Keeping Track of Litter Mates
This week I got a very nice email from the breeders of my german shorthair dog Abby. They were kind enough to send along a picture of Abby's good looking littermate Shelby. They own Abby's Dam "Gambles Princess Belle" and decided to keep this dog Shelby to see if the breeding was everything they hoped for. It sounds like things are going well with Shelby's training out in Colorado and Belle seems to be a great bird hunter as well. A big thanks to Travis and Alexis John for choosing to send Abby to us, we are glad to have her.
I was also pleased to hear what some of the other puppies in the litter turned out like. Any first time breeding should be watched carefully to see if the good trates were properly passed down to the offspring. As we plan to have a litter of puppies with Abby sometime in the future, we are very interested in hearing about the other littermates. We want to make sure that we are carrying on with a good thing and not having puppies just for fun. Abby is still young, but we are pleased with her natural abilities and bird dog training so far. The Chukar season begins this weekend which means we will be getting Abby behind a lot of wild birds.