Article & Images Submitted by: Shannon MacBeth, Shakespeare's Legacy Labradors www.facebook.com/shakespeareslegacylabradors
"Empowering puppies to be all they can be with and for their forever families."
"Empowering puppies to be all they can be with and for their forever families."
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
~ Anatole France
We often are asked what it’s like bringing puppies into the world and how on earth we are able to let them go after bonding with them for their first eight weeks of life? I thought maybe it would be a good time to share what goes into getting us from choosing our pairings to the point where our puppies are leaving with their forever families. To say every step is deliberate and thoroughly thought through is an understatement. We start with choosing top quality breeding stock from other ethical and reputable breeders who do all the same health testing we do. We bring home those puppies and raise them as members of our family. We complete genetic testing and conformational testing (hips and elbows) to ensure we are bettering the breed, we are not pairing adults whose offspring will have future issues or putting undue stress on dogs that could potentially develop their own health situations. In the unfortunate event one of our dogs have such a potential health issue that could develop or be passed on, we retire them immediately to prevent that from being passed on. We also watch our adult dogs to ensure we are matching temperaments to ensure more therapy and service dog outcomes as well as calm and focused family pets.
~ Anatole France
We often are asked what it’s like bringing puppies into the world and how on earth we are able to let them go after bonding with them for their first eight weeks of life? I thought maybe it would be a good time to share what goes into getting us from choosing our pairings to the point where our puppies are leaving with their forever families. To say every step is deliberate and thoroughly thought through is an understatement. We start with choosing top quality breeding stock from other ethical and reputable breeders who do all the same health testing we do. We bring home those puppies and raise them as members of our family. We complete genetic testing and conformational testing (hips and elbows) to ensure we are bettering the breed, we are not pairing adults whose offspring will have future issues or putting undue stress on dogs that could potentially develop their own health situations. In the unfortunate event one of our dogs have such a potential health issue that could develop or be passed on, we retire them immediately to prevent that from being passed on. We also watch our adult dogs to ensure we are matching temperaments to ensure more therapy and service dog outcomes as well as calm and focused family pets.
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