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I am releasing a bunch of fully sessioned animals. Most 100 each with no approval.

Focusing on my dals and tinkering with a poodle show prospect for now. The rest are available, one cocker is waiting to hear back from the breeder. Feel to make an offer on her, if the breeder passes, I will accept first received.

Will

Could you come clean out my kennels for me? I don't seem to be able to.

I have the same problem.

My solution so far - start a new one to take the excess!

Works for a while. Now too many dogs in too many kennels!

I’ve done it for folks before but I am brutal making cuts lol

I'd hire you but I can't be that brutal! I'd regret every single one!

I came close once to actually breeding. It's probably best that I didn't. Lol!

I mean, I can't get rid of THIS one because of the name, and I can't get rid of THAT one because of the color and I can't get rid of THE OTHER one because of... ad infinitum.

If I do it when I have a really bad headache or I'm really stressed, I can be more brutal. Usually I retire them then let them hang out for a few days then outta here.

Tarot:
You pretty much "hit the nail on the head", so the saying goes.

Eventually, desperation forces drastic action and I start culling. I usually get it down to 40 or so then lose momentum. "I'll get the rest of them tomorrow", I tell myself.

When "tomorrow" comes, it's usually back up to 60 or more because of all those youngsters becoming teenagers.

When I finally cross the 30-count line, I breed like crazy, then can't let the babies go, because, because. I still can't cull the oldsters because they've been there for so long and they still have that 10.0 somewhere that I need.

And then the "babies" are teenies and I'm back where I was before. Lol! Never ends!

And every time one of my kennels get low, I think "It's staying like this!" But...

And I tell myself I'm only going to show 1 bitch and 1 dog in each breed at a time, but now I'm showing 3 dogs and 4 bitches in Newfies...

And I keep sessioning more babies.

Someone slap some sense into me please.

They. Are. Not. Real.

Their feelings won't get hurt if you send them off to a loving pet home. Really.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, I can't bear to get rid of puppies and I'm pretending the non show quality ones were bred for obedience!Then I can't part with the oldies ever, especially if they are ones I bred, but I won't let them die, so have to watch carefully as they age and then miraculously a wonderful forever home turns up just at the last minute so they don't die!
Strangely in real life I also kept far too many puppies and never parted with an adult!

Chocolate - we are who we are - lol.

Monthly kennel clean up has begun! Come by and get some fun things to show.

Things will come and go as I wait for my Dalmatians to get ready to start showing again.

You never know what you will see for sale.

Will