Hi, my name is Tater

This is my new look. Do ya like? Boy, I like it. After 6 1/2 years of wearing a topknot and having my hair long all over, mom decided it was time to try something different . Guess you could say it's sort of a Cocker cut. It's cooler and mom says I look real cute.
This is a picture of me taken a couple of months before I got my new look. I posed real pretty for this picture. Mom would tell me I looked like a show puppy. So I would try to act real elegant and lady -like to please her. Sometimes I forget myself, like when I play "attack hairball" with one of my toys. I run around the house with it, toss it in the air, growl and pounce on it. Oh what fun!

This is me only a day after my puppies were born. That's why I look so wrung out. It was quit an ordeal. I will never have to go through it again, thank goodness. I had surgery when the pups were a few months old to make sure I couldn't have any more. That wasn't much fun either but it's better than having more pups.

Three of Tater's pups were adopted out to carefully screened homes. We couldn't bare to part with the other two, Misty and Sam. They remain members of our family to this day.

Please say a little prayer for Tater and send good thoughts her way. She turned 11 years old at the end of April (2003) and has been diagnosed with liver disease.

A big
Thank you!
To all that have prayed for our Tater. She is doing very well these days. To read about her story and learn more about how we have delt with her illness click here

Tater and Liver Disease

I chose to breed Tater and Mooch with the intention of becoming a responsible breeder. I have sense decided against breeding any of my dogs. Tater had a very hard time with her delivery, I didn't want to put her through it again. I know now that there is a lot more to being a responsible breeder than I had previously thought.

I have also come to realize that there are millions of pups born every year that will never find a loving home. I feel that for every pup my dogs do not produce one of those pups will have a better chance at being loved and cared for.

Consider this:

  • In 7 years, 1 female cat and its young can produce 420,000 cats.

  • 70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day in the USA alone.Compared to only 10,000 human births, it's clear that there will never be enough homes for all these pets.

  • Almost 8 million pets are euthanized each year because there are no homes for them.

  • Letting your pet have just 1 litter does cause pet overpopulation. All euthanized pets came from just one litter.

Want to lean more about breeding? Here are a couple of very informative sites :

Breeding Your Bitch

Stud Dogs

What is a Responsible Breeder

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This is something else I have learned:

  • Spayed and neutered pets are better, more affectionate companions.

  • Spayed and neutered pets live longer, healthier lives.

  • Spaying eliminates the possibility of uterine or ovarian cancer.

  • Spaying before the first heat cycle greatly reduces the chance of breast cancer.

  • Neutering reduces the incidence of prostate cancer and disorders.

  • Think it's okay because your pet is a purebred? So is 1 out of 4 animals brought to shelters. There are simply too many cats and dogs -- mixed AND purebred.

!!!!!!!!SPAY OR NEUTER ALL PETS!!!!!!!!!

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