Blossoms & Beaus Boston Terriers

31/12/2024

Cheers to a new year filled with our best friends (both 2 and 4 legged) by our side. ❤️🐾🥂

26/12/2024

The holidays are a perfect time to share this incredibly handy chocolate toxicity calculator. If your dog ingests chocolate, this will help you know if you need to get to your local emergency clinic, or if you are safe to stay home and monitor.

The Merck Veterinary Manual has been a trusted source of animal health information for students and practicing veterinarians. It contains authoritative guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of animal disorders and diseases.

23/12/2024

Leash work tips, I personally use this method and it works well.
I will add that the goal is for the dog to focus on you, the handler, so verbal praise (targeting the wanted behavior), and very interesting treats help tremendously here.

21/12/2024

Any breeder understands the heritability of temperament. It really cannot be underestimated.
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While we all know that dogs are often afraid/unsure/nervous around things that are novel — thus my consistent emphasis on proper socialization/exposure — there’s also an enormous reluctance/denial that many have embracing the hard, cold, unforgiving reality of genetics.

And I get it. If a pup or dog is dealt an unlucky and unfavorable hand genetically, it’s certainly not the dog’s fault, and it certainly feels unfair. But as sad and unfair as this genetic deal may be, it doesn’t dissolve into the ether simply because we don’t like it.

Are there things to be done, both with training and proper socialization, which can improve a pup/dog’s ability to better navigate their world? Absolutely. But is that “ceiling” of progress determined by the pup/dog’s genetics? 100%. Even if you don’t like hearing it.

Here’s the thing that very few want to honestly face: genetically robust/resilient dogs will also encounter novel things they are afraid/unsure/nervous about, but these dogs will quickly overcome these challenges. They will encounter, assess, and very quickly move on. Dogs who are less genetically robust/resilient will struggle with the same novel encounters to a far greater degree, and their ability to completely resolve their concerns and no longer be impacted by them will be determined far more by how they’re wired than by the work done with them.

Yep, all the socialization work in the world won’t make a highly unstable dog highly stable, or a moderately unstable dog perfectly stable. Whether we like it or not, the genetics trump the work.

Once again, does this mean the less lucky dogs have no room to grow, or can’t make huge strides? Of course not. But to ignore the realities that genetics play is to be extremely foolish, and delusional — and serves neither dog nor owner.

18/12/2024

Besides all of the useful info below, the work to get the nails back into shape is extensive and can be painful compared to proper maintenance from the beginning.
Trim those nails! 🐾

04/12/2024

When the whole gang is enjoying the heating pad, but can't quite all get it together and all look cute in one photo 😂
How are your dogs handling the winter weather??

15/11/2024

Our ad came out in E Boston Terriers ! Nicole Pollack did such a fantastic job making this ad, thank you so very much 🩷.
I'm excited to special Miss Sugar this year, and then get to showing Flora and Fauna!
Surprise, sometimes life just works out and you have two special little girls to have fun with. I'm grateful to those that have given me the opportunity to get my lines back in my sea of boy puppies this year.
Grateful and excited for the year to come. 🐾

25/10/2024

I had a fantastic time judging Sweeps the Sierra Gold Boston Terrier Club's 50th anniversary specialty today.
Some lovely babies, and absolutely beautiful Veterans, thank you to all the exhibitors!
Thank you to SGBTC for having me.
Congratulations to all of today's Winners. 🏆

23/10/2024

Like mother, like daughter

06/10/2024

For all of my Boston Terrier Disney fans, There is an antique cast iron Boston Terrier in the gift shop on main Street. I took a few photos zoomed out so you can see but I circled him in yellow.

27/09/2024

23/09/2024

This is a fantastic explanation on how retail rescue works, and why it's important to understand where your dog comes from. Ethical breeders don't contribute to the overflowing shelter situation. We prevent it because we have a life long commitment to every dog we produce.
Unless your puppy was born in the wild, EVERY puppy comes from a breeder. By playing into the false narrative of "adopt don't shop" you are directly supporting unethical breeding practices.

23/09/2024

When it's laundry day and all the dog beds get hot, fresh blankets 🥰

12/09/2024

My two littlest. I adore them both! ❤️🐾
Tangi is Cider's aunt.

09/09/2024

It's been a busy, baby filled summer here at Blossoms & Beaus. I typically try to avoid summer litters as it cuts into our availability to show, but it just lined up this year.
We've had so much fun, and I'm so excited about these little ones!
What did you do with your dogs this summer, show me pics below! 😁🐾❤️

21/08/2024

××× UPDATE ×××
There was a typo in the phone number, if you tried to call, please note that I have fixed it! The number you see now is the correct one.
Fellow breeder Adrienne Hullender has 3 pretty little girls available to approved homes.
***She is on the east coast*** There are transport options available.
Adrienne is an incredibly well respected breeder that I whole heartedly recommend!
If you are interested, please call her, that is her preference. It's a land line, so texts won't work.
Adrienne's home number is ~ 757-234-6502

03/08/2024

When you love your sister, even when she's a pest 😂❤️
(Sugar has her arm around Cider's head)