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Originally Posted by wishpoo
I personally think that having more than 2 litters at the same time with Standard is really more than too much, unless breeder has extended family actively involved in training and grooming.
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And I'm such a control freak when it comes to my puppies that I simply can not delegate the job to others, even in my own family.
I saw a good example this weekend. I went to a puppy evaluation party where we look at a litter at 7 weeks and give the other breeder our feedback.
A neighbor and her two <10 yr old boys were there. The breeder said that the boys had helped socialize the puppies. I was horrified to watch the boys rough house with the puppies and encourage them to bite and chase. When I went to handle a puppy they had just been playing with, the puppy tried to mouth me. Poor thing got a big surprise!
Now that puppy quickly caught on and behaved himself (the litter had lovely temperaments) but it was a perfect example for me how I as the breeder need to be directly involved when other people handle my puppies.