[Dailydrool] Breeding

[Jane Hay]

Amen Sandi (for both posts!!)! Now I have to throw in my two cents from a
rescue point of view.

In addition to everything that Sandi said, the puppies should all be micro
chipped before they leave the breeder's home, the breeder needs to get
references from any potential adopters and do a home visit if at all
possible and *follow up* on the references, and the breeder should have a
statement on the adoption papers specifying that they will be willing to
take the puppy back if/when the adopting family realizes that bassets don't
stay that little for that long, are hard headed and can be somewhat
difficult to train, and that the wonderful buppy smell develops into a
pungent hound smell as they get older (some of us love it, others hate it!).
Our Jersey was taken to the shelter because her original owner was moving to
a new house and didn't want to deal with the smell and shedding. They left
her even when the shelter told them that she would be euthanized that day
because they didn't have room and she was a voluntary turn in. Our Suzy was
crate abused because her very young owner didn't have time to spend with her
and couldn't leave her loose because she was destructive (hello, she was
four months old!!). I actually have Suzy's papers from her breeder and it
specifies that they will NOT take her back. I could go on and on like any
other rescuer but the point is that, if you're going to do responsible
breeding, follow the voice of experience and do everything that Sandi says.
It's not something that should be done without a lot of thought towards the
future of the potential puppies.

Jane & the Houndettes
Jersey-I'm a rescued hound!
Shadow-I'm a rescued hound!
Suzy-I'm a rescued hound!
Ginger-I'm a rescued hound!
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