Kallmee Vizslas and Toy Fox Terriers

18/07/2025

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Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

In this study, researchers looked at whether the age at which dogs were spayed or neutered, meaning how long they were exposed to their natural s*x hormones, affected how healthy they were in old age. They studied a group of long-lived pet dogs to learn what helps dogs live longer, healthier lives. Dogs with the fewest age-related health problems were considered the most “robust.”

The results showed that both male and female dogs who kept their hormones longer (i.e., were spayed or neutered later) were 3 to 10 times more likely to be healthy in old age compared to those altered earlier. Once hormone exposure and age were taken into account, there was no difference in old-age health between males and females.

This study highlights how important s*x hormones may be for staying healthy later in life and shows that early-life decisions—like when to spay or neuter—can have long-term effects on health.

25/05/2025

Four weeks!

24/05/2025

Everyone calls and asks for a b***h puppy and honestly myself and other Toy Fox Terrier breeders do not understand it. Boys - in general - are sweeter, more compliant and in tune with you. B!tches of course are sweet but also often have an agenda with you as their subject LOL. The old saying is true with the dogs - the girls love you but the boys are in love with you.

Read this article from the June 2022 AKC Gazette (combined to one page).

24/01/2025

Truth!

24/01/2025

They are not the same and this video explains the differences.

17/06/2024

Please don’t leave bags out where pets can get their heads into them and suffocate.

Sadly, this heartbroken family lost their beautiful 7 year old Border Collie named Kindle on Wednesday when she suffocated in a chip bag. Wendy Jordan, a professional dog trainer, says, "I can’t write now. It’s too raw. I have warned people for years about Pet Suffocation. I’m a dog trainer/business owner by profession. And today, because I left a chip bag on a table, in an area I thought the dogs didn't have access to but knew they sometimes could get through, my best dog of my pack is gone. She opened the gate to the deck, went up the steps, got the chip bag, took it down the steps, even spilling some of the chips, and then somehow accessed the inside and suffocated. She was right beside my gate where she is used to entering and exiting the yard. I’m devastated. I may never buy a bag of chips again. I used to worry about this when my kids were young, and I warned my kids when they left home with their dogs, and yet one freak accident, and I’m the one it happens to."

Even though someone may already know about pet suffocation and take all safety precautions, accidents can still happen. We can only do our best. Kindle was a very determined pup. Her story will help save other pets from this happening to them. Please help us spread awareness. Thank you.
www.preventpetsuffocation.com

09/05/2024

Dogs are dogs. They're not fur babies. They're not children. They're dogs.

That doesn't mean I don't love my dogs. It doesn't mean you can't call them your "kids" or "fur children." But for their sake, respect that they are dogs. Treat them well, but treat them as they should be.

People humanizing dogs is actually what's getting a lot of them put down, rehomed, dumped, and loaded with behavioral issues.

The best way to honor and love your dog is to respect the fact that they are different from us. That's part of what makes them so amazing!!

Bringing home a new dog and giving it whatever it wants, whenever it wants, is not setting them up for success. It may feel good to "spoil" them. I get it, but what you're actually doing is creating a brat.

I hear this often: "My dog bit our friend on the couch because he thinks the couch is his." OK, who let them think that? The dog didn't just waltz in and claim your couch. The dog wasn't given boundaries to begin with. I let my dogs on the couch, but if I tell them to get off and go to their bed, they will without hesitation. They've earned that privilege based on respect, trust, and understanding.

If you want to "spoil" your dog, do it by setting them up for success. Exercise them, give them boundaries, give them a job, and give them what they actually need instead of the latest squeaky toy. The time you spend playing with your dog means more than the toy itself.

Love your dog. Cherish your dog. Respect your dog, but for the love of the dog, TREAT THEM LIKE A DOG.

(And before anyone wants to say something silly...My dogs are my family. They literally signed my marriage certificate, but they also have boundaries. Just like any healthy family should!)

01/05/2024

A survey of more than 27,000 dogs in the Dog Aging Project has found that the most common reasons for visits to the vet have little to do with breed.

28/04/2024

To all the folks who have gotten dogs from me - your emails and letters when your pup passed years later have all been appreciated and cherished and I’ve kept them. I am so thankful for the love you gave them and the lives you shared.

16/04/2024

Stats just came out for the end of March and Ricky is Number 1 in Breed!! Number 3 in the All Breed. So proud of my Ricky - 8 years old and still has it! ❤

29/03/2024

Please share! Match coming in April! Under cover on concrete. Free Junior Clinic before the match and the junior showmanship classes are FREE!

Non Veteran Champions and major pointed dogs need practice? Enter them For Exhibition Only.

Your senior dogs want a chance to be the star again? We have veterans classes and Best Veteran!

Also other titling events as well. Come join us at a beautiful park and enjoy a day with your dog! :)

https://www.brevardkc.org/images/documents/docs/2024/2024_BKC_B_Match_Premium_and_entry_form.pdf

19/03/2024

Truth
A show dog going to a retirement home is not being rescued. They don’t need ‘rescuing.’

Show dogs are regular dogs. In fact, most show dogs are better socialized, better behaved, and less reactive than most 'normal' dogs. And you don't have to take my word for it - ask a vet what they think.