Imagine the Scenario. It's nine in the morning and you are snoozing in the recliner. You stayed up all night waiting for your dog to have her puppies. After twelve hours of labor, the first puppy comes out, followed by six more in the next four hours. Seven beautiful Boxer puppies; I should've known what we had gotten ourselves into!
Two weeks later, the novelty wore off. Take one dog's oops's and uh-ohs multiplied by seven, plus two other dogs and what do you get? Catastrophe! Thats right. If one thing was true, I'd definitely say that I was unprepared. The dogs just ate us out of house and home, used up our whole supply of newspaper, and made no profit whatsoever.
We still have pictures, memories, etc., but NO PROFIT. So why'd we do it? Because we like to have babies around all the time. They are really fun when they are here, and they leave with great families. Actually, another litter is due in June for us. It will be fun, and I'll be sure to update you, but as of now, there are two things I want you to get out of this article.
Number one: DON'T BUY A PUPPY WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT WILL EAT, DESTROY, PIDDLE ON, ETC. I know we were truly surprized when the dogs jumped out of their pen, and peed on the new carpet. Don't let it happen to you!
Number two: DON'T BREED DOGS FOR THE PROFIT. You hardly make any whay with the vet bills, food etc. Maybe a couple hundred dollars, but not all that much. It is definitely not worth the trouble if you are in it for profit. Breed dogs because you like to, and for no other reason!
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