Del-May Pomeranians

04/09/2024

Piper and daughter

04/09/2024

Del-mays. Newest puppy. Born 3/28. Dam is Piper and sire is Gibbs.

03/28/2024

Announcing. Piper X Gibbs. Two puppies. Looks like a possible red girl and black and tan boy. Both weighing 80 g and latched on right away.
Born on 59th day. Free whelped. Looking forward to watching them grow

11/07/2023

Copied FWD
DOG PEOPLE DOG BREEDERS PLEASE READ

Posted by a preservation breeder who is ALSO a Vet!! Here's the real deal, people:
Watching the Westminster coverage, I was struck by many things, but this remained the most prominent:
So many of these amazing breeds have critically low registrations. Just 600 Sussex Spaniels, to name one. Many of these are breeds that make amazing companion dogs, and the public knows nothing about them.
As a veterinarian, I average seeing about 3 "new puppies" per day (these can be existing or new clients, but new puppies to them), sometimes more, sometimes less. I would guess that about 3-4 of these each MONTH is a purebred dog. And maybe ONE is from a preservation breeder. The others are merle or off color "purebreds" or from mills.
The rest? Every sort of doodle you can imagine, or other mixes such as husky/gsd (no idea who is doing this, but please stop), pomsky, shipoo, havapoo, shichon, cavachon, the list goes on and on.
The sad part is that many of these owners are educated, smart people, who just truly don't know. They don't know about the amazing purebred dogs who would fit so much better in their home. They don't know that buying a purebred dog is buying predictability. They don't know about health testing or breed typical traits or breed typical health concerns. They know they want a puppy and they can go online and order one, and be fooled by photos and words. Some even say "when I got there I knew it was a mill, but I couldn't say no at that point."
We need to do better. We need to promote and educate and...go ahead and crucify me for this...breed more dogs. Stop vilifying breeders who actually breed. Because pretty soon, we are all going to be extinct and all that will be left is designer dogs.
When I can talk to someone BEFORE they get their puppy, I can make a difference. I can educate about breeds that may work for them, about health issues, and about finding the right breeder. But as the veterinarian, all I can do is sigh when I see yet another "cockadoodledont" on my schedule and educate after the fact about pet insurance and training and the things we can do to try to help that particular puppy.
I don't have the solution, but I do know that we have to do better.
(And sadly so many doodles. So many.

08/22/2023

Puppies. Born 7/5/2023. You can pm me if you would like more information on these darlings. Two girls and one boy

08/15/2023

07/11/2023

Ellie x Jackson. Puppuesborn 7/5/2023. Mom and puppies doing well. Two girls and one boy

07/10/2023

Introducing. Delmay and Pandora Crashed the Pardi.. Crash took Best of Winners at his second show under judge Gary Lajeski. The day before he won his class under Jason Hoke. Crash is owned and Bred by Myself and Kate Borromeo. His dam is Delmays Orange is the New Black (Piper) and his sire is Shining Stars Black Tie Pardi. Bred by Tammy Tammie Tubbs and owned by Haley Pursell and Britney Azzopardi. A wonderful team effort. You will be seeing more of Crash in the ring. Love this little guy

05/21/2023

03/20/2023

Let’s hear it for Elsa. Animations Elsa. Bred by Lorinda Vasuta and owned by Deb Barrett and Lorinda. What an honor. Thanks to Nobel Inglett (judge) for this placement

03/12/2023

Breakfast time at Nationals

02/12/2023

Fun day at my Friend Tammy’s. Had a great day with Pom people. Great fun match. Great Food. Great weather

02/12/2023

Raven. Delmay’s. Quoth the Raven Nevermore went to her new home. She is adjusting beautifully. She likes her new surroundings , ate and used the potty pad. Jamie is totally in love with her. It’s so heart warming to see these little ones in their forever home.

02/08/2023

Dora likes the egg bed

02/08/2023

This is Raven. She is going to her fureverhome this weekend

02/08/2023

Sharing from another post

01/04/2023

Shasta’s girl. Both are spoken for. They are getting their first shots on Monday

12/31/2022

This is Shasta’s girl Angel. She is turning out to be really beautiful