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Ethical Breeding- Finale: Dec. 22, 2022
What an amazing experience. I know a couple of people that have commented before were either thinking about breeding, or getting ready...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Jun 29, 20243 min read
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Ethical Breeding- Part 11: Nov. 08, 2022
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Okay- actually, the correct order will be the ugly, the bad & the good. Taking stock of the breeding process...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 10b: Oct. 30, 2022
The Arrival- Part 2 So we FINALLY have our first puppy on the ground. My idea for names (Green, Pink, Blue, etc.) has been vetoed by both...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 10a
The Arrival My favourite show is Ted Lasso; I've watched each episode probably 20 times. In one episode, one of the characters makes the...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 9: Oct. 16, 2022
So- we all know that, if we just let the dogs have their own way & didn’t interfere, they’d snuggle into a closet somewhere and have...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 8: Oct. 18, 2022
So Phoebe is now, officially, in whelp. In addition to all the genetics tests/ vet checks/ OFA cert, we have some things we need to do to...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Jun 29, 20242 min read
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Ethical Breeding- Part 7 Oct. 16, 2022
So step one with Charlie was, like Phoebe, genetic testing and a vet visit- no red flags, and his patellas are excellent. Now comes the...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Jun 29, 20242 min read
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Ethical Breeding- Part 6: Oct. 16, 2022
Apologies to those that were following this thread previously- naturally, good old Phoebe decided to hold off on that heat until August....
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 5: May 29, 2022
For those of you that have followed our previous posts about breeding Phoebe- still waiting for her to come into heat again. COME ON,...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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Ethical Breeding- Part 4: Feb. 19, 2022
So- we got Phoebe's test results back. While we know there's pretty much a 100% chance of Dachshunds having CDDY/IVDD gene (it's what...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 3: Jan. 16, 2022
So- we've received notice from OFA that Phoebe's patella test came back (no issues), and have sent in the $15 registration fee. Please...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
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Ethical Breeding- Part 2: Dec. 06, 2021
So- our first step, now that we've decided we'd like to breed Phoebe (aka Feebs, Fleebs) is to take her 65km to see the breeding...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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Ethical Breeding- Part 1: Dec 04, 2021
We want to be responsible and ethical breeders. We have a long history with dogs... 14 German Shepherds, 3 Miniature Dachshunds, A JRT, a...
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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