PUPPIES FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

PUPPIES FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

If you want a puppy for a Christmas present for someone, let me know, as there is an "incubation period" for doggies of 61 days (instead of 9 months like it is with humans) that has to be taken into account, according to my vet and the Internet (one source says 62 or 63 days, so I'm not one to quibble over a day or two). At this point, I have 2 sets of Miniature Dachshunds that can breed, plus I have a Rat Terrier (female) that is available (I may have found a "boy friend" for her, but I'm not sure, as I've only talked to a lady whose father has a male Rat Terrier that he wants to breed, and apparently the lady's mother wants one of the pups, which they would be entitled to, as "pick of the litter" for the use of their male).

Anyway, if you want a puppy for Christmas, any breeding will have to be done before September 1, so that the puppies will be born around November 1. They would be ready to wean around December 15th or so, when they are 6 weeks old, and they would be available to be adopted at that time. I haven't set any prices yet, but Miniature Dachshunds are going for around $200-300 here in Arkansas, and around $350-700 on the Internet - at least that's the price they are ASKING! Whether that's the price they're getting, I don't know! Rat Terriers are going for around $100-200 here in Arkansas, and around $200-350 or so on the Internet - again, these are ASKING PRICES only! If one takes the puppies to a vet, one can easily have $50 or more tied up in EACH PUPPY, by the time all 3 of the "puppy shots" are given and the worming medicine is given.

This doesn't count the breeder's time, which is A LOT! With the litter I had around 3 years ago, I found that the Mama dog wanted to and HAD TO eat EVERY 2 HOURS, DAY AND NIGHT, 24/7. She was an experienced mama dog, having had other litters previously, so she knew a lot more about it than I did! She cleaned up after the pups, she cleaned up the pups, and she kept herself cleaned up, which is a full-time job. I placed her cage in the hallway next to my bedroom, and I could hear her breathing real hard at times, as she made a pump out of her body, and she was pumping milk to the pups! If she didn't get food and water on a regular basis, she couldn't pump milk, so I had to get up and feed her! Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep for those 6 weeks, until she weaned them! My time, figured at 25 cents an hour, would add up real fast, so I figured that, whatever I made, I would just go ahead and take it and figure that I was doing this for the love of the Dachshunds, and not for the money! Some local people who had been trained by the shelters and rescue organizations, thinking that ALL dogs should cost NO MORE THAN $25, got a "re-education" when they ran into me, as I told them in no uncertain terms, that I had over $50 in EACH PUP, counting shots, worming, and vet fees! I'm not against what the shelters and rescue organizations are doing, as the Mama dog came through a rescue organization, having been found CHAINED TO A TRAILER WITH 2 OF HER PUPPIES CHAINED TO THE SAME HOUSE TRAILER occupied by a "foreigner" who ran a local gas station. They told me that they had to threaten him with the law, to get him to release the mama dog and 2 puppies to them. They found a home for the 2 puppies with someone in one of their churches, before they found a home for the Mama dog with me! But, this just goes to show that everyone doesn't feel the same way about dogs; in fact, in some cultures, they EAT dogs! And cats!

I read a story on the Internet recently about a fellow from China, who lived in California, who ran a restaurant. Everyone around said he sure served great hamburgers! Then one day, the law closed him down & jailed him, as many of his neighbors said that their cats were missing!

Anyway, if you want to get a Miniature Dachshund or a Rat Terrier for Christmas, let me know before September 1st. I have mostly reddish-brown, smooth short-hair Dachshunds. One of them, however, has some black and white in his background, as well as brown, and he is long-haired, so his pups may be some combination of brown, black, and\or white. He is a silver Dapple, beautiful fellow, the 3-year old son of the above mama dog, who was a long-haired Dapple with white on both ends and gray in the middle. The other male Dachshund is his father, smooth, short-hair, reddish-brown. The two females are sisters, not twins, but litter-mates (out of the same litter) that I bought separately: they are both smooth, reddish-brown, short-haired. None of my Dachshunds weigh over 18 pounds, with most of them weighing around 8-10 pounds.

The Rat Terrier is white with a few black spots here and there. The male I have located is also white with a few black spots here and there, the lady says, and he is slightly larger than my female. She weighs around 8-10 pounds.

None of my dogs are registered. Registered dogs, especially AKC, usually sell for a lot more than the above prices! At one time, I had the breeding dogs and puppies registered through Certified Pet Registry, but their rules have changed, and I can't seem to get my dogs to qualify. They are all full-blood Dachshunds or Terriers, there are no mixed-breeds involved.

Let me know if you want a puppy for Christmas!

Contact me at wpsmith_98@yahoo.com and we'll go from there.



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