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LOL, I got up to get a drink
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Two Danes on a love
seat is
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We have had
customers
return to adopt a
second puppy or refer
friends and family to us. We're
very proud to say we've even had several of our Danes become or are soon to become
Registered
Therapy or
Service
K-9!
My Danes live in a clean environment, our home!
We have doggy doors for them to go outside to potty and as they eat their
breakfast and supper I clean my floors and pick up their deposits from the yard.
I also do this mid-day as they are taking a nap and then again at night before
going to bed as I have flood lights for the back yard.
Our puppies are
handled from the minute they are born; actually before then, as I rub the
pregnant mom's belly several times a day while laying with her on the couch and
in bed at night. We raise healthy, happy puppies because my life is
devoted to my Danes. My husband and I are both retired so our Danes are
totally spoiled, therefore, if you don't want a puppy that's been loved on 24/7
and has butterfly kisses for you, then I suggest you look elsewhere for your
puppy.
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Our pups are raised in our
home.
We put a whelping box in our bedroom &
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We start training all our pups to
use doggy doors & begin crate training.
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All puppies being housebroken are put in the nursery (off our
bedroom on the side patio) where there
are appropriate sized doggy doors for them to go outside in fenced in areas...
away from the larger Danes so they don't accidentally get hurt because of the
size difference.
As you can see below I "puppy-proof" the outside steps with a side barrier so no
puppies will fall off the sides of the steps by accident. Although our
pups are raised in doors, they have the freedom to go outside whenever they want
so some may have small calluses on their elbows from laying on the concrete
steps or in the yard. I'd rather do this than confine them in cages or
kennels!
I also keep puppies safe from the older Danes with use of an exercise panel on
it's side dividing off the house as shown below.
We purchase our Dane size doggy doors from Moore Pet.
to see the
door mount one (see
bottom of their page, Behemonth.) The dual flap ones are great if you get a lot
of wind and/or rain in your area. Here is the link if you need a wall mount one
(see bottom of
their
page, Behemonth.)
You can watch some of our
YouTube videos on how our puppies are actually raised for their prospective
new owners!
Our 4-legged kids are fed properly with raised food and water bowls and
no stressful activity one hour before or after eating, all are on
supplements (Nzymes, Ox-E-Drops and 4-N-1 Probotics) as well as receive routine
health check-ups and other services as needed. The Nzymes and any prescription
medications are kept in the large
red dispenser you see below. It can be found at your hardware store...
it's really for nuts and bolts but makes a great vitamin/pill dispenser!
Each Dane has their own drawer for each day of
the week and the drawer is divided in half for a.m. and p.m. tablet supplements,
or medications if/when needed. The powdered Probotics is pre-measured in the pill boxes
for each day of the week for each Dane. This takes the guess work out of how
much to give and and wondering which one did I gave the supplements to if I get
side tracked. I've made
it so simple, even my husband can keep up with it. My husband is very
good about helping stay on top of things so we always have plenty of supplements
on hand and never run out.
Toys get sterilized once a week. Then I soak them in
beef broth and give back to the Danes to play with. They LOVE this!!
How our puppies grow and adult dogs maintain their weight is
so important to us we purchased a heavy duty professional scale
just like vet clinics have. We also have a smaller one to weigh the
puppies when they are born. There won't be any "guessing" what our puppies weigh like so
many breeders do... a good breeder will have a scale! We'll even be more than happy to take a picture of your future puppy on the scale so
you can read the
weight for yourself! (Oops, guess I should have cleaned the
scale's mat off before I snapped the picture below but, at least you know we do use
it! LOL, I had just finished weighing some puppies.)
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All the adult Danes get fed on our enclosed patio which is right off the master bedroom. This way everyone gets their own supplements, there is no
fighting, no one eats someone else's food, when I bring their food they sit
quietly for me to put it in their tub. By feeding my Danes in this manor I can monitor if
each one is eating properly.
One of the first signs of a dog not feeling well is their not eating! In
short, all my kids have good manners so there's no feeding frenzy.
We do have an order form, a short interview and a
contract to be filled out because we want to make sure our puppies go to good,
caring forever homes. We never want to sell to brokers and have a contract
that discourages them from even wanting to buy from us! Pet shops
have called and wanted our puppies but I turn them away each and every
time! We are NOT a puppy mill by any means.
We support our dogs, they don’t support us!
One of the
things I love most about breeding Danes is the variety of beautiful colors
they can come in, which is way more than the breed standard of 6!! Please
take the time to view the color chart (accessed from menu at top of page) I've made.
It's totally awesome
and has been an ongoing project of mine since 2006!
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Where chocolate lovers come for their
GREAT Danes! |
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