We just got the news yesterday that Abby's 5 Puppies were born on April 2nd! Abby, the mommy is doing great. Unfortunately for us, all five of the puppies are males. We were looking specifically for a female. We have several options:
- We can change our preference to a male instead of a female.
- We can get our deposit back.
- We can move our deposit to the next litter from Annie.
- We can forward our deposit to another breeder from the area.
We have decided to see our options before we made a definitive decision. Our current breeder sent me some contact information for three different breeders that are relatively close to where I live, and she is in contact with. So, I emailed all three, expressing my interest. I got a very speedy reply from a breeder who is in Nevada - close to Reno. AND just got off of the phone with her. She is absolutely lovely! They are expecting puppies in the beginning of May. We've changed our preference slightly - while we are still looking for a female, we are now opened to having a liver spotted girl. We have always said that it is the temperament that will be the determining factor. Selia, the mommy dog, usually has a litter size of about 5 - 7, so we're keeping our fingers crossed.
This breeder in particular has a blog that she also updates every week. While we are still awaiting answers from the other two breeders, this breeder is just so very warm and welcoming and I was definitely very happy to hear how often she updates everyone on how the mom is doing. She might be the one that we get a puppy from, if she has enough females.
So, it looks like we will be forwarding our deposit to another breeder.
It looks like we are going to have to do a little more waiting, but hopefully not too much waiting!
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