You have no idea the despair that this causes, you lose all your strength and for a moment you think that it is not worth it, and you consider leaving everything for a "normal" life but you see how pups look at you and you move on.
To you, who emphasize that you have seen them cheaper. You have no idea. No idea of ​​the expenses that a litter carries, nor an idea of the before and the after, yes, all those years before and after that the mother and father of the litter live because in the house of a breeder who loves his dogs, they die of old age and perhaps with 15 or 16 years.
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No, don't compare me to a multi-farm or a farm, it is like comparing a craftsman to a chain factory.
No, you have no idea, when you think this is just a business, that we live off our dogs. I correct you; we live by and for our dogs.
It's 365 days, 24 hours. There are no 8 hours of work and then you go home and forget everything. No, they don't understand weekends, holidays, or if your head hurts. Your whole life changes when you decide to be a breeder. Change your house, which will never be free of hair. There will be dog beds and toys in all rooms of the house. There will also be dog food in your fridge.
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If you had a white leather sofa, forget it, a fantastic ikea quilt will cover it. Your car will also change, if you liked cool sports cars, now you will have a van without seats. Your electricity and water bill will skyrocket. You will be a shareholder in brands of bleach, floor cleaners, air fresheners and mosquito repellants and you will find yourself begging for newspapers in bars and newsstands.
You will buy 99% of your clothes at the Goodwill store and your shoes will be Crocs (closed in winter and with holes in summer). You will see less of your family and friends and when you meet them you will surely be the last to arrive because you had to leave your dogs ready before leaving.
If you have a spouse, he has won heaven because either he is a dog-lover like you or he has infinite patience. And that is with a bit of luck, because with the life that we live, the most normal thing is to remain single.
No, we are not easy to understand. It is not easy to understand that we put our dogs before anything, and at a certain point before anyone.
But we love what we do and that is why we do it, because it is something at which you put all your heart and it cannot be conceived in any other way.
No, you have no idea, if after talking to a breeder and hearing him talk about his dogs or visiting his house, you think they are just production animals.
Thank God, there are many people who do value our efforts and when they incorporate a puppy raised by us into their lives, they appreciate all the work behind it so that now they can enjoy that puppy. Thanks to all those people who repeat a dog from the same breeder and recommend you to anyone who asks.
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Thank you, because for a breeder there is nothing better than seeing their puppies happy and enjoying the life in their new home… and all that suffering, suffering and defeats that often happen, are forgotten when we see those wonders we have helped to come to the world to be and to make a family happy.
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I am a breeder, and I am proud of it.
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