Opus,
Goldens are the best! OK JMO! They are a great family dog. My youngest one Faith came into season this week. She will not be breed until all her clearences have been done and past and she needs to be two years old. The good news about Faith coming into season is her mother Meg will follow her in within the next few weeks.
I am so excited to be breeding another litter. I only have one litter every other year or so. Meg is lovely, and very easy going. I have reshearch pedigrees and stud dogs and will be taking Meg to a favorite breeder of mine. She has been breeding Goldens for 30 yrs give or take. I will be breeding to Meg to her Ozzie who is lovely and very out going and very smart. Both her lines and mine compliment each others. Plus, they are very healthy and have long ligity lines over 13-15 years of life. And both lines have great temperments too. I am hoping that we produce some wonderful puppies.
It will be very rewarding for B to assit me throughout this process. B will help me whelp this litter and raise them. I do a lot of socailizing with them before they go to thier new homes. I also set up a interractive playground for them. I start housebreaking the litter and temperment test them too. B will also help me interveiw the prospective new owners. I think this will help her with socail skills. And will help her be able to say good bye to the puppies and wish them the best.
I just love raising a litter. I find it lots and lots of work and very time consuming. I love seeing the birthing process and helping with it. Then the whole raising of the litter, meeting the new owners and building super repores with them. I never thought of it this way before now but it's so much like being a foster mom.
Thanks for the welcome too, I didn't mean to forget that! I just get carried away about talking about the dogs.