Available Pups
Allusion is neither an income, puppy producer or a commercial breeder. A quality Breeder that focuses on bettering the breed, having limited dogs and a small, private, breeding program. Pups or mature pups may be available from time to time. First Allusion considers if pups are healthy and attractive show hopefuls. From most recent litters several pups are still being evaluated. It is possible to obtain a show prospect and loving pet. Otherwise, no litters are planned for the 2008 year.
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Myths and Truths
When conversing with potential new puppy homes, many people can be very specific about color, size, sex, and temperament. They are asking this of young 8 to 10 week old pups? Since your adding a new member to your family, and for many years to come those are important specifics, to decide on. When color, size, sex, or price becomes the main factor in choosing a puppy, may keep you from a really great Frenchie. It can also prevent you from considering the bigger picture. Frenchies are not perfect and as much as parents wish the same about their children too. If you consider contacting a commercial breeder or broker, they can find your selection through a network of puppy mills and agents. Be it imported, rescued or traded and then is sold to you. You will hear what you want to hear but really, NOT! What you may get at eight weeks could turn out completely different at six months and even two years.
Smaller Frenchies, if you have been told the smaller ones are rare and hard to find could be true. Typically a very small Frenchie, runt, dwarf, whatever, can have serious health or structural issues contributing to their stunted size. Very short backed Frenchies may be more at risk for spinal issues. At one time smaller sized Frenchies, around 15 pounds were more recognized, however breeding compromised the quality of their spines, structures and health. X-raying young pups may indicate "potential" problems that may change for the better, get worse, or just stay the same. Eight weeks of age is not likely a Breeder knows for certain of a dwarf, if the pup will live a long and healthy life, much less survive the future months. Be careful of what you're getting - a lot of potential is not all good.
What health concerns are present..? For a Breeder the weaning process at 4 - 6 weeks, can seem like the litter is taking two steps backwards and going in all different directions. New baby digestion reacting to new foods, like proteins and fats are not always a smooth transition. There are benefits to obtaining an older puppy and should be worth more to you. Between four and ten months old, they are more ready to listen, understand training and can be out, and about socializing with you,and friends. Teething is another milestone, at between four to six months a pup will chew on everything during that time and beyond. I would purchase a six month old pup quicker than a eight week old pup and be better aware of what I was getting.
Make sure you are dealing with an honest, ethical, and reputable breeder that will disclose their knowledge about their pups to you. More often than not people buy Frenchies from Breeders that can't or are not honest about the facts. If you don't know to ask, you won't know.
Growing Pups
Pups take on their own characteristics, personalities and features individually, distinct. It is very tough to determine the outcome of some breeds. This is why some breeders hang on to the pups a long time. For example out of five all female pup litter, pup #1 did not develop a roll over her nose and placed in a pet home. The distinctive roll over the nose is a French Bulldog standard characteristic. The #2 pup's muzzle is smaller, her temperament skittish, but has the most brindling however she was placed as a pet. The #3 pup, Sasha resembles the type of female I'm interested in. She embodied the most in one package to the other pups. The #4 pup her tail positioned straight off her back, set too high lengthening her back and straightening her topine. However she has the best head in the litter, but still was placed as a pet. Pup #5, her head I was unsure about, front and length of loin but she was my second pick and was placed near by. The benefit of breeding your own dogs, different males or females teaches you how to recognize characteristics of both parents expressed in development. Sometimes there are more than one type in a litter. By watching the pups develop, eables the breeder to make better informed decisions in the future. However a pup may show no signs of issue at a young age, yet turn out to have issues maturiting at around two years of age.
With a single pup litter seems you get more attached and the pup tends to learn quicker when receiving all the attention. A single pup litter cost almost as much as a litter of five to produce. The difference is the cost of one pup for having dew claws removed, shots and food. Pet puppies cost the same as show prospects to produce, there is no difference between the two until they are placed as future producers or to affluent clients and handlers with great expectations. The sire and the stud fee may make a different. The quality of the dam and the breeder's reputation can turn a good litter into a great litter.
The thing about breeding and puppies, there are several milestones to go through. Wonder why Frenchies come with such an expensive price tag? As the breeder it is easy to realize. The whole process from beginning to end takes about six months.
In an out-cross litter there are no references since there are no relationships between the parents or background. The breeder maybe delighted with the pups produced or disappointed by the pups produced. In a litter that is related on both sides to the background of the parents, assumptions are made based on the history of dogs produced. My dogs, starting with the parents and their parents, finish their championships prior to breeding and has taken over five years.
What an importer does is order the pups from an overseas breeder, most likely from puppy mills. They go to the airport and pick up containers of pups and sell them to you. The pups may cost the importer $400 to $600 per pup and they sell them to you for $1,500 or more. Pet stores often buy from brokers after picking up pups from possibly other brokers, that typically get their pups from local puppy mills and then sell them to you. Most likely, with all the foreign puppy importer, pet stores probably receive those puppies too then sell them to you for a lot more money. Some pet stores, in some areas are charging as much as $7,500 for Frenchies. When buying a puppy from these sources you're buying unknown histories and lower quality puppies that may be sick or defective in some way. The vet bills can be staggering even if the pup dies, you have no recourse, and it is very emotionally, distressing in the process. No one will be there to care for you or the pup like a quality breeder. You will not find any pups from quality breeders in pet stores. You may wonder why Frenchie pups cost so much, it makes more sense to pay more from a quality, breeder than from an importer or pet store - keep that in mind. And, a quality breeder will provide a limited health guarantee for replacement and support for you and your new puppy.
For the finer things, buy direct from a reputable source.
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