Mielikki's Hunt Borzoi

25/08/2024

To round out the weekend, Mr. Quinn picked up a best breed over to specials for his second major. ❤️♥️❤️

Mr Quinn who will be two in December

25/08/2024

Artemis was RWB to a specialty major!

24/08/2024

Mr Quinn who will be two in December

24/08/2024

What a freaking day all over

Down in Virginia, jazz from the Disney litter was wD/BOW/BOS for his first major !

out in Minnesota, sister Artemis was reserved winners bitch at the specialty!

In Pennsylvania, distant cousin bun bun was winners for a major, her brother Quinn was best of winners for the major, and GG and Alle had a wonderful first show. I couldn’t have asked for a better first show for the girls.

So proud of all my pups from two different litters

24/08/2024

10/08/2024

Due to the harassment of small minded adopt Dont shop maroons who don’t like my TikTok’s educating people on ethical breeders, and explaining why shelter dogs are not for everybody, the support of behavioral euthanasia, my support of adopt or shop be responsible,  or just my disagreeing with a comment they made like all purebreds are in**ed, I’ve had to remove my reviews.

It’s sad they are so small minded, pathetic, & juvenile, that they can’t have a conversation,  or have somebody disagree with them, without pulling this type of crap. They’re also harassing rescues I have mentioned that I support. this is not a good look for the rescue community. Explains why people are turning away from them.

 I support ethical rescues. The unfortunate thing is anybody can slap a name on a rescue and be a rescue in this country.

31/07/2024

Thank you responsible breeders.

There sadly isn't much of a voice for responsible breeders. They often get grouped into the category of backyard breeders or puppy mills, but they are so much more than that. Thank you responsible breeders. Thank you for not being part of the problem, but actually being part of the solution. I can guarantee you that if every breeder followed the guidelines of responsible breeders, "overpopulation" would not be a concern.

It pains me to have clients who come in and are so stressed and concerned about their dogs having one hair out of place. They worry we will judge them because they show and breed dogs and in the past they have been harrassed by the public. I usually just laugh and ensure them that a little dirt means they are loved and having a good time outside. Trust me, I have an English Setter and keeping him show quality groomed everyday would be torture to me and him. They are expected to always be perfect in the eye of the public, because if not a snood comment is likely to be made about their purebred dog. I, and even the clinic I work at, have been harrassed twice this week for supporting responsible breeders. I can't imagine the harrassment some breeders face, I know a few that try to keep the fact that they breed hidden from the public because they are scared of what the public will think.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good mixed breed dog. I work with tons of them everyday and care for each and every one of them the same. Each day I come home and worry about every mixed breed dog I treated that day the same as every purebred dog. I support shelters everyday at work and there are many situations where a rescue dog may be the best fit for you family.

However, there is nothing quite like a dog from a responsible breeder. That dog comes to you from a loving breeder who invested so much time, emotion, funds and research into each puppy that it would shock you. They spend their lives conserving a breed and making it better. That breeder can tell you everything about their personalities, what their traits and quirks will be, and what they were purposefully bred to do. They care about the placement of each puppy, often placing them into the homes themselves based on purpose and personality of each puppy, rather than letting the new owners pick out which one looked cutest online. These puppies go into homes fully vaccinated, with all required health clearances needed. They go into homes already house trained and crate trained to ensure easy transition for the new homes. These responsible breeders keep track of the puppies until they grow old and pass. They want to know about each and every health concern that they have throughout life so that they may alter their breeding program to avoid health concerns in the future. These breeders even make you sign a contract saying that if you can't keep the dog, no matter the age, you will return it to them so that the dog does not end up in a shelter. The list goes on and on.

The next time you meet a RESPONSIBLE breeder, thank them, ask them about their breed, and buy them a drink (trust me they need it 😉).

22/07/2024

Many good points! Applies to all competitive events, good food for thought.
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16 reasons in answer to the puppy buyer's question, "why would I show/run my dog?"

1. Your dog will be getting a higher level of care and detailed attention to its health and grooming.
2. Your dog will not get fat because you will be more closely monitoring its weight and fitness.
3. You will get more compliments on your dog because its coat and physical condition will be superior.
4. You will become much more knowledgeable about the unique heritage of your breed and its ideal physical traits, disposition, structure, and movement, and gain a much deeper appreciation of your dog.
5. You will contribute to the perpetuation of the breed. Showing your dog will support the sport venue used by breeders to gage which dogs should be bred to preserve the breed.
6. Training for the show teaches the dog how to behave properly in different environments with distractions, how to remain attentive and well-mannered in the midst of a group of other dogs, and socializes it to tolerate being touched by strangers (judges). Thus, it has behavioral benefits in its life as a pet in other activities.
7. By competing with your dog and increasing the number of dogs in the breed competition, you help each other towards attaining title points. This process also helps sustain the breed.
8. competing with your dog sustains the sport and thus increases the availability of purebred dogs of all breeds that are screened to avoid major health issues. By showing, you indirectly help others to be able to find their own purebred dogs from any breed.
9. You will be able to gain more knowledge, skill, and advice mentored by the breeder of your dog.
10. You will gain a network of other dog lovers that are an additional resource of information and have experience with your breed or its variety group.
11. Through competing, it may turn out that your dog could be identified as being highly desirable to produce some of the next generation of puppies in your breed, and so your dog could have a direct role in preserving the breed.
12. Conversely, if you don’t compete with your dog, its qualities will remain concealed, so it is unlikely that it would be considered as a potential sire or dam of the next generation. And if you spay or neuter the pet, you may unknowingly remove from the breed gene pool a dog of very good potential.
13. You will have the opportunity to learn about the leading breedlines nationwide. In becoming successful at showing your dog, you would then be considered by breeders as a more preferred owner for acquiring show-quality dogs in the future, and you will become capable of independently judging the quality of a puppy compared to others.
14. Conversely, if you don’t show your dog, breeders will probably consider you primarily as a potential owner of the lower quality dogs from any litter, and you will not have much knowledge to discern positive and negative physical characteristics.
15. If you show your dog yourself, you will have a unique experience in building a special working relationship with your pet and have truly unforgettable memories.(but using a handler is ok too!)
16. When you show your dog, you will be able to accumulate a great catalog of classic photographs of your dog in peak form that you will certainly treasure for many years thereafter.

—-Gary Chock

(With a few change by me. Whether you compete with your dog yourself, or have somebody else compete with your dog, enjoy yourself. No one dog is less quality because somebody else showed or ran the dog other than the owner. The wins are magic either way )

12/07/2024

If anyone in the mid Atlantic area is interested in a 6 yr old adult, spayed and tacked, Drop me a note. The cobreeder/custodial owner would be interested in placing her. She’s too much Dog for her older owner.

04/07/2024

With the addition of another backyard breeders selling service dogs, I wanted to share this

If you run into a borzoi breeder who advertises service dogs? Run away. In my area, I had one of these breeders tell me it was a good way to make more money off of people. They’re using you guys.  people who need service dogs? All they see you as is $signs. The exact words were “you can charge twice as much money for your puppies”

But this is not a service dog breed. It is the rare unicorn of the breed that makes good service dogs and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.

psa: for THIS breed. Cat titles, fast cat titles, and ukc titles? are not signs of a good breeder. You want to see FC, AKC CH. A pug can get a cat title or fast cat. It’s not applicable to our breed and ukc titles with no AKC ring title? Sign of a BYB.

04/07/2024

Jazz is first of the puppies to enter the show ring and first to be pointed! Congrats Laura! 

11/06/2024

New research has redefined the best age to spay/neuter popular dog breeds. Delaying the procedure can prevent joint disorders and certain cancers.

13/05/2024

06/05/2024

Did you purchase your puppy from a breeder? They should be a valuable resource when you have questions or problems about your new dog.

28/04/2024

Buy a dog, save a breed.

📸: National Purebred Dog Day

21/04/2024

20/04/2024

The toad hunting jazz