Holly the Golden Retriever - Pregnant!
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Apologies if anyone sees 'clueless' as an insult - its not intended to be, but i do think its a fair assessment.
I'm absolutely not saying people shouldn't keep dogs. I have a 'pet' dog myself outside of the rescue ones. And i've have absolutely regarded myself as clueless when I bought her, straight from a bedroom breeder with zero checks etc (he didn't even know my name or were i lived
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I'm absolutely not saying people shouldn't keep dogs. I have a 'pet' dog myself outside of the rescue ones. And i've have absolutely regarded myself as clueless when I bought her, straight from a bedroom breeder with zero checks etc (he didn't even know my name or were i lived
)KFC said:
Apologies if anyone sees 'clueless' as an insult - its not intended to be, but i do think its a fair assessment.
I'm absolutely not saying people shouldn't keep dogs. I have a 'pet' dog myself outside of the rescue ones. And i've have absolutely regarded myself as clueless when I bought her, straight from a bedroom breeder with zero checks etc (he didn't even know my name or were i lived )
There was an excellent piece in the Spectator recently on the modern phenomemnon of "virtue signalling" and your posts illustrate the point nicely. Your aim is to demonstrate that you "care" more than anyone else: this is not a substitute for reasoned argument, and neither is calling your opponent "clueless".I'm absolutely not saying people shouldn't keep dogs. I have a 'pet' dog myself outside of the rescue ones. And i've have absolutely regarded myself as clueless when I bought her, straight from a bedroom breeder with zero checks etc (he didn't even know my name or were i lived
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Shaw Tarse said:
Could we please leave this thread to Holly & her puppies? (That would read differently in the lounge) & start a new thread to discuss where to buy or breed a dog.
Thanks
Absolutely, apologies for derailing.Thanks
OP - any time we've been dealing with puppies we've found a cheap kids paddling pool is a way to get a better sleep in the evening. Mum can easily climb over it, but the pups can't to begin with. And if they stray too far from the nest thats when the crying starts
Never you mind said:
OP - Is it really hard work? I will be breeding of my cocker soon and would like to hear about your experiences.
Yes, it's hard work. Not sure if you have kids or not, but I'd say that I am more tired now than when my son was first born 
Quick pic that I took for a colleague at work earlier:
Edited by badgerade on Tuesday 28th April 19:01
Never you mind said:
OP - Is it really hard work? I will be breeding of my cocker soon and would like to hear about your experiences.
Just think really long and hard before you do it as to your reasons, your long term.commitment to the pups (it doesn't just end at 8 weeks old). A lot of people think it will be nice for a female dog to have pups but it really doesn't, some actually hate it!!If you really think.it is what you want to do (don't ever do it for money, if that is the reason you shouldn't do.it) then make sure you get on familiar term with your vets, There advice/ooh service just in case, costs of the unexpected. Worming protocols for Mum and pups etc.
Is she a working or show cocker (just curious nothing more
)Never you mind said:
OP - Is it really hard work? I will be breeding of my cocker soon and would like to hear about your experiences.
I'd suggest reading up as much as possible So you know what you're getting involved in. It's very time consuming, and despite my colleagues all saying to me "think of the money" it's not really about that. Even if it was, I'm not sure the amount of time and effort that we've put into these pups would even begin to be covered ! Worth realising that costs can easily spiral - an ooh consultation at our vets is around £140, if we had needed a c-section it would have started at about £2.5k. Your normal insurance won't cover this.bexVN said:
Never you mind said:
OP - Is it really hard work? I will be breeding of my cocker soon and would like to hear about your experiences.
Just think really long and hard before you do it as to your reasons, your long term.commitment to the pups (it doesn't just end at 8 weeks old). A lot of people think it will be nice for a female dog to have pups but it really doesn't, some actually hate it!!If you really think.it is what you want to do (don't ever do it for money, if that is the reason you shouldn't do.it) then make sure you get on familiar term with your vets, There advice/ooh service just in case, costs of the unexpected. Worming protocols for Mum and pups etc.
Is she a working or show cocker (just curious nothing more
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evoivboy said:
more pics please 
Ah yes, good idea. Will try and remember to take some tonight and add them.The pups are now 3 weeks old and doing well. First bit of proper food yesterday which they got stuck into with no issues. The whole development process is really interesting - everything is so instinctive for them and the level of change from one day to the next is amazing.
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