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| A Reputable Breeder is one who thirst for knowledge and never really knows it all, one who wrestles with decisions on conscience, convenience, and commitment. A Reputable Repeatable Breeder is one who sacrifices personal interest, finances, time, fancy furniture, and deep pile carpeting. A Reputable Breeder gives up the dreams of a long, luxurious cruise in favor of turning that all important Show into this years "vacation". The Reputable Breeder goes without sleep (but never without hot coffee or tea) in hours spent health testing, planning a breeding or watching anxiously over the birth process, and afterwards, over every little sneeze, wiggle or cry. The Reputable Breeder skips dinner parties because that litter is due or the babies have to be fed at eight. The Reputable Breeder disregards birth fluids and puts mouth to mouth to save a gasping newborn, literally blowing life into a tiny helpless creature that may be the culmination of a lifetime of dreams. A Reputable Breeders lap is a marvelous place where generations of proud and noble champions once snoozed. A Reputable Breeders hands are strong and firm and often soiled, but ever so gentle and sensitive to a puppy's wet nose A Reputable Breeders back and knees are usually arthritic from stooping, bending, and sitting in a whelping box, but strong enough to support the next choice pup to a championship. A Reputable Breeders shoulders are stooped and often heaped with the abuse from competitors, but they're wide enough to support the weight of a thousand defeats and frustrations. A Reputable Breeders arms are always able to wield a mop, support a armful of puppies, or lend a hand to a newcomer. A Reputable Breeders ears are wondrous things, sometimes red (from being talked about) or strangely shaped (from being pressed against a phone receiver), often deaf to criticism, yet always fine tuned to the whimper of a puppy. A Reputable Breeders eyes are blurred from pedigree & genetic research, and are ever so keen when searching for that perfect specimen. A Reputable Breeders brain is foggy on peoples names, but can recall pedigrees faster than a MAC computer. It's so full of knowledge that sometimes it blows a fuse: it catalogues thousands of good boning, fine ears, perfect heads and balanced structure... A Repeatable Breeders ears and arms are wide open to a owner who has questions about their pet, as well as taking the pet back when the new owner finds them self in a potion to no longer care for them. The Reputable Breeders Heart is always in the right place! Oh, Yes, there are Breeders. And then, there are. REPUTABLE BREEDERS! Jodie Keener 1991 JBK Revision |
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