Here is my story.
In 1995 I set out to start a breeding program with Boxers. But it didn’t take long to realize they were not right for me, just to much energy. In 1999 I scrapped the whole thing and started with American Bulldogs. After 12 months of breed research I was sure they were right for me. I got some of the best lines, My first stud was a son of SS Fat Boy Slim then I was lucky enough to buy a pup from CLK who I later named MVP’s Southern Blue Belle of CLK she was one of the first BLUE AB’s. It was all good for me from there. One of the people I studied and talked to was Jamie Sweet but by time I moved to KS to work with her she had Oldes. I went and met the Oldes and I was hooked right out the gate. For years I bred both. I had it good, the keys to the bank, Jamie let me go up and AI to her studs whenever I needed, I always paid on time and we had the perfect working relationship. SHe always had bits of gold to divvy out and I was always waiting to save it all up. I had used several of her males and things were going well, then in 2007 I ended up divorced and he got all the dogs. I was devastated. I still had a couple of stud services to settle up on, but when I went to collect only one person gave what they owed. I got one female from my dogs down from Jamie's stuff. Her name was Dally , she is our girl Nadias mom. As much as that sucked losing all that time effort and money on 2 whole breeding programs, I was determined to get back to it and this time I couldn't waste any time with dumb emotional mistakes. So while I waited for Dally to grow up and help me get started all over again I sat and thought, of all things I did and tried to look at it from multiple angles in hopes of determining what things worked well and what didn’t. I thought allot!!!!!! So when we restarted there were certain rules that just seemed clear to me, like this one, If I, as a pet owner, wouldn’t want to deal with it don’t breed it. If I am not sure it’s something that can be improved, don’t breed it. Certain things make puppies valuable to pet owners, breed for that. Since our re-start we have stuck to our rules and now it is shining through in our pups. Doing things right, isn’t that hard and it truly is rewarding. Having a clean conscience is priceless and not being concerned with things to hide is liberating.
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