About Me
First off I would like to say a few words about me as a breeder. I am an honest breeder and will never talk you INTO a puppy if I feel the puppy you chose from a photo will not fit your description as the dog of your dreams. I will attempt to talk you OUT of a puppy if I feel the puppy will not grow up to have the looks or size you want. I want my customers to be happy and even after you deposit on a puppy, if I find the puppy changing in looks or size several weeks down the road, I will give you a chance to back out without loss of deposit and let you place your deposit on another.So I am not one of those breeders who will use sales tactics to sell you any puppy just to make a sale. I want happy satisfied customers who will email me excellent references, return back to me, and recommend me to their co-workers, family and friends.
Now about myself life and the events that led me to become a dog breeder. To make a very, long story short, I will stick to the basic facts . I tend to be long winded so I will try my best to keep this page as basic as possible .
As a child my main interest in life was reading and animals. As a teenager I had bred hamsters, mice, rats, rabbits, fancy guppies, and parakeets. I loved baby animals of all kinds and I carried these passions into my adult life.
I fell very sick as a teenager in the 1970's and the illness lasted into my early twenties. I had several liver biopsies and nearly died from "unknown" liver disease. I recovered despite the doctors saying I was fatally ill. Doctors can be wrong. I am living proof. When I had this unknown liver disease that baffled Doctors, I became a medical oddity. I was one of the first cases of hepatitis C. Looking back, we suspect the gamma globulin injections I received regularly as a child and teenager. In those days a sickly child was often given such injections.
By the time I was in my mid twenties I was well enough to go out and about, I met my husband and had my first child. Within 7 years I had three children, each born premature, but after several weeks in the hospital, they were healthy.All tested for Hepatitis C and negative.
My husband and I both shared childcare, he worked one shift while I worked another. I was a dietician.
When my oldest child was 12 and my youngest was 4, my husband died after a long drawn out battle with cancer.
To help my children cope with the grief, I purchased a poodle puppy. I had a good experience I had with the breeder and the smiles the puppy brought to my children's faces was a relief to me. The idea of my becoming a breeder came from that period in my life. I did a couple years of research and borrowed many thousands of dollars to buy champions and champion bloodline dogs.
I have never remarried but rather devoted my life to my children and my animals. I am in feline rescue and house a couple dozen cats between my home and a couple relatives. I continue to this day to trap feral's, have them neutered and I release them back. Younger kittens are kept and tamed, then adopted out. I have feral feeding stations I go to each week and leave food in dish pans for these homeless cats.
Since I do not have a kennel, my adult dogs are housed between the homes of several family members and a couple local customers turned friends.I have the nursing mommies and puppies under my care at my home.
I am legally disabled with auto immune disease ( currently known as MCTD) , scoliosis and degeneration of the spine, as well as heart, liver and kidney disease (likely the result of my auto immune disease) I often wake up beet red on my face, nose, arms and chest. It is a strange illness, this auto immune disease. I ache much of the time and I can tell you every area that we humans are "glued" together .If any of you have Lupus or other immune disease I would like to hear from you. I am slower then I used to be but I am still active.
Although I am listed with SSI as disabled , I do not receive a state disability check since I make too much money according to Social Security rules. As long as I can stay well enough to work at home and provide the public service of producing quality beautiful pets I will continue to not receive a check. I would not be able to hold an out of the home job due to my health. Working at home allows me to rest when I need to.I do pay federal and state taxes. When the time eventually comes when I am no longer able to continue what I do then, I my daughter will take over and I will find no shame in accepting what is available for people who are unable to work due to catastrophic illnesses.
I receive so much help from my young adult children and other relatives who care for my adult dogs and who cook meals for me. I am certainly blessed.
.I drive a 2005 van, and I live modestly, as do my son and daughter. We have posted photos online of our homes as well as the homes of my mother and grandmother who also help with the adult dogs. We do not have anything paid off but make vehicle and mortgage payments like most of you. I have over 30 thousand on credit cards, so I am in the same boat as many of you. We have this in common with each other :)
