Talisman & Totem SportDogs

  Happy New Year!!! This year has started off with a bang, after 2024 ending with similar pyrotechnics. We are officially a Senior Home with 4 ancient and wise ones. 😊Sisters, Ffire and Ggrail turned 15 last November. Sisters, C'ura and Quechee turned 14 on 1/7/25. I love that they are all doing pretty well and enjoying their days. I do think quality of life and a dog having the autonomy to go throughout their day, is important. Each day is a blessing! Meanwhile, the rest of us keep on and living as best we can. Human health stuff not 100% is never easy to live with, but got to try. 💔💕💓 Deja vu from late 2019/early 2020-for friends that know what that means...ugggh! But, we persevere!! Amazed I can put a sentence together after average 2-3 hours sleep, over the last few months. Chronic pain is exhausting. As always, if I am awake-my mind races as new ideas and plans fly across it-especially in the wide awake wee hours and the fevers, uggh the fevers. Being on "crate rest...

Behind every well bred pup is a breeder who spent countless hours planning, raising and loving them.  Behind every well bred pup is a breeder who spent countless hours of their time talking to and screening potential new homes, that will love the pup as much as they do.  Behind every well bred pup is a breeder who feeds them the best food, has DNA tested and OFA screened parents, offers a health guarantee and commitment to future support for that pup- regardless of how old they are.  Behind every well bred pup, there is endless pedigree research-hoping to pinpoint genetic risks that can not be tested for, time and money spent proving a dog(s), and countless hours of effort-to make a breeding happen, training and socializing pups. That time and effort is part of what "makes" a well bred puppy.  Behind every well bred pup, is the person who held them on their first breath and  will love each of them forever.  Behind every well bred pup is years of experi...