Do it better

I have been a dog breeder for a long time and I think it's this year more than any other year where I have realised that an established breeder has a lot of knowledge to impart on others. I have mentored many people over the years in breeding dogs. It's a trade if you like passed down the generations.  I was taught by two different breeders with two different ethics originally.  But then when I changed breeds I had another mentor who taught me about the Vizsla.  You will always have questions.  Your puppy owners will have questions so you need to have answers. 

​The header to this post is do it better!  Because even now I learn and I dont think there will ever be a year I do not.  Once you have the knowledge it then worries you more about new time dog breeders.  You only learn by things going wrong then talking to other breeders how they coped.  We tend to look at instagram and think breeding must be the most wonderful thing in the world because they do not see heart ache.  It's an industry which should be supported more by government because it is a struggle.  Vet bills are so high these days, feed bills are so high also, and anyone with good welfare will have one hell of a dog bill at the end. 
All I can say to new people coming along is strive to do better.  Learn all you can, and take advice from experienced breeders. Take the advice and learn from it. 
Lots of people even do not think they are breeders because they have one litter.  But you've bred the dog so you are a breeder.  You sold your puppies so you are selling puppies.  So you have a. responsibility now to your puppies.  So why is it so many dogs are not health tested ? Cutting financial corners will not help you in the end. 

On Tik Tok there is a breeder who has an academy called Tracy's breeding academy. I would highly advise you join up to her scheme because she will give you sound good advice. Loosing puppies is soul destroying, and if you learn how to save puppies that may for example be dehydrated then you've learn something. How to save puppies.  How to breed dogs properly.