WHOOSH!

WHOOSH! was Originally Posted on August 14, 2012 by

A flurry of activity today. The Vet came and we gave all 10 puppies their first shots. It protects against many things including some tropical nasties.

Lil Pup got his innoculation because he is doing much better. He is walkinh pretty good. I know this because he is staying inside with me at night and has left littel presents in various places all around the room. I have no complaints AT ALL! I’m just glad he is doing betetr.

Then a woman who had a deposit on a chocolate male had a serious setback (or decided that she could not afford the dog) and gave up her spot. I refunded her deposit (as it is a fully refundable deposit) but mau have had to eat the Paypal charge. I may have to change the contract to state that they must pay all fees. I would prefer to get cash anyway.

I amde the website show the chocolate male available and hours later got an email asking if indeed he was available. The gentleman says his wife would be able to come here Wed and pick up the pup! I marked that puppy reserved again and as I did that, received an email from someone on Kauai that had been looking at both a black female and a chocolate female. She wants the chocolate female and she will speak with me in the morning to finalize things.

That leaves 4 black female Labs unsold. I have dropped the price a bit, which I should not have to do. For some reason, black Labs are not as popular as the Yellows or chocolates. The only difference is that they have a different coat color. We have no documentation that any personality or other trait is different.

The black Labs have a wonderfull coat and since we feed them raw, they can have a nice shiny coat too.

Perhaps that is because black is most statistically common followed by yellow then chocolate. Perhaps people saw or read “Marley and Me” or some other movie. Still, blacks seem to be less popular and males less popular than females. Thus I was happy t osee the black male chosen early on as I thought he might be here at the end.

So then I went to gather all the Vet paperwork and the stickers from the innoculations to attach to the documentation. It seems some Vets will give a pet owners new pet the same shot because they say they don’t know what shot the breeder had his Vet give. In this case there is no question because the stickers say what the shots are for.

I also have to fill out the AKC paperwork so that people can register their puppy. Registration of dogs is as common as people on geneology sites. You should be able to trace one of my puppies from its parents all the way back to the first Labrador Retrievers.

I have been a bit concerned today about O`Lena. She seems to have slightly injured her front leg. I am not sure how, but am watching it carefully. I will be glad when I can get her and Koa back to the relative quiet of my own farm. Well, I say quiet, but because of shipping dates and unsold puppies, I may be holding a few puppies for a couple weeks. One family is not ready until the 24th and the black males owner wants to wait until the end of the month. He has an older dog and wants to have the new puppy a bit larger before putting them together

So far I have only received full payment for one dog but don’t expect anyone else to cancel out.

You may wonder why we offer a full refund rather than keeping the deposit. If someone is going to lose $400, they may be tempted to complete the transaction and then resell the dog to try to recoup some of the deposit. We would rather ensure the puppy goes to a good home that wants it, than is taken because someone needs to try to be made whole. That is also why we tell buyers we reserve the right to rehome the dog at any time, ensuring it finds a good home and does not end up in a puppy mill or at the pound. Of course if the owner were to find a good home that we approved of, that would be OK and would be handled on a case by case basis.

We really hope these puppies are cared for and become a permanent part of the family.

As for Lil Pup… I may end up keeping him myself. Time will tell. Right now he has climbed back inside his kennel next to the bed. I am sure he is happy because he had some beef heart tonight, with a bit of fish oil :-)

A guy is sitting at the bar with a black labrador on the seat next to him. The bartender says “You can’t have a dog in here” to which the man says, “He is as smart as a human and infact can speak. That should make him eligible to sit on the stool next to me”.

“Prove it” said the bartender.

The man said “OK dog, what is the thing called on top of the house?” to which the dog barked “Roof”.

The bartender was not amused. “Let me ask a question. Who was the best ballplayer in the world”. The dog barked “Roof” to which the man said, “See, Babe Ruth!”.

The bartender threw both the man and his dog to the street.

The man said to the dog “You stupid mutt!” to which the dog replied, “What did think I would say? DiMaggio?”