02/01/2026
They’re our whole world ❤️
Something to think about BEFORE you tell someone what their puppies are worth.
I AM A BREEDER... ✨💖✨
Food receipts 🧾 for my dogs food bills.
I have more whelping supplies than I do medicine and first aid ⛑ supplies.
I have vaccines 💉 in my fridge, ringers on hand, my vet on speed dial ☎️ and multiple puppy pens in my living room.
I am a breeder, who when bad weather ⛈ strikes, save the dogs/puppies before taking cover myself. My feet 👣 find the way to the puppy pens before I have even eaten breakfast 🍳 in the morning 🌤 and the puppy pens are my last stop before bed 🛌
Personal plans 🏝🎂🎄 revolve around delivering or hand feeding puppies🐾 They are made around heat dates, whelp dates, puppies going to their new homes 🏡 and vet dates.
I am a breeder, who has been covered in more bodily fluids ❣️from my dogs on more occasions than I care to admit.
Most of the time my conversations with friends revolves around my dogs 🐶
When I get exhausted 💤 and feel like I can't do another sleepless night hand feeding a puppy around the clock every 2 hours I remind myself religiously that the hand feeding is only temporary and the reward is coming 🌟
I am a breeder who sacrifices my own sanity and rest to wake up every hour to check on a dam in labor, or soon to be.
Many people wouldn't understand how it feels to have invested hours upon hours into a weak puppy to ultimately lose it ✨🌈☁️ and how it can feel the same as losing a loved one or the joy I feel when all the invested hours have paid off in one that lives 🙏
I am a breeder, who has bottle 🍼 fed, syringe fed and even tube fed a puppy, doing whatever it takes feeding every 2 hours and it taking 45 minutes to do it for weeks at a time to ensure it's survival 💫
I have learned to be proficient at vaccinations 💉 , sub-q fluids 💧, tube feeding 🍼, temperature 🌡 taking and formulated and perfected my own puppy formula.
Working out natural, well working, remedies to just about every puppy issue , like canned pumpkin for constipation or loose stool.
My Vet knows me by my first name, and has witnessed me cry 😢 countless times 💔.
I am a breeder, to me that 63 days takes on new meaning still excited by every new life ✨😇✨ It is I who assist and/or delivers all my pups, towels and heating pads on ready, happiness and sadness sometimes intermingled.
It is I who has breathed the first breath 🌬 of life into a puppy who has refused to take that first breath. Even though it increases my work load, I look forward to the 14 day stage when eyes 👀 open, and puppies begin to emerge from the helplessness of newborns. Puppy breath, a first bark, and a heart of exploration. I am a conscientious lover ❤️ of animals and I have found my niche.
I am a breeder, and I am not cruel, dumb, uncaring or criminal. I take great responsibility for every life I bring into this world and ensure it goes to a wonderful, loving and perfect home 🏡 💕 An extension of the same love and care they received while in my own home.
I am not raking in money while sitting on my butt. Every penny I make I earn through blood, sweat, hard work and tears.
My greatest joy is a healthy puppy going to a wonderful home 🐾💫🏡
The cards of thanks, gifts from clients and the pictures of my puppies with their new families are the fringe benefits of my efforts.
I am an animal lover 💞, nurse 🩺, midwife, heavy laborer, customer service representative 📞 and marketer.
And PROUDLY, I AM A BREEDER! 🙌💯
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🐾 Guardian Boerboels
🐾 Royal Treasure Mini Doxies
Purpose-bred. Raised in-home. Health-focused. Lifetime breeder support.
www.GuardianBoerboels.com
www.RoyalDoxies.com
Original Author: Kristen Martin Thompson
