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We decided to start the year with a serious photo to prove that we can, with minimal coercing/negotiating/bribing, act like a nice young lady that my human likes to believe i can be. ;-)
This is Jasmine for those who have never met her. She is a 3 year old Curly Coated Retriever and she is full of piss and vinegar. She is probably the most challenging dog i have been around and at the same time the sweetest little girl i have ever come across. She has her CGC and she has won first place last year at a dog show. She is supposed to be our show girl, but we never had the time to do pursue it. This year, however, we are planning on breeding her and if all goes well it will be part of her journey for this year.
A little background on that, she and her sister were the last litter from her breeders champion line. Her mom has every letter you can think of behind her name including therapy and obedience titles. Jazz's sister was supposed to continue that line unfortunately last year she jumped out of breeders van and was hit head on by a car killing her almost instantly. This left the breeder without a dog to continue her breeding line ( have i said that enough times now? I don't know what else to call it, i am not very savvy on this whole breeding language thing) which is a pretty darn good one. We decided to help her out and that's where this whole breeding thing came to light. The littler will be Jasmines first and last one. We will not be keeping a puppy ( i think, who knows what will happen once i get my hands on a brand new curly baby) and the breeder will keep two pups out of the litter.
We have also found out that Jasmine has a heart murmur, which the cardiologist called an athletic heart. It doesn't affect her at all and the cardiologist doesn't think it ever will. Supposedly some dogs that are in great shape sometimes tend to have this condition. I was a vet tech and this news was just devastating to me. I keep watching her like a hawk making sure that she never shows any signs of distress and she never has. I am sure through this year we will have many action shots from her incredibly athletic abilities.
So in long/short, that's our sweet little curly and this is her journey through 2015 :-)
1/52
We decided to start the year with a serious photo to prove that we can, with minimal coercing/negotiating/bribing, act like a nice young lady that my human likes to believe i can be. ;-)
This is Jasmine for those who have never met her. She is a 3 year old Curly Coated Retriever and she is full of piss and vinegar. She is probably the most challenging dog i have been around and at the same time the sweetest little girl i have ever come across. She has her CGC and she has won first place last year at a dog show. She is supposed to be our show girl, but we never had the time to do pursue it. This year, however, we are planning on breeding her and if all goes well it will be part of her journey for this year.
A little background on that, she and her sister were the last litter from her breeders champion line. Her mom has every letter you can think of behind her name including therapy and obedience titles. Jazz's sister was supposed to continue that line unfortunately last year she jumped out of breeders van and was hit head on by a car killing her almost instantly. This left the breeder without a dog to continue her breeding line ( have i said that enough times now? I don't know what else to call it, i am not very savvy on this whole breeding language thing) which is a pretty darn good one. We decided to help her out and that's where this whole breeding thing came to light. The littler will be Jasmines first and last one. We will not be keeping a puppy ( i think, who knows what will happen once i get my hands on a brand new curly baby) and the breeder will keep two pups out of the litter.
We have also found out that Jasmine has a heart murmur, which the cardiologist called an athletic heart. It doesn't affect her at all and the cardiologist doesn't think it ever will. Supposedly some dogs that are in great shape sometimes tend to have this condition. I was a vet tech and this news was just devastating to me. I keep watching her like a hawk making sure that she never shows any signs of distress and she never has. I am sure through this year we will have many action shots from her incredibly athletic abilities.
So in long/short, that's our sweet little curly and this is her journey through 2015 :-)