New Here and our girl Molly!

[Criticalfix]

Thanks everyone She is tons of work but we love her to death!

To answer the questions about the breeder. Well our friends had a basenji who was great and we fell in love with her, so when they were ready to get another one, they told us about a litter. Our friends ended up meeting the breeder that day and brought back all the puppies, so unfortunately we never met or talked to the breeder.

Anyway, having papers on her isn't all that important in our eyes but we have been thinking about the pitter patter of little paws as a possibility and thought the papers might be a good idea.

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments. We tried reading them to Molly, but she was far more interested in her faux pigs ear chew

[tanza]

@Criticalfix:

Thanks everyone She is tons of work but we love her to death!

To answer the questions about the breeder. Well our friends had a basenji who was great and we fell in love with her, so when they were ready to get another one, they told us about a litter. Our friends ended up meeting the breeder that day and brought back all the puppies, so unfortunately we never met or talked to the breeder.

Anyway, having papers on her isn't all that important in our eyes but we have been thinking about the pitter patter of little paws as a possibility and thought the papers might be a good idea.

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments. We tried reading them to Molly, but she was far more interested in her faux pigs ear chew

Yes, for sure if you are thinking about breeding… papers are a must.... along with health testing.... so they are very important... and more then just a good idea....

[dash]

This will probably come off as nasty but I am not good at self control. You do have an adorable dog but that does not mean you need to breed. I think you should consider all the work involved and realize the cost involved. I think way to many people think they have a cute dog so that dog should be bred. I don't agree at all. If you do all the health testing etc. and you have a dog that meets all the standards for the breed, and a good personality than you should consider breeding.

Sorry if that was offensive to any breeders.

[YodelDogs]

Criticalfix,
You said, "Our friends ended up meeting the breeder that day and brought back all the puppies, so unfortunately we never met or talked to the breeder."

What do you mean by all the puppies? Did they bring back more than two? Also, where did they meet the breeder? At their home? If so, were they allowed to view all the breeder's dogs?

[Quercus]

@dash:

This will probably come off as nasty but I am not good at self control. You do have an adorable dog but that does not mean you need to breed. I think you should consider all the work involved and realize the cost involved. I think way to many people think they have a cute dog so that dog should be bred. I don't agree at all. If you do all the health testing etc. and you have a dog that meets all the standards for the breed, and a good personality than you should consider breeding.

Sorry if that was offensive to any breeders.

Uh….that shouldn't be offensive to any breeders That's what we've been saying all along

[tanza]

@dash:

This will probably come off as nasty but I am not good at self control. You do have an adorable dog but that does not mean you need to breed. I think you should consider all the work involved and realize the cost involved. I think way to many people think they have a cute dog so that dog should be bred. I don't agree at all. If you do all the health testing etc. and you have a dog that meets all the standards for the breed, and a good personality than you should consider breeding.

Sorry if that was offensive to any breeders.

Should BE NO offensive from any "responsible" breeder…. that is exactly what we have been saying regarding breeding and were to get a puppy....

[Mollys_mom]

haha…well I'm not good at self control too so please bare with me...our dog IS cute for sure and I think we would be considered completely insane if we hadn't considered all of the ramafications of breeding her...so thank you to everyone who is saying we shouldn't just breed to breed, I completly understand and agree. I will say though this isn't our first time around the ol' dog park and I have had puppies before (i'm in the loop on how much work that is). But at the end of the day it is a dog having puppies whether its a basenji or a lab, puppies are a lot of work and a ton of responsibility but its not exactly complex physics (hehe...its much harder than that)

As for the questions about how many dogs were in the litter, there were 3 puppies. 1 went to us, 1 went to our friends and the other to our friends parents...so all 3 girls (and our friend's other baseinji) all get together on a fairly regular basis at family events and on the weekends They are all too cute together! Our friend did meet the breeder and they said they were sending the papers on all 3 dogs...we just never got them and no responses to our calls or emails.

[JazzysMom]

@Mollys_mom:

. I will say though this isn't our first time around the ol' dog park and I have had puppies before (i'm in the loop on how much work that is). But at the end of the day it is a dog having puppies whether its a basenji or a lab, puppies are a lot of work and a ton of responsibility but its not exactly complex physics (hehe…its much harder than that) :).

If you've bred before, then you should understand the importance of knowing the complete history of both parents before even thinking about breeding.
It's not just about the time/energy spent taking care of the puppies, but the responsibility involved in knowing that you are breeding sound dogs.

The fact that the breeder won't produce papers, and is not responding to calls or emails would be a huge.. A HUGE. . red flag for me.

[Quercus]

<< I will say though this isn't our first time around the ol' dog park and I have had puppies before (i'm in the loop on how much work that is). But at the end of the day it is a dog having puppies whether its a basenji or a lab, puppies are a lot of work and a ton of responsibility but its not exactly complex physics (hehe…its much harder than that) >>

Uh....it isn't the puppies that are the hard part...it is the planning of a genetically and physically healthy litter with sound temperaments. And of course breeding isn't complex physics...throw any male and female together and voila....any idiot can do it...and lots of idiots do.

Believe me, we aren't concerned about your work ethic, but rather to your commitment to the breed that we wish to preserve. Everytime someone breeds a litter with no health testing behind them, they may be spreading genes for diseases that the people who end up with those puppies, and those puppies' puppies will have to deal with for the life of their dog. It also pollutes the gene pool. Everytime someone breeds a litter with no regard to the temperament of the parents, they are risking the lives of the puppies they produce because those dogs could be destroyed for temperament issues.

So, yeah...it's not rocket science...but maybe it should be treated like it is....I mean, how many people have been disappointed by a sick or nasty dog, and how many have been disappointed by NASA?

[hdterry]

Welcome…she is adorable...