09/08/2026
I didn’t write this but so so true…and I am so so grateful…..
🐾 A SHOUTOUT TO THE BREEDER HUSBANDS/SPOUSES🐾
To the men who thought they were marrying or spending their life with a dog lover…
…and somehow ended up married to a full-time kennel operator, part-time veterinarian, amateur geneticist, part-time microbiologist and lab technician, marketing and PR specialist, part-time photographer, professional p**p inspector and cleaner, and overnight puppy ICU nurse. 😂
Thank you for putting up with:
🏠 The house slowly becoming a kennel
🧺 Laundry that consists primarily of dog blankets
🧼 Cleaning supplies in every room
🐕 Dogs on the couch, dogs in the bed, dogs everywhere
📦 Random boxes of crates, whelping supplies, supplements, grooming equipment, and Amazon delivery piles so large you’re afraid to ask about the bank account
🐾 “Don’t let them outside, she’s in heat.”
🐾 “Can you hold this puppy while I weigh the other one?”
🐾 “I need you to help me take stacked photos. It'll only take like FIVE minutes, I swear” ✨LIES✨
🐾 "Let's drive 8 hours this weekend to the handler's house. We'll make it FUN!"
🐾 “WATCH YOUR STEP THE PUPPY JUST PEED.”
🐾 “You can go if you want. I have to stay home with the puppies.” 🤦♀️
Thank you for accepting that the guest room may never actually have guests again. They stopped coming 😅 They know better. ✨🐾 Seat's taken 🐾✨
Thank you for not counting dogs 🫣
Thank you for helping build kennels, clean kennels, fix kennels, move kennels, and occasionally questioning why there are now MORE kennels.
Thank you for listening to progesterone numbers like you actually know and care what they mean.
Thank you for occasionally monitoring the 3:00 am feeding so she can get 4 hours of sleep .
Thank you for late-night emergency runs, 3 a.m. whelping assistance, vet trips that require you to pretend you know what you're talking about (even if you call your wife and ask what dog you're holding and why they had an appt again), and the occasional frantic:
“BABE, I THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG" when it turns out absolutely nothing is wrong 😅
Thank you for helping with a day and half of whelping without fainting at the sight of blood.
Thank you for taking care of the household chores and family while your wife tends to the puppies.
And most importantly…
Thank you for understanding that when your wife says, “We’re keeping one,” what she really means is:
“Please clear some space in the house.” 😂
You may not understand why we do it.
You may occasionally/often 😅 wonder if we've completely lost our minds.
But you still show up.
You still help.
And you still love us—even when there are 47 dogs in your living room and you haven’t sat on your own couch in six months. 😂
Cheers to the breeder husbands. 🥂🐾
The unsung heroes behind every litter, every champion show dog, every late-night emergency, and every “I'm not keeping one" (when you KNOW she's gonna keep one) 😂
We couldn’t do it without you. ❤️
…Although we could probably find room for one more dog. And you might not even notice 😉🐶
