Last Thurday was a year to the day that our dog Edie had given birth to her litter of Bearded Collie puppies. So a 1st Birthday Party was needed.
Four puppies and their mother attended, we all met at the three tuns in Bransgore for drinks and dinner. The dogs had a special birthday cake ( salmon and cheese) edged with bone shaped biscuits. We then took the pups and mum for a walk they had a wonderful time charging round and splashing in the water. It was lovely for everyone to meet each other on their dogs relatives and compare notes.
I sat and watched them play and was so very very proud that I had brought them into the world nurtured them with their mother. Selected lovely homes for them, which did involve upsetting some people as they were just not suitable. I then sat back and enjoyed watching them demonstrate how they had grown up in to happy healthy dogs who gave a lot of pleasure to their owners.
All thoses that attended want to meet up again which we will do next year. As I feel it is my resposibility as a breeder to be there in the backgroud so I am always approachable.
All puppies were sold with the agreement that I would at least get a Christmas card each year with an update and that if ever they couldn't keep the dog we would have them back. This is quiet the norm in our breed and I have been taught well from some older breeders. It's just a shame more people buying puppies are not aware of the differances of a bad breeder and a good breeder.
It's not good enough to just see the mother.
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