Friday, March 16, 2018

March 16, 2018 Saying Goodbye to Carmel Corn SanDiego

In the beginning, when we were making plans rationally and had done none of it, we decided to never use a dog if it would harm them, and not keep one when they were not going to be productive. We decided to find good homes for those dogs that deserved a good retirement from the puppy business.

We seemed to have it all figured out back then.

Having found that Carmen would never have the psychological fortitude to be a good breeder  we struggled in deciding to follow through on our plans. But we bit the bullet and decided to let her go.

So this morning I dropped her with her new family. Nice people who have a goat farm near Ferndale, California. But it was not as easy to do as the plan carefully said it would. The plan said that these are farm animals and "we won't get too attached". The plan wasn't wrong. It just wasn't as easy as we thought.
Carmen came from eastern Washington.
From a good amature breeder.
Her mother was pretty.
Her father was handsome.
Carmen was our puppy and she will be missed. We hope she finds her new life to be wonderful. We hope her new family falls as hard for her as we did. 

When she was large with puppies,
she spent hours on my lap.
Her pups were a combination of
her parents and Clarke's good genes.
She threw exceptionally pretty pups.
Clarke is the tri-color (front and center).
Our litters were a family affair.







Most carried a championship stance.
Most were very high quality.

And all are were very pretty.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018 Carmen got fixed

I really don't know why the vet
docs call having a hysterectomy "fixed".

If it ain't broke you can't fix it.