04/13/2026
Very well said 💕
I AM GOING TO SAY THIS SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE BACK CAN HEAR IT!
I do not care what you do with your dog. You can dress it up in a tutu, you can hog hunt with it, you can go dock diving, you can do search and rescue, you can do UKC, you can do cows, you can do scent trailing, and you can paint the dog’s toe nails PINK.
I care about quality of home. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE A DOG BEING BRED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I don’t want a dog that has done nothing in their lives to be just a brood gyp. THEY MUST PROVE THAT THEY ARE WORTHY OF BEING BRED!
There are people breeding 2-10 litters a YEAR. A YEAR! I would not call that a successful breeding program. THAT IS BREEDING FOR MONEY! If you are having to breed that many times to get a successful pup, then your breeding program needs to be changed.
IF YOU ARE BREEDING FOR WORK and claiming such titles with your dog, YOU BETTER PROVE IT! Your dog should have titles, wins, or be able to show such. A 30 second clip isn’t going to cut it. That is FAKE.
Show your dog, work your dog, color your dog, but please, for the love of the animals STOP BREEDING just to breed.
You may ask, Lauren, why you so unhinged. Well folks I am SUPER honored that so many people have reached out about our pups. Really, it is super flattering. But when the following questions are the first thing that comes to my message box;
“How much?”
“Can I see the females?”
“Location?”
All this tells me is you really do not care about the pedigree, the parents, or the arduous work that has gone in to making this a desirable cross. It does not give warm fuzzy feelings. There are so so so many red flags on people inquiring about puppies. And I absolutely hate it. I want to see others succeed and make their own program, but it needs to be done right. Right by the dog, right by the pedigree and right by the people who have worked so hard to make their dogs desirable.
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