01/11/2025
Today we closed the chapter on our adventure in dog breeding.
Tink left this morning to a lovely home with kids, pigs, and poultry. She’ll have other dogs to keep her company too.
Ozzy ended his breeding career today too with a visit to the vet. He has been an amazing dad and mentor. We loved raising his 10 pups and will miss them. (Shaw is still around.)
We feel like we put out some great pups that met the Colorado Mountain Dog standard as we see is. It took us 8 years of trying to breed (Belle never took) to get our one CMDR liter… and then we learned the politics and bullying behind dog breeding just arent for us. Hopefully one of the girls will carry on Ozzy’s genes in the CMD registry, if you can brave it!
For future puppy buyers, don’t buy the cheapest dog just because its cheap. At the same time, just because a dog is priced high that does not mean that breeder has put time into ensuring the health and tempermemt of your pups. Unfortunately too many breeders are selling high without putting in the same effort/investment as some of the great beeders. These dogs are costly to raise and priceless when properly trained and vetted, but that doesnt mean every dog is worth a high price tag. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and spend time on a farm meeting breeder/trainer, parents, and observing pups. It may be worth it to pay more than deal with long term health or behavior problems. Of course, training doesn’t end when a pup leaves the breeding farm. All pups require some work to reinforce behaviors and shape them into the working dog you need.
