What if I told you the puppy sale is meant to be an interactive and collaborative process between a buyer and a breeder? No one side is in more charge of the situation than the other. Yet, many future owners approach it with level of disdain. They are the ones paying the money after all, …
“We decided to wait until Spring to get a puppy” – a common response many breeders receive, luckily, I haven’t had it much myself thanks to the families who we build relationship with before they adopt an Applegarden puppy. 1 – But let’s look at “winter puppies” from breeders’ perspective…Many breeders, including myself, will have …
Another controversial topic here, but I believe a very important to touch on as it is commonly misunderstood by the dog lovers not involved professionally in the canine world. I hope I can shed some light on the subject. “CAREER CHANGED” is a term widely used by the Service Dog community (guide dogs for the …
First of all let’s clarify, there’s NO such thing as teacup chihuahua since the breed doesn’t separate into toy/mini/standard like poodles, for example. Chihuahuas can be on a smaller scale or on the larger scale but it’s still one breed. The term usually used by irresponsible breeders, simply and only as a marketing term to …
⠀To start, you adopt in both cases and you shop in both cases. No one takes the first available dog from a shelter, you choose a dog and pay a fee for it = shopping. You select an appropriate size and temperament in both cases and you take a dog home to care for and …
⠀⠀⠀ “What do you all think? Deer head or Apple head?” ⠀⠀ It’s one of the most common discussion questions in any chihuahua owners’ group. While we have an exact definition of the look of an “apple head” in the breed standard, what is “deer head”?⠀⠀ Well, it’s up to individual interpretation. Some may think …
