In my previous post, I briefly mentioned Jewel and then realized I am so behind on keeping this blog updated. Jewel, was one of four females in Emma's last litter. Early on, two females died within the first week. We were devastated because we had wanted to keep a female back from this litter. I adore Emma, she's my favourite dog and I could easily get rid of all the dogs and keep only her. But Emma does not belong to me. She belongs to Farm Girl.
And I've always known that some day when Farm Girl leaves home, she would be taking Emma with her so it became my goal to clone her.
Okay, I don't really mean "clone" but you get the idea. I wanted my own little Emma. Hence the reason why we began breeding her. From her first litter, I wasn't altogether happy with the puppies. Mainly on account of the stud. The stud was Oldest's dog but I didn't like both his looks or more importantly his personality. So the puppies were cute and all but they didn't fit my standards. Except for one. Who was not a girl.
But man I fell hard for that pup nevertheless. I loved him almost as much as I loved Emma.
I had every intention of keeping him for myself. But as life would have it, it was not the right time and in the end I put him up for sale. I will admit that I took it hard. I cried for days missing that little guy. So when this litter came around and I had hand picked the stud myself I was very excited about the puppies. And when we got four girls, I was thrilled. But then two died and I was crushed. Not wanting to go through the pain of loosing yet another puppy, I turned my emotions off and decided against keeping a puppy. I remained detached through the entire 8 weeks we helped Emma raise them. As a breeder I was not disappointed. All 8 puppies lived up to my standards.
But then Oldest went ahead and fell head over heals in love with the smaller of the two females who she nicknamed Jewel.
Which, really, wasn`t hard to see how.
But Oldest who has started in showing dogs, was looking to buy another female show dog. Though we live on a farm, there is only so many dogs we can keep. Besides, I really don`t want my house overrun by dogs. Even cute ones like Sam or Jewel. So even though she kept falling deeper in love with Jewel I wasn`t going there. Then when a show dog she was looking seriously at purchasing fell through, she announced she was keeping Jewel. Even though she wasn`t a show dog. Like me, Oldest had wanted her own clone of Emma and found it in Jewel. I have to admit, the longer she has been with us it`s been hard to turn my emotions off regarding her. She`s a lively spirited puppy who looks at me with Emma`s eyes and I melt all over. Still, I can't promise Jewel a forever home here, but then again I`m not ruling it out either.
Holy Golden Retriever Puppy Cuteness, Batman! They are just the sweetest things. I'm pretty sure those puppies just made my brain explode in their cuteness.
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I live a very simple life on a small hobby farm along with my husband, three kids, and an assortment of animals. Life may be simple but I love every minute of it.