11/03/2025
Let me tell you ...
Being a responsible breeder is not a hobby. It is not a side hustle. It is a life commitment—one that requires deep sacrifice, unwavering dedication, and a heart that beats for the dogs we bring into this world.
Are you willing to sacrifice your sleep? To wake up every two hours, ensuring that fragile newborns are nursing, warm, and safe? To sit on the whelping room floor at 3 AM, eyes heavy, heart racing, because a puppy is struggling, and you know they are depending on you?
Are you willing to sacrifice your rest? To always be on alert, watching, listening, and knowing that even a single missed sign could mean life or death? To spend your days and nights tending to a mother who needs you just as much as her puppies do?
Are you willing to trade your vacation time for whelping a litter? To cancel plans, miss holidays, and stay behind while others travel because your priority is your dogs, and you would never leave them in someone else’s care during such a critical time?
Are you willing to spend thousands—not on luxuries, not on fleeting pleasures, but on progesterone testing, emergency C-sections, stud fees, health clearances, and genetic testing—because you refuse to cut corners and compromise the integrity of your breeding program?
Are you willing to take your puppy back, no matter what, no matter when—whether it’s a week, a year, or a decade later—even when your home is full, because you made a lifelong commitment to them?
Are you willing to pay thousands in vet bills, without hesitation, to make a puppy whole? To fight for them, to advocate for them, to give them the best shot at life, no matter the cost?
Are you willing to spend more than you make to enforce a breached contract? To fight for the well-being of a dog you bred, even when it’s exhausting, frustrating, and financially draining—because ethics matter, and your dogs deserve better?
Are you willing to do all you can for every single puppy you bring into this world, even when it means sacrificing your own comfort, time, and peace?
If you do, then you are doing it right. If you do, then you are not just a breeder—you are a guardian, a protector, a steward of your breed.
And if you do, pass the torch only to those who will carry it with the same devotion, integrity, and heart. Because this is not for everyone. But for those who choose this path, it is everything.