Hi everyone,  I know about 8 weeks ago a whole bunch of us had litters due.  My babes were 8 weeks on thursday, and Monica, the pup I have decided to part with, goes today, I am choked up already, even though I have done this many times before!  Just wondered how everyone else was coping with parting with the little ones?  I have taken pics of them every week, so I have a great photofile of them, they are real little posers, so I will always remember when there were 3, but somehow this litter have been so special I feel it more letting one go than I usually do.

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Gwen

Hi Gwen, my first puppy left home on thursday morning i was choked up from early morning. Then i had one go yesterday friday same again tears trickling down my cheeks, i have a break today as the rest of the litter all leave on sunday, so im just going to enjoy these last precious hours with my babies.Also like you this litter has been very special as their mum has been really poorly but pleased to say she is on the right road to recovery now.

Hi Polly, its strange how some are that little bit more special, isn't it?  You have my sympathy having to see several go!  At least I only have to say goodbye once!

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Gwen

You're better than i am, i kept all my litter because i couldn't bear to see them go! Luckily, there were only 3, don't know how i'd have coped if she'd had 9 like her mum did!

Well 5 of my litter have gone and I've still got one !!  Seeing that the first 2 went nearly 5 weeks ago and I've still got one can't really say how I feel.

I've never had so many time wasters in my life as I have with this litter.  Three people you knew as soon as they walked in the door weren't really interested in having a dog full stop.  Numerous people wanting to wait another year and loads of people either just moved or about to move home.

Good job that the boy I have is absolutely mad and outgoing:d  But to be truthful I'm alway anxious, hoping that they've gone to the right homes etc.  One person brought their pup to our seminar last week and one of the other new owners travelled quite some way to it (without the pup) straight from work and stayed for ages and was then going back to work afterwards, so it looks as though they've gone to wonderful homes.

Hello Gwen,

Our puppies are 5 weeks old today, and they already have new homes waiting to welcome them, im going to be so gutted when they leave, they have brought so much happiness to our family, we also have pictures of all of them, but it dont make things any easier. We are dreading the day we are going to have to hand them over to their new families.
Nikki

my two pups have been gone 2 weeks now and the litter sister is here .... yeap it's hard going ..i did warn both new owners that on the day we I would say goodbye at the door and i would have to then go in ...as last year i said good bye to a little boy puppy as i put him in the car he cried to come back into my arms and it broke my heart ..they love and trust us so much in the weeks we raise them it's never easy ...

Well I haven't let a pup go but have just recently got a new pup :)

This is just to reassure you the breeders, the people who have lavished care/love/attention on them for the first few weeks of their lives. That the people (like me) who take them on; continue this love/care/attenion on them for the rest of their lives.
Karen

thanks for posting that Kazz ..it's very hard to let any pup go but it's not always possible to keep every pup from a litter and if we did there would be no pups for loving homes ..I have been ( touching wood here) very lucky that all the pups i have homed have come back to visit us.. and their new families have become great friends :)
the last 2 that went have kept me in touch with the pups progress and both are adored ...

I'm getting my boys back!  It's a very long story but just beware that people aren't always as they seem.  Thank goodness I didn't cash the cheque.  Two of the litter were spoken for since the start and so I had it fixed in my mind that they would go.  The other two were different and I have missed them since they went on Thursday.  The home they went to was surprisingly not all it was meant to be and they are coming home.  Now can I bear to part with them again?!!!

Hi everyone, and especially jacky, It is so hard, and I can understand Jacky not wanting to part again.  I have kept 2 out of 3, and am as sure as can be that Monica has a lovely home.  Teh puppy pens seems so empty with only Mildred and Mathilda in it!  However, neither the remaining pups nor Mable (Mum) seems to be missing Monica!
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Gwen

Jackyjat so pleased you are getting the boys back, i had a couple look at my litter and they even left a deposit on  one of my boys
but after they had gone, i had a really bad feeling about them, so i called them to say i would return their deposit to my surprise the lady
used several expletives towards me and her parting words to me was well its your loss, My loss i thought oh no that puppy is in my home being loved & well cared for, all the other eight pups have all gone to wonderful people and loving homes, ive decided to keep baldrick here with me and the rest of the family.

When then can I ask do you decided the pup stays? Jacky I am glad you are getting your boys back, and Polly glad you are keeping Balderick. But what happens to the pups who can't come back to the breeder for whatever reason; and those pups whose breeders ignore the  "bad feelings"

Makes you sad doesn't it.

Well may I suggest only the ones who it makes sad the only people who should be allowed to breed litters; and the ones who don't give a fig just shouldn't be allowed to.

Karen 

Hi Kazz, I always give the new owners of my pups information packs where on the list i say if for any reason you have to re home the dog
please contact me and will take it back.I dread the days when i have to hand my puppies over to their new families.

Hii Polly, I do the same, and over the years one or two have contacted me for help, and I have rehomed the dogs.  However, since being involved in rescue I have been scared stiff at the number of peole wanitng rid of their dogs, but refusing to  tell the breeders because they"were too embarrassed".  Have any of mine been passed on like this?  Will probably never know, I try hard ot keep in touch with all, send christmas cards etc, but osme you just never hear from again.  On the other hand, some become lifelong friends, which is great.

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Gwen

I think its lovely how u all think of your pups after they have left you, i got rosie when she was 9 weeks old, she is a spoilt little westie now 8 months old, i rang the breeder after the first weekend to let her know she had settled in, i have sent pics of her since , i had some done by a professional and sent her some not even a thank u or nothing , i wish my breeder was like the ppl on here , ive asked u questions when had problems and i think it would have been nice to ask the breeder , but never mind eh ??
bev

Hi gwen
I too have Pugs, last year i had a litter of blacks, they were so different from any other pups i had ever seen, i have had yorkie puppys in the past and they are a doddle to raise compared with pugs.  I think one of the reasons we get so attached is because we have to spend so much time bringing them on, wiping faces, clearing the milk from thier noses where it has been sucked in and come out through the nose. constantly saving them from being squashed by a heffty clumsy mummy, and during this time they kind of imprint themselves on you, because for at least four weeks you cannot afford not to be off gaurd, they are a difficult breed in my opinion.
Then when it comes to parting, we practicaly want to interigate the new owners, just in case!!!!  so yeh i know just how you feel.
Beviex

My boys are home!  They don't look too bad after their disappointing experience and their Mum was certainly pleased to see them.  She hasn't come out of the kennel since, even to eat!

Lots of TLC before we make a decision about them.  I've quite got used to the idea of having a pup called Pirate!

All I need to do is await any fallout from me having them back.

Jackyjat dont wait for any fallout, whatever the decision was for you to take them back you just abide by it.
as im sure you did it for all the best possible reasons( the dogs welfare)

Hi Bev,
Nice to know ther is another pug person on here!  However, in defence of Mable, the mum, this litter has been a complete to rear!  Mabel was caring, after the 1st 2 days, but never clumsy.  Teh pups behaved as if they had read all the books, with developmental stages just wehn they ought to happen.  Perhaps I am so attached because they were just SO GOOD!!!:)

Jacky, so please the boys are back, I know it has been traumatic for you.  Pug Hugs from Puglet, Mabel and all the rest of the gang!

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Gwen

My litter were 8 weeks today (Sunday), we have 2 going in the morning, Harley and Flynn, one to east Sussex and the other to Wales, and then Callahan is going to Colchester on Tuesday, We are keeping 2 for a family that are out in Spain signing the deeds to there new home, and then when they are back they will stay over here for 2 years before moving over to Spain, the dogs will be Pet passported asap, they are Chinquento and mercedes, Turbo and Porsche are staying with me for ever.Will miss them alot, but I really need a sleep in,not a chance as the other 4 year old grandaughter is coming to stay for the rest of the school holidays.

Hi Gwen
I have only ever had the one litter of pugs, and i enjoyed every moment.  but Mary my Mummy decided she was missing too much, and seemed to spend most of her time rushing to get feeding over and done, she cleaned them well and kept the nest very clean but spent too much time worrying what was going on outside the whelping box.  so getting out would sometimes leave pups stranded on the floor where they would be feeding and then shes bolted out with one attached. or she would get up and look to see whats happening and then plonk herself on top of one. ignoring the crys.  she loved them in her own way, but was totally inexperienced and needed constant watching. im pleased mabel is easy for you it must make it soo much easier.  I am having another litter next month and hoping to keep something back for show.

Hi all

I wanted to say that I'm going to pick up my puppy next Sunday and I know how difficult it must be for you breeders to part with them, but I hope that we're going to give our boy a wonderful home.  He's a whippet (named Cashie!), and we've had him picked since he was a week old.  I've been in regular touch with the breeder, who's been wonderful and has sent me lots of photographs of his progress.  We've been frantically busy puppy-proofing our end - I'm a veterinary nurse so he'll have the best of health care, he's insured, the garden is now puppy friendly, I've arranged lots of socialisation, he's booked into puppy classes for when he's fully vaccinated, and we can't move for toys, puppy playpen, treats etc.

Just wanted to let people know that (I hope) most new owners are well-prepared and know what a responsibility they are taking on.  We're counting the days until Cashie arrives and will give him everything he needs and all the love he could ask for until the end of his life (hopefully a long, long time in the future).

Regards

Mary-Caroline