Dungavin Westies Australia

Dungavin Westies Australia We are registered breeders of West Highland White Terriers with Dogs Victoria, Australia

WHAT A BREEDER NEVER SAYS OUT LOUD....!!!!“Text borrowed and author unknown" but oh so true!!💯🤔 People often think that ...
04/06/2026

WHAT A BREEDER NEVER SAYS OUT LOUD....!!!!

“Text borrowed and author unknown" but oh so true!!
💯

🤔 People often think that a breeder lives among perfect dogs. But they forget everything that goes into bringing these little miracles into the world. Photos are sweet, but the reality is intense and demanding.

✨ Every birth is a lottery.
You can prepare, plan, and study everything… but not a single delivery goes exactly as hoped.
Every time it feels like the first time, even after years of experience.

😢 Death is our greatest enemy.
A bitch who develops complications, a puppy that doesn't make it…

It happens unexpectedly and breaks your heart every time.

✨ Using a good stud dog costs money and effort.
Travel expenses, matings, tests, nighttime care…

And then hoping that everything goes well: diarrhea, infections, stunted growth.
Breeding is an investment: financial, emotional, and physical.

✨Bottle feeding? Cute, yes… for the first five minutes.

But after that, feeding every 2–3 hours, day and night, for weeks.

That is pure survival mode, with a whole lot of energy as salvation.

🤦‍♀️ People often view puppies as “business”:

“Number of puppies × price = profit!”

But they forget the:

• Health & Genetic testing
• Matings
• Shows
• Training
• Nutrition
• Veterinarian
• Care and hygiene
• Photoshoots, advertising, websit
• Kilograms of food and mountains of poop!!🙈

What is left? Rarely a gold bar. Let alone a decent hourly wage 😁

😴 Sleepless nights are inevitable.
No weekends, no vacation, no break.

🤫 Who really raises the puppies?

The bitch… AND the breeder.
Every small infection can threaten an entire litter.

😬 And the question “Why is it so expensive?”

If we got a euro for every time…

The dogs would be eating caviar instead of kibble or meat.

😵‍💫 Future owners always make us worried.
A puppy isn't a package you just send off.
We choose adopters carefully; sometimes we refuse, sometimes we wait longer.

🫥 Emotional fatigue?
You almost never see that.
The pressure, the responsibility, watching over every detail…

And the loneliness during an emergency.

🤐 Sometimes we want to quit.
After loss. After setbacks. After exhaustion.

And then a pup opens its little eyes… and everything starts all over again.
It is a passion that never lets you go!

🙏 The grief of loss…

We rarely talk about that.
But with every farewell, a piece of us dies with them. Yet we rise again, for the puppies that still need a home.

🥰 Yes, there are beautiful moments.
Yes, there is immense joy.
But behind every experienced breeder lies a path full of sleepless nights, tears…

And an unconditional love for these special animals.♥️🥰♥️

25/05/2026

Our Westies go crazy for the “Churpi” chew which is a hard cheese. I stumbled across these when checking out Pet Food Australia (whom we use for dry food) and was looking at the treats they have. Best decision ever was to buy these. Even our baby puppies have access to the chews from around 4 weeks of age. I have found them great for teething. Please note this isn’t a paid advertisement for these treats but something that I highly recommend for any puppy that loves to chew on things.

If you’re looking for a dog walker in Boroondara I can highly recommend Liz Cameron from Wag it.
13/05/2026

If you’re looking for a dog walker in Boroondara I can highly recommend Liz Cameron from Wag it.

07/05/2026

Our westies have definitely read these rules.


# westies

06/05/2026

Happy 1st Birthday Freya (Dungavin Freya Da Dark) and her litter mates.

1 year ago Bella had her 2nd and final litter giving us Freya, the most chilled out puppy from day 1. As Bella’s first litter resulted in an emergency c-section a scheduled an elective c-section was scheduled with Stuart Mason at Doncaster vets. This meant that following the C-section, Bella and her babies had a 2.5hour trip home. It took a bit longer than our usual 2 hour trip as I would stop every so often to check on the babies to make sure they were nice and warm. We even stopped at Wandong where Bella feed her babies.

The exciting aspect of this litter is that it was a first for us in terms of Both Bella and Gordie were bred by us making this a Dungavin x Dungavin litter.

Unfortunately for us this was Bella’s final litter due to developing milk fever despite us doing everything to prevent it. Lucky for us we had just started the puppies on milk thus weaning was a bit easier and we didn’t need to bottle feed.

We would like to wish Freya’s litter mates a happy 1st birthday

Here are pictures of Freya from birth to now.


04/05/2026

For those westie lovers that are Starwars fans
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01/05/2026

Gigi nodding off to sleep. Have to love the eye rolls as she tries not to succumb to sleep.


28/04/2026

Gigi dreaming. Gotta love the sleep growls. I wonder what it was all about.


25/04/2026

This made me chuckle. But in all seriousness there is always the possibility of any dog attacking. This is why we select for temperament each and every time we breed.

24/04/2026

Lest we forget

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”


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