White and Spotted Dalmatians

12/20/2024

It is Smash's 3rd Birthday today!

11/10/2024

05/29/2024

Miss Buttons was spayed today!

She is doing well, and we are now quite sure why she wasn't getting pregnant when we were trying to breed her. For anyone who doesn't know, ovaries should be smooth, not bumpy, so she had cysts on her ovaries.

Despite doing everything right, showing the dogs, doing the health testing, sometimes there is nothing at all that we can do to control the outcome. All part of breeding, but this is definitely putting a delay on our first litter, as we will need to start over with a new girl.

05/28/2024

Smash did well this weekend and got himself a group 2nd! We are so proud of this happy boy!

02/20/2024

Crate training!

All of my dog sleep and go into crates when we are not home until they are a few years old and have gained their freedom! The first and most common reason is to keep them out of any type of trouble when we aren't around, but there are a number of other reason why I would always crate train my dog.

Traveling, it is safer in the car for dogs to be in a crash tested kennel, but also if you ever need to fly with your dog they will need to be in a kennel.

Vet Clinics, if you ever need to leave your beloved dog at a vet clinic, they will most likely be in a kennel, and crate trained dogs are much more relaxed as they are used to being contained in this way.

Emergency evacuations, a lot of pets can be rounded up during emergency situations and if they need to be put into kennels or crates while thing settle down or owners find them, they again will have one less stress if they are used to crates.

Medical reasons, you may need to crate rest your dog after an injury or surgery, and that is so much easier with a crate. Or if your dog has a medical condition that you may want them in a kennel so they are safe. For an example, a dog with seizers you may want to kennel when you are not around to that if they have one while you are gone when will be less likely to get hurt, like falling down the stairs of off a bed.

My dogs love their crates! Are they happy when they 'graduate' from them? Yes, but while I have them out they also gravitate to them. It is their safe place!

02/09/2024

This week flew by so fast we ALMOST missed Buttons' birthday!
This beautiful lady turned 6 on Feb 6th!

01/10/2024

12/26/2023

We hope that everyone who celebrates Christmas had a lovely holiday!🎄

12/23/2023

Breeding isn't for the faint at heart!

This is a statement you often hear and it is so true. People just see the price of their puppy and the fun adorable pictures that breeders post but do you know about all the potential heart ache that goes with breeding? Especially breeding well!!

A breeder could spend all the money on health testing and showing their dog for a dog to never take when bred. Your holidays could be ruined due to needing to drive a day away to breed your dog, and there isn't wiggle room, when you have to go you got to go! (You only have a couple day window!) Or your breeding plans could fall though due to holidays and your shipment of seman can't arrive on time or the vet isn't open on the proper day. You could have helped beautiful puppies into this world for some to die unexpectedly.

Behind every litter is at least one stressed out breeder dealing with the stress of getting these babies into this world and to their forever homes! Don't take your breeder for granted!

12/20/2023

This handsome man turns 2 years old today! ❤️
Happy Birthday Smash-a-roon!